“Maoris now own over half the commercial fishing industry in New Zealand.” HalfIndustryFishingNew Zealand Author:Malcolm Fraser
“The shell fishing industry represents a major part of Louisiana's economy.” EconomyIndustryMajorsFishingShellsLouisiana Author:Bobby Jindal
“Today's fishing industry supplies land farms with fish as well. Over fifty percent of the fish caught is fed to livestock on factory farms and "regular" farms. It is an ingredient in the enriched "feed meal" fed to livestock. Farm animals, like cows, who by nature are vegans, are routinely force-fed fish as well as the flesh, blood, and manure of other animals. It may take sixteen pounds of grain to make one pound of beef, but it also takes one hundred pounds of fish to make that one pound of beef.” WellsMayTodayForceAnimalBloodLandIndustryPercentHundredCaughtFishesFleshMealsFiftyFishingPoundsFedsIngredientsFarmsVeganFactoriesCowsGrainSuppliesSixteenBeefManureLivestock Author:Sharon Gannon
“Large factory trawlers indiscriminately scrape and haul up everything from the ocean floor, along with everyone unfortunate enough to get caught in the nets. Roughly one-third of what is dragged in is not profitable fish, but other sea animals, including turtles, whales, dolphins, seals, and seabirds. These beings are referred to by the fishing industry as "by-catch." Severely traumatized and wounded, these animals are subsequently thrown back into the ocean, dead or dying.” EnoughAnimalSeaDyingIndustryOceanThirdsIncludingCaughtFishesThrownFishingFactoriesUnfortunateWoundedProfitableWhalesSealsDolphinsTurtlesHaul Author:Sharon Gannon
“Today's fishing industry supplies land farms with fish as well. Over fifty percent of the fish caught is fed to livestock on factory farms and "regular" farms. It is an ingredient in the enriched "feed meal" fed to livestock.” WellsTodayLandIndustryPercentCaughtFishesMealsFiftyFishingFedsIngredientsFarmsFactoriesSuppliesLivestock Author:Sharon Gannon
“My struggles have been around protecting our air quality, protecting people from mercury in fish. I was very involved in the effort to get the FDA to recognize that mercury in fish is a real health issue and the FDA, you know, needed to be on that. But they were very tight with the fishing industry and did not want the public to be aware in the same way that they later didn't want the public to be aware of the problems with Vioxx, and they sat on the studies for many years and allowed 140,000 people to develop heart disease.” PeopleKnowsWayWantYearsHeartHas BeensRealProblemEffortQualityStruggleStudyIssuesAirIndustryNeededInvolvedDiseaseFishesSatFishingMercuryHeart DiseaseFdaMy StruggleHealth IssuesAir Quality Author:Jill Stein