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Default Decline of catfish farming


"Jean B." wrote:
>
> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/bu...l?ref=business
> >
> > It just ain't right.

>
> Sure it is. Farmed fish isn't right.


So you'd also suggest we should subsist on nuts and berries foraged in
the wild? BS, farmed fish, farmed (ranched) cattle, farmed vegetables,
etc. are all quite right.

> I suppose, though, that
> given the condition of the seas


Certainly farming fish can relieve some of the pressure on wild stocks.

> and the population of the world,
> it may be necessary.


That population issue should resolve, at least temporarily, when we
finally get the next pandemic, be it bird flu or whatever.