Wednesday, 17 November 2021

Saving the Fishing 'Industries' ?

The Stella Mare establishment is attempting to save the Corsican fishing industry for the Spiny Red lobster (Palinurus elephas). In spite of its claims, however, captive breeding of endangered marine species is far from new (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/17/lab-lobster-corsican-institute-hopes-breeding-can-solve-overfishing). The novel aspect of the Stella Mare project appears to be its breeding of animals in captivity for release into local waters, where they can be captured by 'artisanal[' fisheries. In most cases, the captive bred marine species (like salmon) are directly 'harvested' for human consumption.

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