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Originally Posted by bulletbob
Not sure I would consider most flatfish an Apex predator, they are prey for a lot of species until full grown but I digress.
Not sure what else can be done.. the appetite for marine finfish worldwide is insatiable and the higher the prices get, more and more people will cash in on already overly exploited stocks.. Its been happening in our own backyard for decades, and getting worse.. until people are satisfied eating fish from "land based" aquaculture, Swai, Catfish, Tilapia etc, I would prefer to see some marine finfish produced by aquaculture, and not netted... bob
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Everything is prey until fully grown...
The solution is to eat lower from the food chain: herring, small mackerels, sardines etc. They're also lower in PCBs/mercury.
Raping the ocean of prey species for aquaculture is certainly not the answer, even if your primary goal is to save wild populations of game fish.
