On 4/25/2010 5:26 PM, Steve Pope wrote:
> > wrote:
>
>> (Steve Pope) wrote:
>
>>> In the Barents Sea, king crab
>>> was introduced in the 1960s. The crab has spread quickly and
>>> has become an invasive species that is seriously impacting the
>>> ecosystem. We recommend consumers "Avoid" imported king crab
>>> and choose king crab from the U.S.
>
>> This statement, to me, is a good reason to eat it. I ran across an
>> article on this once where there were getting to be too many King Crab
>> in some areas.
>
> I would think the logic is that buy buying introduced/invasive seafood,
> you are enabling the practice of introducing invasive species.
>
> There may be some short-term benefit in fishing out invasive species
> (if that is even possible), but not if in so doing you are
> rewarding bad behavior by commercial fisherman.
So how does not fishing for it make a difference?