Seaspiracy - Should we eat fish?

[UserSince2005]

Netflix doco.

Basically we shouldn't eat fish at all because all current commercial fishing methods are completely unsustainable and are ruining the planet.

How do you feel about the idea of eliminating fish from your diet?

Spoiler for what was the "conspiracy" of the documentary is.

Or at least I think this is a spoiler.
Basically I think the documentary was trying to say that we are being tricked into thinking our plastic use is a big issue and also Japanese whaling is damaging our oceans, but really these are just a tiny drop in the ocean (excuse the pun) compared to what our demand for eating fish is causing.

[arista]

We need to Reform how we Fish.

[Smithy]

I don’t really eat fish anyway :hee:

[Toy Soldier]

I do think the problem is bigger than people really know... I was at a remote beach on Skye last summer (the type you have to trek to get to) and was absolutely horrified to find it absolutely COVERED in pieces of nets, ropes, mesh etc. ... and I mean covered, every square foot-or-so had at least some sort of debris. It looked like a dumping site. This isn't a beach that people regularly go to, the stuff hadn't been left there by people, and it isn't directly in a fishing area or anything... it's just that it's too remote for anyone to be there clearing up I guess... and all of it was stuff that had simply washed up over time.

Also there's a little beach we go to regularly that's, I can now see, clearly regularly cleaned up/"combed" in usual times because we've been going for years and it's always been pristine fine sand / a popular swimming spot but since Covid with it technically being "closed" - which i guess also means no one bothering to clean it up regularly - I took the dog recently and there's plastic debris everywhere. :umm2:.

[bots]

no-one will stop me eating fish

[Zizu]

I like the idea of being a Pesce-Pescetarianism...

Eating fish that only ate fish :)


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[Beso]

What do fish do for our planet that we would miss if we ate them all?

[Cherie]

What do fish do for our planet that we would miss if we ate them all?

we would lose alot of sealife :sad:

[Toy Soldier]

What do fish do for our planet that we would miss if we ate them all?

According to the documentary, maintain the ocean ecosystem that includes the phytoplankton that generates 80% of the world's oxygen.

So "breathing", probably. I dunno guess it depends how you're feeling that day.

[Beso]

According to the documentary, maintain the ocean ecosystem that includes the phytoplankton that generates 80% of the world's oxygen.

So "breathing", probably. I dunno guess it depends how you're feeling that day.

We need to kill those wide mouthed whales that gobble them all up in one swoop so the little buggers can make 100 percent of our oxygen.

[Toy Soldier]

We need to kill those wide mouthed whales that gobble them all up in one swoop so the little buggers can make 100 percent of our oxygen.

It's all part of the ecosystem though like the whales are an important part of how the algae pollinates or summat like that, and it's important for coral reefs too or something. I dunno. The documentary is on Netflix, I wasn't paying that much attention, it was all very scary but I'm still going to eat tuna because the planet's ****ed anyway.

[Beso]

I think I will give it a watch later to see what TS is going on about.

[Zizu]

According to the documentary, maintain the ocean ecosystem that includes the phytoplankton that generates 80% of the world's oxygen.



So "breathing", probably. I dunno guess it depends how you're feeling that day.



I saw some report suggesting that when all the ice melts ... the pure water is forming a new layer UNDER the salt water layer that is normally on the sea floor ... so all the animal / plant life DIES as they can’t survive let alone flourish in the pure/fresh water ...

Sounds like we’re screwed basically given they say that the ice sheets / icebergs are melting at a ridiculous speed.


:(


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[Beso]

Would it be possible to feed these plankton when they reach old age, to cows. To make the cows fart oxygen?

[Jessica.]

Watch Cowspiracy too

[Beso]

So we need to keep the big fish alive that shake all the little plankton things to the surface...

So we need to feed the whales with fish, or seals or penguins. All of them need fish to eat, but mostly any fish will do for them...cod can be our fish.

So we are safe in killing all the whales that eat plankton..yeah?

[Smithy]

I think it’s a bit shocking that they missed the title ConspiraSEA

[Smithy]

I just watched this, like I said I don’t really eat fish anyway so :clap1: Kudos to me

[Kazanne]

So we need to keep the big fish alive that shake all the little plankton things to the surface...

So we need to feed the whales with fish, or seals or penguins. All of them need fish to eat, but mostly any fish will do for them...cod can be our fish.

So we are safe in killing all the whales that eat plankton..yeah?

I think we just need to leave animals alone tbh.

[Beso]

I think we just need to leave animals alone tbh.

I'm sorry kaz, but I'm not eating paper for nobody :nono:

[Vicky.]

Would it be possible to feed these plankton when they reach old age, to cows. To make the cows fart oxygen?

Cannot stop sniggering at the thought of this :D A genius solution

And yeah, stop eating fish. Doesnt affect me as I am allergic to a bunch of seafood and dislike most other anyway!

[Kazanne]

I'm sorry kaz, but I'm not eating paper for nobody :nono:

You don't have to Parmy,there are some great alternatives to meat and fish out there ,:wavey:

[Ashley.]

I think we should just leave the sea alone, to be honest. We've already caused enough destruction on land.

[Kazanne]

I think we should just leave the sea alone, to be honest. We've already caused enough destruction on land.

:clap1::clap1::clap1:

[bots]

i love eating fish, it's my favorite food, so that's that :laugh:

[arista]

[I used to pride myself on being sustainable': Dermot O'Leary - who
owned a seafood restaurant - clashes with creator of
Netflix's controversial Seaspiracy documentary
who says businesses like his are destroying our oceans]

[The presenter, 47, argued that sustainable
fishing is possible on Tuesday's
This Morning - after owning his own
restaurant, Fishy Fishy, in the past
Dermot said: 'In those seven years,
we never served cod as our fish and chips once.
We served dogfish which you market as
rock salmon, whiting and pollock'
Filmmaker Ali Tabrizi disagreed with the
broadcaster's comments as he
declared: 'I think we need to be leaving
your oceans alone at this point'
Dermot's eatery in Brighton shut its doors
in 2016 after nearly a decade, three years
after its sister restaurant in Poole closed down
The former Radio Two DJ's company
was £238,000 in the red at the end
of the last financial year before its shutdown
The eye-opening Netflix programme
documents the issues surrounding the
multibillion-dollar seafood business
and it's links with ecological catastrophes]



This Link Contains a Photo
Evil Scottish Culling Whales
in a bay of Blood.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9470645/Dermot-OLeary-clashes-Netflixs-Seaspiracy-creator-fish-industry.html

[Alf]

I think we should just leave the sea alone, to be honest. We've already caused enough destruction on land.Who's this we?

You speak for yourself, I've done zero destruction.

Not guilty! your honour.

[Toy Soldier]

Who's this we?

You speak for yourself, I've done zero destruction.

Not guilty! your honour.

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This is becoming a bit of a theme for you at the moment Alf. Are you feeling persecuted?

[Kazanne]

As a veggie,I ate fish for a while after not eating meat,glad to say ,fish is now off the menu too.

[Alf]

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This is becoming a bit of a theme for you at the moment Alf. Are you feeling persecuted?Yes! By you.

You take me far too seriously

Chillax!

[Toy Soldier]

Yes! By you.

You take me far too seriously


Maybe you're just stressed?

[Alf]

Maybe you're just stressed?Thank you Doctor.