Environmentalist has a constant fight again the indiscriminate and illegal fishing practicing by unscrupulous fishermen who are finishing and destroying the natural resources of the sea.
The great demand for food has caused the growth of new and large companies of food. Most of them do not care about the consequences of their actions. The fishing companies are one the most dangerous of them, the fishing of shark and tuna fish are very harmful to marine life. When they want to fish tuna they set their nets and most of the time dolphins and sharks are caught and they are not released to the ocean. The fishermen kill them and sell them to the black market.
In Asia, countries like Japan and China use the fin of sharks as aphrodisiacs, other animals like seals are killing and castrated for the same purpose. The whale hunting is one of the most unconscious and destructive act of men, this species are endangered.
Institutions like Green Peace are doing an extraordinary work protecting species like dolphins, sharks and whales whose population are decrease. The work of this institution is really extraordinary; they are working around the world and putting under pressure to countries like Japan. In the last decade they got that countries like Australia ruled the activities of the Japanese whaling fleet, and ordered it to halt its operations in the Australian whale sanctuary. In the same way Greenpeace has succeeded in reduce the fishing with enormous nets and they captured hundreds of Km of illegal driftnets in the Mediterranean.
Similar institutions have dedicated their work to protect the eco-system, because the damage due to the bad practices of these fishing companies had affected other species like shrimp and crabs, because they do not respect the closed seasons. Other marine species such as sea cucumber which are distributed in all oceans are very common in southwest ocean Pacific and Indian oceans, the populations of these animals decreased drastically from the Ecuadorian coast in the last decade due to overexploitation and are now being taking in Galapagos Island, with the consequence decline of populations. This is as result of overfishing and illegal fishing.
Unfortunately for the control of the destruction of certain species there are not institutions that protect them. The most of time the economy of these institutions are not enough to do their mission, because they need a lot of money to get the logistic (people,boats,food, electronics devices) which are necessary to sail around the oceans looking for those fishing ships. In the same way they need the support of countries and their authorities to achieve their mission.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Sea Food vs Environmentalist
Sea Food Companies vs environmentalist
Global Warming is a big topic of discussion everywhere, how the weather is changing and how it is affecting us physically and mentally is what everyone is talking about; food plays a big part of this whole equation since it comes from earth. Big food companies are trying to come up with different ways in creating more food, though at times the way they come up with it might be illegal or dangerous like fishing companies, environmentalist like Green Peace are fighting against these companies.
The biggest source of contamination in our planet does not come from cars or chemical plants, but it comes from the waste of the cattle ranches and since the demand for meat product is huge companies wants to expand to even more land to raise their cattle and their source of food like corn. Nutritionists are encouraging everyone to lead a healthier lifestyle that does not include a lot of red meat, however they are telling us to consume organic food; meaning that the food comes from places that do not use chemical in their products in order to make their animals grow faster or thicker.
This came as a big surprise to me to find out that seafood is considered organic food, however, many environmentalist are crying foul in the way that seafood is being grown. Some seafood companies are building huge pools of different kinds of fish and shrimp, the demand is growing in the seafood department that companies are trying to supply it by building these pools; but the way that these fishes are being grown is not necessarily being organic. The fishes live in big pools not having enough room to swim freely and they are surrounded by their own waste, and in order to be cost effective seafood companies do not change the water in these pools. Even though it sounds dirty it is, and the whole idea of consuming organic it goes right out the window.
However, this is not the biggest problem in obtaining seafood; big seafood companies are using fishermen that do not have any sense on the environment. These fisherman set out to catch their fish by casting their nets and not caring on what it is happening at the bottom of those nets. For example, if they want tuna fish they set their nets but sometimes in their nets, dolphins or sharks are caught between the nets and these fishermen will not release them to the open ocean; but will kill them and sell them to the black market. The shark population has gone down rapidly because in part of these practices, another way of why sharks are becoming low in numbers is because in Asian countries like in Japan or China; they believe that the fin of the shark will give them a better libido or better erections. Environmentalist are trying to stop this horrific atrocity by working together with Green peace and teaching these people that those are only myths and should not be believed.
In conclusion, seafood is a great source of a healthy lifestyle that combines with exercise leads to a healthier and longer life. Even though seafood is considered an organic food does not necessarily mean that is clean, we have to contribute in stopping these horrible practices by supporting companies that do not harm other animals. There are tuna fish companies that it says in their label that they do not harm dolphin or sharks or whales, by supporting these companies we can show that our buying power is strong; we need to come up with solutions like this one in order to save our planet our future generations.
Global Warming is a big topic of discussion everywhere, how the weather is changing and how it is affecting us physically and mentally is what everyone is talking about; food plays a big part of this whole equation since it comes from earth. Big food companies are trying to come up with different ways in creating more food, though at times the way they come up with it might be illegal or dangerous like fishing companies, environmentalist like Green Peace are fighting against these companies.
The biggest source of contamination in our planet does not come from cars or chemical plants, but it comes from the waste of the cattle ranches and since the demand for meat product is huge companies wants to expand to even more land to raise their cattle and their source of food like corn. Nutritionists are encouraging everyone to lead a healthier lifestyle that does not include a lot of red meat, however they are telling us to consume organic food; meaning that the food comes from places that do not use chemical in their products in order to make their animals grow faster or thicker.
This came as a big surprise to me to find out that seafood is considered organic food, however, many environmentalist are crying foul in the way that seafood is being grown. Some seafood companies are building huge pools of different kinds of fish and shrimp, the demand is growing in the seafood department that companies are trying to supply it by building these pools; but the way that these fishes are being grown is not necessarily being organic. The fishes live in big pools not having enough room to swim freely and they are surrounded by their own waste, and in order to be cost effective seafood companies do not change the water in these pools. Even though it sounds dirty it is, and the whole idea of consuming organic it goes right out the window.
However, this is not the biggest problem in obtaining seafood; big seafood companies are using fishermen that do not have any sense on the environment. These fisherman set out to catch their fish by casting their nets and not caring on what it is happening at the bottom of those nets. For example, if they want tuna fish they set their nets but sometimes in their nets, dolphins or sharks are caught between the nets and these fishermen will not release them to the open ocean; but will kill them and sell them to the black market. The shark population has gone down rapidly because in part of these practices, another way of why sharks are becoming low in numbers is because in Asian countries like in Japan or China; they believe that the fin of the shark will give them a better libido or better erections. Environmentalist are trying to stop this horrific atrocity by working together with Green peace and teaching these people that those are only myths and should not be believed.
In conclusion, seafood is a great source of a healthy lifestyle that combines with exercise leads to a healthier and longer life. Even though seafood is considered an organic food does not necessarily mean that is clean, we have to contribute in stopping these horrible practices by supporting companies that do not harm other animals. There are tuna fish companies that it says in their label that they do not harm dolphin or sharks or whales, by supporting these companies we can show that our buying power is strong; we need to come up with solutions like this one in order to save our planet our future generations.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
organic food
Organic Food
The way we look at food has changed dramatically in these lasts decades, things that we never thought would harmed us now does. I never imagined that the way we get our food is harming mother earth, the amount of cattle and chicken farms are putting our world’s environment in danger. The solution that is healthy for everyone is organic food. Our bodies are starting to show the consequences of our poor eating like, cancer, stroke, diabetes; seafood is considered organic food. Nutritionist are encouraging us to consume more seafood than any other meat however, the way that seafood is obtained from the sea is harming our oceans and lakes. Fishnets are killing dolphins, different types of sharks and whales are in danger in becoming extinct. Companies are trying to come up with new different and environmentally friendly ways of growing seafood.
It is easier to grow fish; it does not take a lot land to put pools of fish or shrimp. The problem with these pools are the fact that companies are trying to supply a higher demand from the public; that they are forced to crammed fish or shrimp in pools and they do not change the water so often. Fish cannot swim freely and they are covered in their own filth. I once heard that in India, they are constructing buildings that have green technology, and they are using those building to grow vegetable and fruits; since that, country has so many people their food supply is sometimes scarce. Maybe the same ideology can be used to construct gigantic pools inside buildings, and instead of huge spreads of land building and just be erect with many floors of different types of seafood.
I think another way of growing seafood and preserving our ecosystem is giving basic environmental training to our local fishermen, sometimes people do not know that they are harming our planet; by giving simple guidelines on how to protect our oceans and lakes it will prevent any major water erosion.
Our biggest problem is the illegal way some companies get their product, there are so many documentaries showing how bad fishermen obtain seafood. The way that dolphin are killed in order to get to tuna fishes, also those huge fishnets kill other types of fish that does not necessarily need to be fished. In Japan and China sharks are being killed to their fins, because in their tradition those fins have aphrodisiacs results.
Seafood is a great source of vitamins, but this is becoming dangerous for the fact that oil companies are throwing their waste in our oceans, and they are being contaminated with mercury. That is the reason why we cannot eat raw fish so often, doctors tell their pregnant patients not to eat raw seafood for this purpose. In order to avoid this situation, our government needs to tighten our laws is dumping waste in the ocean. Entire colonies of fish are being erased from the ocean, if we keep throwing our waste in the ocean, pretty soon we will not have any healthy seafood to eat.
In conclusion, seafood has demonstrated that is a good ally to have in order to get our recommended daily vitamins. However, the way that is being captures is process needs to have a second look. We cannot have fish swimming in their own filth and we consume not a properly healthy food.
The way we look at food has changed dramatically in these lasts decades, things that we never thought would harmed us now does. I never imagined that the way we get our food is harming mother earth, the amount of cattle and chicken farms are putting our world’s environment in danger. The solution that is healthy for everyone is organic food. Our bodies are starting to show the consequences of our poor eating like, cancer, stroke, diabetes; seafood is considered organic food. Nutritionist are encouraging us to consume more seafood than any other meat however, the way that seafood is obtained from the sea is harming our oceans and lakes. Fishnets are killing dolphins, different types of sharks and whales are in danger in becoming extinct. Companies are trying to come up with new different and environmentally friendly ways of growing seafood.
It is easier to grow fish; it does not take a lot land to put pools of fish or shrimp. The problem with these pools are the fact that companies are trying to supply a higher demand from the public; that they are forced to crammed fish or shrimp in pools and they do not change the water so often. Fish cannot swim freely and they are covered in their own filth. I once heard that in India, they are constructing buildings that have green technology, and they are using those building to grow vegetable and fruits; since that, country has so many people their food supply is sometimes scarce. Maybe the same ideology can be used to construct gigantic pools inside buildings, and instead of huge spreads of land building and just be erect with many floors of different types of seafood.
I think another way of growing seafood and preserving our ecosystem is giving basic environmental training to our local fishermen, sometimes people do not know that they are harming our planet; by giving simple guidelines on how to protect our oceans and lakes it will prevent any major water erosion.
Our biggest problem is the illegal way some companies get their product, there are so many documentaries showing how bad fishermen obtain seafood. The way that dolphin are killed in order to get to tuna fishes, also those huge fishnets kill other types of fish that does not necessarily need to be fished. In Japan and China sharks are being killed to their fins, because in their tradition those fins have aphrodisiacs results.
Seafood is a great source of vitamins, but this is becoming dangerous for the fact that oil companies are throwing their waste in our oceans, and they are being contaminated with mercury. That is the reason why we cannot eat raw fish so often, doctors tell their pregnant patients not to eat raw seafood for this purpose. In order to avoid this situation, our government needs to tighten our laws is dumping waste in the ocean. Entire colonies of fish are being erased from the ocean, if we keep throwing our waste in the ocean, pretty soon we will not have any healthy seafood to eat.
In conclusion, seafood has demonstrated that is a good ally to have in order to get our recommended daily vitamins. However, the way that is being captures is process needs to have a second look. We cannot have fish swimming in their own filth and we consume not a properly healthy food.
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