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Originally Posted by cmac2012
Some of those species are the ones most desired by humans: salmon, tuna, swordfish, bluefish, cod.
One sad note in this story is the rampant overfishing of menhaden, one of the main feeder fish for more desirable (for humans) fish. Menhaden is not eaten by people, except in some oil extracts, IINM. Mostly industrial uses -- fertilizer, etc.
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A large amount of fish taken are used to feed farmed fish. Crazy.
Overfishing is a serious problem. I hope we can figure something out. The total annual consumption of sperm whales by tonnage is a bit of a red herring (sry).