Mackerel stocks near breaking point because of overfishing, say experts
Mackerel stocks near breaking point because of overfishing, say experts
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Mackerel stocks near breaking point because of overfishing, say experts
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That is a shame, wanted to try catching some at some point. Only caught a fish with a net before and it was about 5cm long, caught a few crabs too. Not sure if overfishing is such a problem with crabs but other than shore crabs not sure if I could catch much from the shore.
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What crabs you can catch from the shore will depend very much on where you are.
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sad, its one of my favorite fishes. even decent quality sardines are crazy expensive now, except the ones from the baltic which are completely full of toxic PCBs and flame retardants and such.
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The way the climate is heading we all need to eat more flame retardants. Looking forward to my more retardanted future. /s
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😅
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Who is really eating that much mackerel? I love fish, but this is one I sit out. To add it's also a major food for many other fish... Going to have a major impact if the stocks drop lower.
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Filet it. Clean the black shit on the inside. Get a small fire going, you can also do it in the oven, but you lose that smoky flavour. Before you put it on the fire, put some soy sauce, mixed with lemon. Every time the soy sauce caramelizes, brush some more, thin coats. Do that for about 12-15 minutes (depending on the size of the mackerel filet), or until the fish smells cooked.
Eat and cry, because mackerel is going extinct and it’s one of your last chances to enjoy it.
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I think its bycatch because that particular fish is in the same zone as more desirable fish, it is fished by trawl nets. These are nets that trawl along the ocean and scoop stuff up. Principally they would be looking for flatfish, which are a whitefish.
Mackeral, Kingfish, Monkfish and Herring are all different types of herring.
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If you have never watched this lecture on YouTube, it's an absolute MUST.
This is Dana (Donella) Meadows (author of the Limits to Growth) explaining complex systems via the unsustainability of a collapsing wild fishery.
https://youtu.be/HMmChiLZZHg
Jump to 23m20s if you want to go right to the wild fishery illustration. The entire 4 part lecture is mesmerizing and worth watching as a part of understanding the history of collapse study.
Spoiler: ::: spoiler spoiler In part one, she shows how with constant technology, the fishery is sustainable.
In part two, she shows how improving fishing technology creates a predator / prey collapse cycle, and that, furthermore, any additional technology creates a technology trap that damages the ecosystem carrying capacity (overshoot) and causes a system collapse that cannot recover. :::