Can a fish to save our planet Bashny.Net

Despite the increasing volume of aquaculture production in the world, prospects of development of the industry is very vague. This was told to the responsible European political issues on the international environmental organization Oceana-Nicolas Fournier.





The main theme of the interview was the possibility of replacing meat with fish, since the production of meat and semi-finished products from it is associated with huge emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. As reported by the ecologist, by 2050 the projected increase in population to 9 billion against the current of 6.7. Therefore, the significant reduction in meat consumption is not expected as the volume of food items that you will need to make to ensure that all the needs will also increase. According to Nicolas Fournier, the production must be increased 70 times, to solve the problem of hunger in the world in 35 years. And part of the solution lies at the bottom of the ocean. This enormous food source can provide the products, which is enough for making 700 million meals a day. Also, many forget that in the depths of the oceans hidden for nearly 15% of all animal protein on our planet. However, the power even of this gigantic "dining room" is not enough to feed all the needy. And blame people. Excessive activity in fishing severely reduced the number of fish and marine animals. And the fishing fleet exceeds the sustainable level by almost three times, while receiving substantial subsidies from the States. All this suggests that ill-conceived policy of use of resources of the world ocean. Aquaculture itself can not recover with the speed that would level a devastating impact on her person. Wild fish reserves are being depleted, although it in the wild seafood the way out for humanity. They do not require irrigated land, water or any other resources except those that would maintain the natural balance. Economical use of natural resources helps to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, which is better for the health of the planet and humans. So we need to help and carry out the provision of services to legal entities whose activities are connected with the restoration of historic levels of natural abundance. Only in this case, fisheries will continue to feed humanity, supplying valuable protein. Also, do not consider aquaculture separately from fisheries due to the strong dependence, though, because the bulk grown in the farms of the fish are fed wild fish. And to produce 1 kilogram of fish farming requires up to 6 kilograms of fish caught that is not a reasonable waste of ocean resources.





To date, the proportion of forage fish increased to 40% compared to 8% who were considered critical even 50 years ago. This new destructive type of fishing is aimed at the production of fishmeal, which is used in animal feed. But do not forget that excessive catching forage fish threatens the survival of whales, dolphins, seals, seabirds and a variety of marine life and leads to destruction of marine and coastal zones. According to the latest research, excessively active fishing was observed in 90% of the fishing regions of the world. If you do not slow down the pace of the looting of the ocean, soon humanity may face another serious problem. It is known that water is able to capture carbon dioxide is 50 times more than the atmosphere of the planet. And if you do not reduce the load on the ocean, it will lead to his perekisleniyu. The acidity of the waters of the world ocean now comes to the critical. A little more and the water will become unfit for life of its inhabitants, and the ocean will turn into the biggest stock of carbon on Earth, which will help to poison the climate.

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