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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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 Posted - 04/22/2010 : 19:09:28
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
USA
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2010 : 20:48:32 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by ThorGoLucky
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Hey, I want to leave 'em rolling on the floor, not swooning and collapsing! |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2010 : 22:28:32 [Permalink]
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astropin
SFN Regular
USA
970 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2010 : 07:16:03 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Cuneiformist
If only people listened...
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I would rather face a cold reality than delude myself with comforting fantasies.
You are free to believe what you want to believe and I am free to ridicule you for it.
Atheism:
The result of an unbiased and rational search for the truth.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2010 : 07:33:24 [Permalink]
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Sooner than you might think.
Cod is to be added to a list of endangered species by WWF amid fears that Britain's traditional dish of fish and chips is to disappear along with thousands of fishing industry jobs.
WWF, the global environmental network formerly known as the World Wide Fund for Nature, will claim the species is already threatened with virtual extinction by overfishing as it launches its Oceans Recovery Campaign (Orca) today, which aims to raise awareness of the plight of the UK's marine environment.
Cod stocks in the North Sea are down to one-tenth of the level 30 years ago. The catch used to be 250,000 tonnes a year but the maximum permitted cod catch this year under EU rules is 34,301 tonnes, but even this seems far too high. Catches to July 13 were 13,305 tonnes - so low because fishermen, even with radar and sophisticated satellite tracking equipment, just cannot find the fish.
Scientists fear that North Sea cod may go the way of those in the Grand Banks of Canada, where overfished stocks disappeared in 1992 and have not revived.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2010 : 07:51:18 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
Sooner than you might think.
Cod is to be added to a list of endangered species by WWF amid fears that Britain's traditional dish of fish and chips is to disappear along with thousands of fishing industry jobs.
WWF, the global environmental network formerly known as the World Wide Fund for Nature, will claim the species is already threatened with virtual extinction by overfishing as it launches its Oceans Recovery Campaign (Orca) today, which aims to raise awareness of the plight of the UK's marine environment.
Cod stocks in the North Sea are down to one-tenth of the level 30 years ago. The catch used to be 250,000 tonnes a year but the maximum permitted cod catch this year under EU rules is 34,301 tonnes, but even this seems far too high. Catches to July 13 were 13,305 tonnes - so low because fishermen, even with radar and sophisticated satellite tracking equipment, just cannot find the fish.
Scientists fear that North Sea cod may go the way of those in the Grand Banks of Canada, where overfished stocks disappeared in 1992 and have not revived.
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Thanks, Filthy.
There's a very powerful force at work in causing the cod problem. It's an economic dilemma called "The Tragedy of the Commons." This dilemma also drives deforestation and many other economic and ecological disasters. It also probably lies behind the extinction of many species by humanity. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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There's Probably No Cod
