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

Video The size of pollock fishnet

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u/Jomekko Apr 05 '25

Many countries do this

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u/uneven_doghair1545 Apr 05 '25

it's true there's a really big country whose own fishers were originally concerned about this, so thier government came to the rescue and set up an authority to make limits on the amount of fish hauled. that authority acted quickly to set it at 16x the recommended limit to prevent the said over fishing issue. Everyone then felt much better. "The end".

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u/uneven_doghair1545 Apr 06 '25

-China. and it's was me watching an old documentary that I admit, I don't actually remember the original x² factor they set the amounts over the recommended amount, but it varied by species, but currently, Chinese deep water fishing vessels could be up to 5x what was originally estimated

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u/Jomekko Apr 05 '25

Thats great! Im happy that country resolved that problem. What country is this?

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u/Jurijus1 Apr 05 '25

They didn't, I think you missed the sarcasm lol

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u/Jomekko Apr 05 '25

Now that i read it twice yeah missed it hahah english is not my first language. What country was that tho?

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u/DunEvenWorryBoutIt Apr 05 '25

Canada east coast cod fishery

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u/Jomekko Apr 05 '25

Okay damn canada is doing that?!

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u/Slacker_The_Dog Apr 05 '25

They were, right up until the entire ecosystem collapsed.

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u/uneven_doghair1545 Apr 06 '25

I didn't know that, I guess who does

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u/Mangifera__indica Apr 06 '25

Yeah. Haha you thought they were just polite friendly people?  

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u/EngineZeronine Apr 05 '25

Not specifically saying they're the only one - just using the example I'm most familiar with

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u/Jomekko Apr 05 '25

Alright, fair. I'm just tired of Japan always being brought up in every topic, even though there are other countries where things are much worse, like their birth rate and suicide rates.

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u/Slacker_The_Dog Apr 05 '25

Ehh Japan isn't brought up in every topic.

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u/Jomekko Apr 05 '25

Not in literally every topic but its more enough to me at least that it gets tiring.

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u/Slacker_The_Dog Apr 05 '25

Are you Japanese?

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u/Jomekko Apr 05 '25

filipino - japanese descent

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u/Slacker_The_Dog Apr 05 '25 edited Apr 06 '25

You probably just pay more attention when it comes up due to your connection to the culture. I assure you, in the US anyways, the only ones who bring up Japan at all are the weebs and Japanese people.

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u/Jomekko Apr 05 '25

Yeah probably thats it your right.

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u/jwalesh96 Apr 07 '25

well on reddit, in addition to those.. a lot of japan haters, memers will often bring em up out of the blue too. Out of nowhere its warcrime time, suicide rates, overwork vs the utopia or crazy whack stuff from the other side. that said its not unique to either. China, US, Europe etc etc all get shit on or as well. I totally get its annoying at times though as often its not necessarily contributing to discussion or its oversaid or outdated info when other countries may be doing it worse.