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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 12:39 PM Original message |
Orange roughy going extinct. |
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dmkinsey (789 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. the oceans will be exploited until there's nothing left |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Endless resources - the oceans have it all for us to plunder |
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godhatesrepublicans (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. hey, dry land has been exploited to death for 1000s of years, ... |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I just hope we don't take down the whole planet with us. |
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godhatesrepublicans (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Nah, the planet recovered from what took out the dinosaurs, ... |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Squibbons! |
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tatertop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. They were originally called Slimehead |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Yep. And 30 years ago they were junk fish - the stuff you threw |
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tatertop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Poor Patagonian toothfish! (He never did anything wrong.) |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. fishing down the food chain ... (n/t) |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Monkfish |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. The US ought to ban imports of orange roughy |
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GDAEx2 (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. Missing from the BBC article is the fact that... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. Usually the orange roughy sold in the supermarkets are farm-raised. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Well, that's good, I'll still be able to buy, cook and eat it! |
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godhatesrepublicans (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. How? they take 20 years to hit puberty! |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. They must do something to speed up growth. |
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godhatesrepublicans (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. then you're braver than I am for eating it! :-) |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. farm raised also endangers wild fish |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Nonsense - there is no such thing as farm-raised OR |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. the tragedy of the commons |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Greenpeace needs some armed nuclear submarines & a license to kill |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I was gonna say . . . |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. GreenSword is a cool name, but GreenAttack is vicious! |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Any militant anti-fishery groups out there? |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. Bottom Trawling |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Yes, there are pics at the link of results. |
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Obamarama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. Extinction...its what's for dinner. eot |
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Jamison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Just another ill caused by overpopulation. |
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