Guide of OCEAN FISH

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that seemed no problem at my local grocery stores before however now it seems impossible, there is every other flavour of Iams on the shelves, ocean fish seems to have vanished.


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Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Ocean Fish Decline (for the Week of Aug. 10, 2003)
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Ocean Fish Decline (for the Week of Aug.
Dear Twig: Why the concern about big ocean fish? I thought there were plenty.
They thought the oceans were full of big fish.
They thought those fish would always be there for catching, selling, buying and eating.
They thought big schools of other big fish were out there just waiting to be caught.
In May, a study in the scientific journal Nature reported that 90 percent of the oceans' big fish -- cod, tuna and swordfish among them -- are gone, devastated over the past 50 years by industrialized fishing.
New technology -- fish-finding sonar, factory ships, 'longlines' that stretch for 50 miles -- has helped fleets haul in more and more fish.
People have caught the fish a lot faster than the fish have been able to reproduce.
The study also found that the big fish that are left -- the surviving 10 percent -- are, on average, only one-half to one-fifth as big as they were 50 years ago.
The fish aren't getting to grow as old..
But it will be harder on people, not to mention the fish, if all those fish are wiped out..

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U.S. Seeks to Increase Ocean Fish Farming
Production at sea mostly involves shellfish harvested close to shore.
It would permit fish farming up to three hundred twenty kilometers from shore.
Fishing laws limit the size and time of year of harvests.
The proposed changes would define aquaculture harvesting as something other than fishing.
The secretary of commerce would gain the power to sell ten-year permits to operate ocean farms.
Some experts say more fish farming could help wild populations recover from over-fishing.
But critics say strong rules are needed so fish farms do not threaten the environment or wild fish populations.
Fishermen's groups worry about possible effects on traditional fisheries.
Also, farmed fish can escape into wild populations.
Conrad Lautenbacher heads the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Commerce Department.
He says the goal is to balance the needs of fishermen, coastal areas, seafood consumers, the environment and the aquaculture industry.
The National Marine Fisheries Service says the seafood trade deficit is eight thousand million dollars.
Internationally, the ocean aquaculture industry is growing.
Fish such as cod, flounder and even tuna are being raised.

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Entrez PubMed
Prenatal methylmercury exposure from ocean fish consumption in the Seychelles child development study.
The most common form of prenatal exposure is maternal fish consumption, but whether such exposure harms the fetus is unknown.
Mothers reported consuming fish on average 12 meals per week.
Fish in Seychelles contain much the same concentrations of MeHg as commercial ocean fish elsewhere.
INTERPRETATION: These data do not support the hypothesis that there is a neurodevelopmental risk from prenatal MeHg exposure resulting solely from ocean fish consumption..

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