Global Sushi Prices to Skyrocket
November 9th, 2006
Written By: Adam Sussman
Another title I was thinking about, “The New Prius, Sustainable Seafood”.
Boris Worm, a marine biologist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada has been studying “global catch” data for more then 50 years with a team of 13 researchers in four countries and has come to the conclusion by the middle of this century there will be no fish left to catch in our oceans. Time Magazine
Stephen Palumbi, a Stanford University marine biologist concurs by saying “None of us regular working folk are going to be able to afford seafood […] it’s going to be too rare and too expensive.
Is this a real problem? Should we be just as concerned about this as we are about oil, global warming and water?
If this is in fact a real issue, then expect policy makers to put pressure on fisherman, restaurants and supermarkets. We will hear new buzz words like “Sustainable Seafood”, which will certify wild and farm-raised seafood.
I can hear it now, my future children will bring home a snotty college friend for dinner and we will be serving fish. They will ask, was this caught in the ocean?
November 9th, 2006 14:07
“…and upon on our seas, fish full of mercury.”
Marvin Gaye, What’s Goin On
Maybe it’s just as well!
November 11th, 2006 14:36
Boris Worm, a marine biologist???????? Oh please.