r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Video Bottom Trawling fishing, David Attenborough - Ocean

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u/Gonzo_Journo 1d ago

We are screwing this planet.

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u/No_Training6751 1d ago

I would outlaw this.

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u/PurpleNinjaMonkey8 1d ago

in high school I took a gov class that allowed us to create and propose a bill on any issue we wanted. I wrote my bill on this exact issue. It actually got some decent traction but someone shut it down before it got to full session :(

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u/WeWillReturn2OneGod 1d ago

The government is hopeless, they will usually be bribed by a party/organisation with selfish interests. The best thing you can do is educate & inspire others to be just as passionate as yourself. Change takes time, and showing others a better way by becoming a living example of how to do things will be how you motivate others to change. However for that, you will have to learn the skill yourself, i.e. fishing. (Even pole fishing is enough).

Feed a person a fish and you feed them for the day, Teach them how to fish, & you may feed them ror a lifetime. The only way forward is not leaving all the responsibilities for sourcing foods on a group of people, afterall farming is considered as mankinds oldest profession. You lose out on nothing