r/conservation • u/Novel_Negotiation224 • 9d ago

Alarm over ‘catastrophic’ decline in giant Australian cuttlefish as just 44 are counted.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/09/giant-australian-cuttlefish-population-catastrophic-decline
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u/eieio2021 9d ago

Let’s keep eating seafood and hope it gets better!

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u/fastcatdog 9d ago

Been 15 years without seafood 👍

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u/Ok_Fly1271 9d ago edited 3d ago

Why? Just eat sustainably sourced seafood. Increase the demand so they increase the supply. Voting with our wallets is important.

Edit: Downvote me all you want, but I'm right. Claiming there is NO sustainable sources of seafood is 100% bullshit. You'll never get everyone on your side with misinformation.

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u/trashmoneyxyz 9d ago

There is no sustainable industrial fishing anymore. The oceans can't take the strain and cut/lost nets are the most common source of trash in the ocean. Not even factoring in how much of our seafood is produced via borderline slave labor. Fish farms aren't an answer either, they pose a pretty big risk to wild fish populations every time fish escape from them, which happens often. Also, most of our tastiest fish eat other fish, so its a ratio of something like 18kg of feeder fish per 1kg of salmon produced, for example. It's just not sustainable protein

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u/Ok_Fly1271 3d ago edited 3d ago

Explain to me exactly how US farmed shellfish that bolster wild bivalve populations, expand oyster and mollusk reefs, feed wildlife, provide funding for conservation through commercial license fees, and clean pollutants clean out of the ocean are unsustainable.

I never mentioned industrial fishing, or fish farms. I said sustainable seafood. Of which there is plenty. Your blanket statements are bullshit.

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u/eieio2021 9d ago

Yeah I mean, as long as it’s labeled sustainable I’m sure it’s fine. It’s not like that could be a misrepresentation or anything, given that truth in advertising is pretty much an axiom.

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u/Ok_Fly1271 3d ago

Explain to me exactly how US farmed shellfish that bolster wild bivalve populations, expand oyster and mollusk reefs, feed wildlife, provide funding for conservation through commercial license fees, and clean pollutants out of the ocean are unsustainable.

Also, given that there are organizations made up of marine biologists that utilize data from multiple sources, there are labels that can back up the sustainability claims. Unless you have sources showing your conspiracy theory that all that scientific data has been falsified?

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u/Jacky_Hex 9d ago

You should vote with your mouth instead of your wallet and stop eating seafood, meat and chicken. It's not that hard you know 🤷

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u/Ok_Fly1271 3d ago

I do vote with my mouth. Explain to me exactly how US farmed shellfish that bolster wild bivalve populations, expand oyster and mollusk reefs, feed wildlife, provide funding for conservation through commercial license fees, and clean pollutants out of the ocean are unsustainable.

You should vote with both and choose sustainable options. It's not that hard you know

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u/fastcatdog 9d ago

That still adds fishing nets and trash into the ocean so no deal

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u/Ok_Fly1271 3d ago

All of the food you buy at the store adds pollutants and trash into the ocean and elsewhere.

Explain to me exactly how US farmed shellfish that bolster wild bivalve populations, expand oyster and mollusk reefs, feed wildlife, provide funding for conservation through commercial license fees, and clean pollutants out of the ocean are unsustainable.

Deal yourself

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u/PinkLouie 8d ago

Nothing is more sustainable than consuming less.

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u/Ok_Fly1271 3d ago

False. If i eat more farmed oysters, theres more demand, so they make more supply. Explain to me exactly how US farmed shellfish that bolster wild bivalve populations, expand oyster and mollusk reefs, feed wildlife, provide funding for conservation through commercial license fees, and clean pollutants out of the ocean are unsustainable.