Breeding Killer Fish

Pollution in our oceans is breeding killer fish!

We all know how much we pollution there is in the ocean, but because of our own actions our beautiful ocean is now breeding killer fish that are killing us.

In New Zealand, at the beginning of 2013, there was a massive wash-up of dead Snapper (popular eating fish) onto one of the beaches, which, in not only my opinion but others, has come from trawling nets. Legal or illegal, I do not condone trawling. You can imagine how this horrified New Zealanders as well as global sea lovers.

Are people just plain thick? Can’t they foresee that there won’t be any fish if this continues? It’s well known that trawlers have increased their time at sea because it takes longer to catch the required amount. Also, illegal trawling is increasing as fish are being depleted from legal parts.

Not long after I heard about this, I read the book “Killer Fish: How Eating Aquatic Life Endangers Your Health” which certainly opened my eyes to the health risks people take when they consume fish. More so with farmed fish.

Researchers analyzed samples of farmed Atlantic salmon from different areas — Here’s one of the findings that astounded me taken from the book:

“Total PCB concentrations in the farmed salmon were significantly higher than in the wild Alaskan chinook samples. Organically farmed Norwegian salmon had the highest concentrations of PCBs; their TEQ [toxic equivalent] values are in the higher range of those reported in farmed salmon from around the world.”

Well, you could blow me down with a feather……. Organically farmed????? — that’s outrageous.

But, of course, fish farms, like the meat industry, are overpopulated. Fish are crammed into areas which become breeding grounds for viruses.

With further research, I discovered that a Harvard study (May 21, 2012) shows that toxic mercury is accumulating in the Arctic.

“Mercury is considered a persistent bioaccumulative toxin because it remains in the environment without breaking down; as it travels up the food chain, from plankton to fish, to marine mammals and humans, it becomes more concentrated and more dangerous.”