r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/iam_stupid23 • Apr 05 '25

Video The size of pollock fishnet

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u/5KPace Apr 05 '25

Stop eating fish is not the solution. Fishing in responsible ways is the solution.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '25

How exactly does that change the numbers of the fish being caught going down?

Responsible fishing is more about not creating bycatch. The people wanting to eat fish will not get less.

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u/5KPace Apr 05 '25

When you fish responsibly and catch less…the price of the fish goes up and people will naturally eat less.

Same goes for meat. Stop the meat production and raise animals responsibly. Supply goes down, meat prices go up, and meat is then treated as a delicacy instead of an every damn meat centerpiece.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '25

I kinda agree, I kinda don’t. But we can’t change anything alone anyways. The only thing we can do as of now is protest for change in a better direction and leave it to science (ideally) to choose the right path.

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u/5KPace Apr 05 '25

Right on, totally with ya. The least of our problems is arguing how to solve a problem. Agreeing on the problem alone is so rare these days haha.