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it would be a good thing if we could put pressure on the aquaculture industry to raise their standards so fish farming would produce better products. of course wild fish are better all around for the consumer, but commercial fishing needs to be curtailed so the populations can beef up their numbers before market demand wipes them out.
i only just started eating swordfish again, and although i love it, i still feel guilty for buying it. when i think about what has happened to the lobster population in the last 30 years (i'm not that old of a fuck, but I do read and research a lot), it really gives me pause to think about natural resource management. there are so many damn people on the earth now that we really need to grow up and start thinking about how our current consumption is limiting our future choices. i think we are past measures that consumers can take (like the swordfish boycot), and need government level incentives to reshape the comercial fishing and farming practices.
my grandfather was a charter fisherman on lake michigan, and we really noticed the rapid decline in the coho population in the 80s. i think global warming is impacting coldwater fish populations more than anyone is letting on.
i would hate it if the only salmon my son can taste when he grows up is that dyed shit.
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