Fishing industry could collapse in your lifetime

Fish eating vegetarians got you down? I’ve got good news and bad news for you, courtesy of AimeeLeigh79. Experts have determined that the term “pescavegetarian” (and its related spellings) will be phased out of common usage by around 2050. Unfortunately, it’ll come about because populations of pretty much all seafood will have collapsed, dropping in population by 90% or more. Just as scientists seem to have only recently discovered the mysterious “food chain,” they’re starting to learn about something called an “ecosystem” where everything inside is linked in various ways. The latest numbers suggest that every hit to an ecosystem affects more than just the species that was pulled out of the water, and a broad variety of ocean creatures helps fend all of them from near-extinction. While many environmental arguments for veganism have a technological counter-argument (i.e. “we’ve found a way to deal with that”), overfishing seems to be quickly running against some hard limits, mostly because we suck at repopulating entire ecosystems. A complete collapse of the entire fishing industry will have huge economic implications; maybe instead of trying people to stop eating fish, it’s time to work on finding newer, veggie friendly industries to provide jobs for the 200 million people currently depending on fishing for their livlihoods. Link.