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tiagojpg t1_it8aa9z wrote

Aw yeah, Imma ‘bout to go all in on Tuna calls. Big tuna.

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DatWeebComingInHot t1_it8subu wrote

"not massacring fish is good for fish"

Okay, hear me out on this wild idea. We know fish are vital for their support of ecosystems around the world, and that our current ways will lead to marine keystone species going extinct. And we also know that fish are not necessary for the vast majority of global population except those with limited access to alternatives to protein or fats. So how about we... stop commercial fishing?

Protecting the biosphere isn't less important than one's taste buds. Act like it and boycot fishing in it's entirety.

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marigolds6 t1_it937q6 wrote

What's interesting about this is that tuna are not typically fished in those waters. So the recovery is not simply because the tuna themselves are not being fished. This boost is stock is specifically a response to the protect of the entire system rather than just the species itself.

Because of dolphin safe tuna regulations, relatively few tuna are fished in the eastern tropical pacific tuna region (IATTC), where this MPA resides. In the IATTC, most tuna fishing was done via sets on dolphins. These types of sets have extremely low bycatch with a high concentration of large adult tuna, but that bycatch is primarily spinner dolphins. So, most tuna fishing is done in the WCPFC (western and central pacific) region (especially western) region. Although this region has plenty of dolphin bycatch, as well as many other species, the sets are done against floating objects rather than dolphins which automatically makes them dolphin safe.

(I used to work here a long time ago. I have not kept up to date on the industry, but most of these policy implications have not changed much in that time.)

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monsul_rain t1_it8ycrt wrote

Guess I won't have to feel guilty consuming tuna anymore. I have limited my diet to eating fish because of my health problems. But this still does negate the fact that overall world stock of fishes is declining.

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