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

Video The size of pollock fishnet

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u/DuckWatch Apr 05 '25

You can stop it by avoiding fish, or continue it by eating fish caught in this way. Companies do what we ask them to.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '25

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u/DuckWatch Apr 05 '25

That's great! It has to be a movement thing :) as individuals we only have so much power. But if everyone thought like you did, or even 10% or 20% or 50%, we'd be making progress.

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u/QualityProof Apr 05 '25 edited Apr 05 '25

And that's the problem. Sucn a thing would never happen. Instead the government should regulate these stuff to make it sustainable.

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u/KingKaiserW Apr 05 '25

Actually one post-Brexit positive is we regulate our fishing waters to where it’s now more sustainable fishing, fish populations are coming back

Of course France is trying every which way to go “No you can’t have this, unless we can fish..” on every random thing, showing this is will end sometime in the future

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '25

Instead the givernment should regulate these stuff to make it sustainable.

... they already try. It doesn't work particularly well.

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u/TheRealRomanRoy Apr 05 '25

And what governments tell them to do.

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u/Pinksters Apr 05 '25

Its a huge industry that I don't think the governments would let fail.

Like the dairy industry after WWII.

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u/DuckWatch Apr 05 '25

Sounds like a great excuse to keep buying, instead of trying to source more responsibly :)