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To: Condor who wrote (472)	3/10/2003 2:20:07 AM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 603

Two things I just could not handle in Japan: sliced raw octopus (like chewing on an innertube), and jellyfish (cold and slimy, yum...) --fl

To: Condor who wrote (472)	3/23/2003 12:52:19 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 603

Facts Matter. The Shrimp Fishery is one of the most wasteful on the planet. For every pound of wild shrimp harvested in U.S. waters (particularly the Gulf of Mexico) eight pounds of by-catch are discarded. By-catch are dead animals. Ruined by a ridiculous trade. And they form the bottom of the food chain that is being mercilessly destroyed in the oceans. The harvesting of jellies is probably not a bad fishery, as long as it is managed in a sensible fashion. The AP article fails to tell us about the ecological links between the jellies and their prey species. What must be stated is that in the greater Atlantic and Caribbean system where these animals are harvested, we are a witnessing a catastrophic collapse of dominant species such as the blue fin tuna and several of the shark species. These are suffering at least a 90% population decrease from historical levels. Add to this the utter collapse of the cod fishery in the Gulf of Maine and the Grand Banks and we need to begin to really think about the disaster that man is creating in our ocean gardens. We are destroying our foodstocks. We need to seriously re-examine how we are managing the ocean fisheries. Intelligent readers will find much good information in an informative and sympathetic book written by Carl Safina, "Song For the Blue Ocean" amazon.com Safina is a Biology Ph.D. who can write. Well. And we would be well advised to heed the voices of experts who can inform our decisions about how quickly we want to destroy this planet. George Bush wants to do so within this generation. Some of us don't see the point of rushing.....