Mass extinction of the species

Yeah, it is, I agree. And it is a case of intelligent people cannot do a damn thing about it.

Where are you getting this information?

I'd like to know where that figure came from as well...Long John Silver's should be ashamed...

How tragic indeed.

Thanks -everyone- for your replies ; )

There's ample documentation on this (just use Google) but for those who want a crash course, so to speak, I found this interesting video that provides lots of details (way beyond my post).

Keep those comments coming...

Well, It's not the first time this kind of thing has happened on Earth. Are we the first species to eat ourselves out of existence? 90%? That's bad, if true. Perhaps this presages another mass extinction, but I'm not sure. Still, it would be sad if it was.

Rubbish...

Rubbish??

Are you kidding!

I spent my entire life on the west coast and now live in Bangor, Maine. I remember as a youngster great treats of natural salmon. By the time I left the west coast about six years ago you could hardly find west coast salmon on the west coast (all you could get is this slimy, small and pathetic 'farmed' stuff they sell everywhere. Gone are the days when you could take a day's outing on the west coast and find smoked natural west coast salmon from local vendors. What a pity.

The way I see it is simply that there will eventually be fish farms that will supply the world's population out of their pens. Very little naturally produced seafoods. Disgusting!

Also I believe about 90% of all the species ever on the planet are extinct.

Last year, National Geographic dedicated an entire issue to vanishing fish populations.

I don't know about 90% of fish populations, but there isn't much doubt about overfishing being a huge issue; true cod, blue fin tuna, etc. are hurting for sure. Nations that depend on fishing for thier economies, just won't stop. Every year, they get together to establish sustainable quotas, and can't/won't sign up to them. That and the destructive use of bottom trawling... sigh.

Calm down, boy's...someone Infinately more powerful than the two of you is in control...

What exactly does this mean for Sushi?

Kisses to MJ!

LOVE Sushi! Care for some, Lois?

Oh MJ! Shouldn't I be asking you that question, cuddles? ; }

Your "loss for words" undermines your supposition-- you didn't tell us why it is a tragedy.....

It's always a tragedy whenever JJM shows up and makes one of his nasty negative know it all postings.

Thanks to those who have provided -constructive replies- to my initial post!

We're facing a fait accompli in terms of much lower fish populations than in the 1950s so it's up to us to influence our national policies to "fish differently" in order to preserve the current "naturally occuring" marine diversity because even though we think we understand what happens in the world's waters, the truth is that we don't know enough to properly intervene in regulating this highly complex and interdependent ecosystem. Hence, our need to proceed carefully and avoid overfishing or mass pollution of our water bodies, namely through the dumping of radioactive waste and toxic poisons in the oceans... because that -always- comes back to haunt us.

By respecting nature and it's many secrets on how it provides us which such bounty when we work with it instead of against it, we may be that much closer to a solution to help rebuild our fish populations, worldwide.

Oh my, I believe I have just been insulted! Look, I just want to get to the fish before global warming does! Pffft!