Page 5 - Stuart Exposure - May '21

Stuart Exposure, Page 5
Treasure Coast Outdoors

Will The Ocean These destroy the reef, which is also the breeding ground conservationist, as well as an outdoor writer.
Editor’s note: Jim Weix is an avid hunter, angler,
for fish.
Run Out Of Fish? So what about our local commercial fishermen? I think Jim is included in the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s
it is safe to say that they aren’t pulling millions of tons of Hall of Fame, for his work in helping restore thousands of
By Jim Weix fish out of the ocean. Instead, they provide some of the fish acres of wetlands. Jim is a broker associate with The Keyes
Most of us remember the that Treasure Coast residents can buy locally. They are also Company. He can be reached at (772) 341-2941 or by email:
catastrophic results that gill subject to harvest restrictions. jimweix@jimweix.com.
netting had on our local fish
populations. That is why
Florida voters allowed a ‘Heroes’ Exhibit Salutes First Responders from page 1
constitutional amendment in
1994 to ban them in Florida
waters. However, they are
still used throughout the
many parts of the world.
Commercial fishing
supplies the world population with fish to eat. However,
I wonder how long the oceans can keep providing enough
fish. A Netflix documentary called Seaspiracy might
be something we all want to watch. According to the
documentary, industrialized commercial fishing presents a
number of problems.
According to the documentary abandoned commercial
fishing nets make up about 46 percent of the floating plastic Alice Laputka with Martin County Mary Rose Morris, age 10, Saviors of
in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. If you include all plastics Commissioner Ed Ciampi and Liz Denise Thalacker, VSOA board member the States
in the entire ocean, including the microplastics, these nets Ciampi, who had the winning bid on and Alicia Jones, VSOA teaching
account for 10 percent. her painting director
Then there is the issue of whales being tangled in these
nets. These “ghost” nets also continue to kill fish as they
float around in the ocean.
According to the documentary, worldwide consumption
of fish and the massive worldwide industrial commercial
fishing industry that provides the fish could result in an
empty ocean by 2048. Obviously that date is subject to
debate, but the bottom line is that worldwide, we are
harvesting far more fish than the ocean can naturally replace.
China alone catches 11.5 million tons of fish. Their
commercial fishing vessels are the size of a small city. One
vessel catches, fillets, and freezes thousands of tons of fish
on a single trip. Lynn Corrie, VSOA administrative
Along with overharvesting, there is a huge problem with Alexandra Trejo and Christopher Carnes director and Elaine Racicot, VSOA
bycatch, which is unwanted fish, dolphins, and sea turtles. with Guardian Jodi Maxwell, age 11, America’s Heroes board member
Then we have the huge nets that are dragged over reefs.

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