Some thoughts for fishermen all over the world.

This article was interesting for several reasons.

1)  Since fish farms have proven to be a money maker (at least in the US, for trout and catfish,) I don't see any reason why European and Asian fishermen can't sell their boats and set up fish farms and grow cod, bluefin, etc and make some money.  I believe this would save the wild fish and let the farmers grow fish that everyone could eat.

2)  I am very concerned about overfishing.  I would have figured that with all the cry about global warming, and species destruction, that the people that make their living from the sea would understand about saving at least some fish alive, and preserving their jobs.  But I guess like the rest of the world, fishermen don't really care, as long as they can make a profit from it. 

3) I'm actually surprised that greenpeace hasn't screamed to high heaven about this, or sunk a few fishing boats.  Maybe they are actually learning how to convince people without killing them. 

4) This just proves that government intervention doesn't work.  The UN and local governments can deny people everything, but somebody will illegally fish.  Surprising eh?


We Might learn how to preserve species of animals and sea life, when we have nothing else to eat.  But somehow I doubt it.