Comments on: Can We Save Our Sealife – or is it too late? http://www.yachtmollymawk.com/2009/12/save-our-sealife/ The cruising log of the good ship Mollymawk Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:52:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Caesar http://www.yachtmollymawk.com/2009/12/save-our-sealife/comment-page-1/#comment-8589 Caesar Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:55:34 +0000 http://www.yachtmollymawk.com/?p=1107#comment-8589 Thanks for your comment. We completely agree with what you say about eating only fish caught yourself, and we never buy supermarket fish. We do very occasionally buy fish caught by local fishermen, but generally we only eat fish if we catch it ourselves. Thanks for your comment.

We completely agree with what you say about eating only fish caught yourself, and we never buy supermarket fish. We do very occasionally buy fish caught by local fishermen, but generally we only eat fish if we catch it ourselves.

]]> By: Liztay http://www.yachtmollymawk.com/2009/12/save-our-sealife/comment-page-1/#comment-8580 Liztay Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:07:21 +0000 http://www.yachtmollymawk.com/?p=1107#comment-8580 Tied to the problem of long line fishing is the fact that albatross are feeding their chicks plastic, mistaking bottle caps, lighters, and more for food. The chicks feel full but are starving. Sea birds and marine mammals don't have choices about what to eat, humans do. We can survive quite well without sea food in our diets. Considering the levels of mercury in top predator fish such as tuna, we woulld do ourselves a favor to stop eating them. In Florida they have found female dolphins live longer than males. This is because the females offload some of their accumulated toxins in their milk when they birth their first calf. That calf almost always dies but the mother's life is extended. Everyone has the power of one. The most effective thing to do is to choose not to spend your money on sea food. If you want to eat a fish, catch it yourself. Tied to the problem of long line fishing is the fact that albatross are feeding their chicks plastic, mistaking bottle caps, lighters, and more for food. The chicks feel full but are starving.
Sea birds and marine mammals don’t have choices about what to eat, humans do. We can survive quite well without sea food in our diets. Considering the levels of mercury in top predator fish such as tuna, we woulld do ourselves a favor to stop eating them.
In Florida they have found female dolphins live longer than males. This is because the females offload some of their accumulated toxins in their milk when they birth their first calf. That calf almost always dies but the mother’s life is extended.

Everyone has the power of one. The most effective thing to do is to choose not to spend your money on sea food. If you want to eat a fish, catch it yourself.

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