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hatrack

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4. Yes, and we're fishing krill now . . .

Reply to WePurrsevere (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 24, 2018, 12:12 PM

Mar 2018

For livestock and aquaculture feed and bait.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krill_fishery

Total biomass is about 379 million tons (estimated) of which about half is eaten in the wild by whales and fish.

Human take is pretty small so far, but with sea ice shrinking rapidly (and the krill need sea ice to feed and reproduce) who knows how long that estimated population can hold up.

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CNN International Shove Your Krill Up Your Ass - The Ice Is Melting Like Never Before [View all] PaulX2 Mar 2018 OP

I'm sure we'll get right on it once there's no longer a madman running our country Calculating Mar 2018 #1

The krill population is rapidly declining. Relying on it... WePurrsevere Mar 2018 #2

Yes, and we're fishing krill now . . . hatrack Mar 2018 #4

Humans are also ingesting a lot of krill as Omega 3 supplements. WePurrsevere Mar 2018 #7

Purslane is a better source, and you can grow it yourself . . hatrack Mar 2018 #8

Thanks for the tip. I didn't know that about Purslane, I just... WePurrsevere Mar 2018 #9

We all need to stop eating animal products. Live stock uses so much more resources than plants. MLAA Mar 2018 #3

Exactly Calculating Mar 2018 #5

Absolutely! Doremus Mar 2018 #6