The pair restarted their work in Massachusetts with about 400 brook trout reared for up to eight months in tanks. The scientists kept some of the fish in waters set at 59 degrees Fahrenheit while others at 68 degrees Fahrenheit. All were fed the same diet.

By the end of the experiment, the difference was stark. The trout raised in warmer waters were on average less than half the size as the other fish.

  • livus@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    I posted that article as an example to illustrate my point not an overview of the entire topic. It’s well researched and quantifies the number of people adversely affected.

    I chose it because fewer people know about what Western countries are doing to the sea, than know about China. But since you asked, here’s a good article about some of China’s predatory fishing practices around poor nations that I posted a few weeks ago.

    wouldn’t that be seen as

    By whom? I’d love it if the West stopped taking fish from the mouths of poor nations, and so would the millions of people adversely affected by it.

    The so called “free market” ideology that if you can legally pay elites for something, you’re entitled to take it, has deepened and intrenched global inequality. It has also created grotesque distortions such as food exports from countries in famine.

      • livus@kbin.social
        11·
        6 months ago

        @Neon yeah I think you need to actually read the article before you @ me about this stuff. You’re constructing a massive straw man involving embargos and local companies that has nothing to do with the real situation.

        The Feedback report takes a different perspective, recommending the Norwegian government to “halt the growth of Norway’s salmon farming sector” and “ensure the domestic farmed salmon industry does not undermine its global development goals.”

        The NGO based its calculations on public commercial data and company reports by the four companies that together supply close to 100% of the feed used in Norwegian salmon farming: Mowi, Dutch-owned Skretting, U.S.-based Cargill and Denmark-based BioMar. According to Feedback’s analysis, all of these companies sourced fish oil made from small pelagics caught in FAO’s Major Fishing Area 34, located off West Africa.