Comments on: Want Some Seafood, Mama? http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/03/want-some-seafood-mama/ Frederik Pohl Fri, 17 May 2013 22:24:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Anton Sherwood http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/03/want-some-seafood-mama/#comment-91187 Anton Sherwood Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:48:52 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3542#comment-91187 There's no externality in taking shrimp or fish from the ocean, right? The cod will be there forever. There’s no externality in taking shrimp or fish from the ocean, right? The cod will be there forever.

]]> By: Zeph http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/03/want-some-seafood-mama/#comment-51594 Zeph Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:50:03 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3542#comment-51594 I'm a little baffled. Did we think that shrimp were born immaculately frozen in shrink-wrapped packages in the grocery store? Humanity is not about CHOAM food factories right now. I suspect they'll have to add FDA-approved bacteria if we ever run that way. I’m a little baffled. Did we think that shrimp were born immaculately frozen in shrink-wrapped packages in the grocery store? Humanity is not about CHOAM food factories right now. I suspect they’ll have to add FDA-approved bacteria if we ever run that way.

]]> By: Bill Goodwin http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/03/want-some-seafood-mama/#comment-48919 Bill Goodwin Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:24:32 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3542#comment-48919 I was a shrimp myself in school, and I ate all sorts of unhealthy stuff. I was a shrimp myself in school, and I ate all sorts of unhealthy stuff.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/03/want-some-seafood-mama/#comment-48893 Bruce Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:57:39 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3542#comment-48893 Here's a question: exactly what do you folks think ocean shrimp eat? Although the young feed primarily on algae, the adults are bottom scavengers that will eat anything organic. Does it make you feel better that they eat fish poop instead of their own poop? And at least the bottom of the fish-farm tank isn't laced with petrochemicals and polluted run-off from the Mississippi the way the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is. Wikipedia: "They have a high tolerance to toxins in polluted areas, and may contribute to high toxin levels in their predators." ..."The highest rates of incidental catch of non-target species is associated with shrimp trawling. In 1997, the FAO documented the estimated bycatch and discard levels from shrimp fisheries around the world. They found discard rates as high as 20 pounds for every pound of shrimp, with a world average of 5.7 pounds for every pound of shrimp." Here’s a question: exactly what do you folks think ocean shrimp eat? Although the young feed primarily on algae, the adults are bottom scavengers that will eat anything organic. Does it make you feel better that they eat fish poop instead of their own poop? And at least the bottom of the fish-farm tank isn’t laced with petrochemicals and polluted run-off from the Mississippi the way the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is.

Wikipedia: “They have a high tolerance to toxins in polluted areas, and may contribute to high toxin levels in their predators.” …”The highest rates of incidental catch of non-target species is associated with shrimp trawling. In 1997, the FAO documented the estimated bycatch and discard levels from shrimp fisheries around the world. They found discard rates as high as 20 pounds for every pound of shrimp, with a world average of 5.7 pounds for every pound of shrimp.”

]]> By: JJ Brannon http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/03/want-some-seafood-mama/#comment-48625 JJ Brannon Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:56:19 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3542#comment-48625 I can't be sure, Fred, but that looks like a prawn. JJB I can’t be sure, Fred, but that looks like a prawn.

JJB

]]> By: H. E. Parmer http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/03/want-some-seafood-mama/#comment-48562 H. E. Parmer Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:45:48 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3542#comment-48562 I suppose you could think of it as just cutting out all the ecological middlemen, and anyone who tries to create a sealed and self-sustaining habitat is going to face the same issues, but still ... I think I'll stick with the ocean-caught shrimp, thank you very much. I suppose you could think of it as just cutting out all the ecological middlemen, and anyone who tries to create a sealed and self-sustaining habitat is going to face the same issues, but still …

I think I’ll stick with the ocean-caught shrimp, thank you very much.

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