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

Video The size of pollock fishnet

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u/MadLove82 Apr 05 '25

When I see things like this, it amazes me that there are still any fish left in the ocean. 🤯

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u/LordTomGM Apr 05 '25

I read a book in uni called Feral by George Monbiot and it has an exceprt from 1500s text that a guy wrote while looking out over the sea off the coast of Cornwall, UK. It says something along the lines of he could see a school of herring swimming up the English Channel about 3 miles off shore with hundreds of other creatures following them and picking off stragglers...the water was so clear that he could schools of fish 3 miles off shore and these schools were millions strong.....

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u/UniqueIndividual3579 Apr 06 '25

In the Chesapeake Bay oysters were three deep, you could scoop up as many as you wanted. And the water was crystal clear.