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.

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