Comments on: Dreams of fishes and whales http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/animals/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/ Science, nature, people, intelligence, hope ... sustainability. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:41:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: bob http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/animals/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-1799 bob Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:54:31 +0000 http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/oceans/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-1799 I live by Nantucket sound on Cape Cod. I find it really disturbing that draggers are allowed to work these waters. It has been proven that they disrupt and actually destroy the ocean floor which is the breeding ground and habitat for the small fishes and ocean life. How is this allowed? Must we wait until there is nothing left and the ocean floor looks like the moon? Without habitat there is no future home for ocean life. These dragger fisherman are ruining the ecosystem.How can they live with themselves? How can we put a stop to this blatant disregard for a public resource? I live by Nantucket sound on Cape Cod. I find it really disturbing that draggers are allowed to work these waters. It has been proven that they disrupt and actually destroy the ocean floor which is the breeding ground and habitat for the small fishes and ocean life. How is this allowed? Must we wait until there is nothing left and the ocean floor looks like the moon? Without habitat there is no future home for ocean life. These
dragger fisherman are ruining the ecosystem.How can they live with themselves? How can
we put a stop to this blatant disregard for a public resource?

]]> By: sglasson http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/animals/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-238 sglasson Wed, 30 May 2007 13:35:44 +0000 http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/oceans/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-238 I think it's good that Bush is trying to do something to help out with this problem, but I'd definitely like to know more about what his plan is. I think it’s good that Bush is trying to do something to help out with this problem, but I’d definitely like to know more about what his plan is.

]]> By: deborahbyrd http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/animals/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-219 deborahbyrd Thu, 24 May 2007 16:49:35 +0000 http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/oceans/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-219 Michael, so great to hear from you in El Salvador! It is indeed a tiny planet, and we humans do seem to consume a lot. Hope you'll drop by again! Deborah Michael, so great to hear from you in El Salvador! It is indeed a tiny planet, and we humans do seem to consume a lot.

Hope you’ll drop by again!

Deborah

]]> By: Michael Johnson http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/animals/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-163 Michael Johnson Mon, 21 May 2007 22:16:03 +0000 http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/oceans/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-163 thanks so much for your program, I have been listening for years! now with streaming in El Salvador I am able to enjoy you and Prairie Home Companion, lol yes,eating fish is better than not eating consumption of beef,and pork are subsidized and full of chemicals and use lots of resources to get one lb of meat, vs fish and with sustainable practices then the stocks can replenish one of the problems of course is 6 billion on a planet made for 1/2 billion ask Billy Meir Peace Senor Pescado thanks so much for your program, I have been listening for years!
now with streaming in El Salvador I am able to enjoy you and Prairie Home Companion, lol
yes,eating fish is better than not eating
consumption of beef,and pork are subsidized and full of chemicals and use lots of resources to get one lb of meat, vs fish and with sustainable practices then the stocks can replenish
one of the problems of course is 6 billion on a planet made for 1/2 billion
ask Billy Meir
Peace
Senor Pescado

]]> By: sam http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/animals/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-110 sam Sat, 19 May 2007 12:24:28 +0000 http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/oceans/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-110 i recently recieved last months issue of national geographic with an article on this problem and the pictures of the wasted bycatch turned my stomach. it is horrible what we are doing but at the same time there is hope in the fact that we can recognize the problem before we destroy too much. i recently recieved last months issue of national geographic with an article on this problem and the pictures of the wasted bycatch turned my stomach. it is horrible what we are doing but at the same time there is hope in the fact that we can recognize the problem before we destroy too much.

]]> By: Lisa http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/animals/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-107 Lisa Fri, 18 May 2007 17:10:36 +0000 http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/oceans/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-107 I grew up on the east coast and alot of my friends had dads who were "waterman". These dads fished for a living. I can remember being at the end of the dock when they returned home. It was a way of life. So, to me it was always a bit sad when commercial fishing took over. Now we over-fish, pollute the waters and have taken over yet another part of nature..the seas. I grew up on the east coast and alot of my friends had dads who were “waterman”. These dads fished for a living. I can remember being at the end of the dock when they returned home. It was a way of life. So, to me it was always a bit sad when commercial fishing took over. Now we over-fish, pollute the waters and have taken over yet another part of nature..the seas.

]]> By: deborahbyrd http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/animals/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-106 deborahbyrd Fri, 18 May 2007 16:51:25 +0000 http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/oceans/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-106 Eleanor, yes, now I do remember that! That's very hopeful news. Thanks. It reminds me of when I first started gardening, maybe 15 years ago. My garden looked so ... strained. Then I got busy with other things and left the garden alone for six months. And when I finally got around to noticing it again, nature had improved it a lot! Now I try to be conscious of gardening <em>with</em> nature ... If the human species could learn to work with nature ... that'd be a good thing. Deborah Eleanor, yes, now I do remember that! That’s very hopeful news. Thanks.

It reminds me of when I first started gardening, maybe 15 years ago. My garden looked so … strained. Then I got busy with other things and left the garden alone for six months. And when I finally got around to noticing it again, nature had improved it a lot! Now I try to be conscious of gardening with nature …

If the human species could learn to work with nature … that’d be a good thing.

Deborah

]]> By: eimster http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/animals/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-105 eimster Fri, 18 May 2007 16:33:32 +0000 http://blogs.earthsky.org/deborahbyrd/oceans/051842/dreams-of-fishes-and-whales/#comment-105 Deborah, Remember too, that <a href='http://www.carlsafina.org/' rel="nofollow">Carl Safina</a>, president of the <a href='http://www.blueocean.org/' rel="nofollow">Blue Ocean Institute</a> told Earth & Sky that <a href='http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/50447/fishery-recovery' rel="nofollow">fisheries can recover</a>. He said the problem of over-fishing has a relatively simple solution. "If we leave certain areas alone, and we don't over-fish in the rest of the areas, the fish know what to do naturally, and they will recover," Safina said. He also explained that we can help by <a href='http://www.earthsky.org/blog/50552/eating-fish-or-how-to-eat-blue' rel="nofollow">eating fish</a> - that is, the right kind of fish. Eleanor Deborah,

Remember too, that Carl Safina, president of the Blue Ocean Institute told Earth & Sky that fisheries can recover. He said the problem of over-fishing has a relatively simple solution. “If we leave certain areas alone, and we don’t over-fish in the rest of the areas, the fish know what to do naturally, and they will recover,” Safina said.

He also explained that we can help by eating fish - that is, the right kind of fish.

Eleanor

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