Dear MEL School’s
Topic Readers,
America Tosses
Nearly 20 Percent of all the Fish We Catch.
Imagine that the
prawn, tuna or salmon you’re about to eat comes with as much as half of its
size of side dish of shark or seal meat that wasn’t ordered. Would you be willing
to finish your plate or throw the unwanted side dish away into a garbage bin?
That what’s happening in the waters around the U.S., though not always as much
as 50% but about 20% of the catch by fishing boats is unintended bycatch that
is thrown away into the water. That bycatch includes all kinds of unpopular
fish that aren’t marketed as well as mammals like sharks and dolphins and even
sea turtles.
Are there measures
or regulations to reduce such waste that could deplete or threaten the balance
of marine resource and ecology? According to the researchers, there are
regulations that only need to be enforced. Also, fishermen have knowledge that
could reduce bycatch that needs to be practiced. Then why not?
Enjoy reading and
finding what’s behind the seafood you’re eating in the sea and on the boats.
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