Another View: Even small fish are in danger of being overfished
The World Food Prize winner’s advocacy for fighting world hunger with a diet rich in fish should be tempered by moderation.
By Jack BoakSpecial to the Telegram
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In regards to the May 13 editorial on Shakuntala Thilsted’s research on the benefits of eating small fish, “Our View: In Maine, worldwide, small fish could be the future for seafood.”
In the early 1990s, while in Peru, I saw that ecosystems had collapsed because the Soviet fishing fleet had harvested anchovies into extinction. Marine biologists had urged the Soviets to suspend harvesting during spawning times. The Russians refused to do so “because they had a contract.”