Fish

[Funkworks]

This thread is for people who want to save the fish.

It appears that dams are a danger to fish.

https://www.nwcouncil.org/reports/columbia-river-history/damsimpacts/

What are other dangers fish face?

Pictures of fish are also welcome.

 

[FredA]

What are other dangers fish face?

Over fishing....sloppy fishing....

 

[David Schwantz]

Bears.

 

[David Schwantz]

Otters.

 

[David Schwantz]

Plastic six pack holders

 

[kuririn]

Mmmmmm.......
Salmon and trout, (smacks lips).
Oh, uh
Fishermen.

 

[Cape Byron]

Greatly reduced water flow from upstream due to companies massive bottling of cheap water they paid almost nothing for clean mountain water and selling it at extortionate prices for resale.

 

[KenECoyote]

Over fishing

 

[kuririn]

Bigger fish.

Alligator gar.

 

[OverTheTop]

It is definitely a fish-eat-fish world.

 

[dbpeirce]

Habitat loss, hydro power, hatcheries and harvest.

 

[user 13]

I had a lovely piece of Halibut for dinner, It was good enough for Jehova........

 

[Pappy]

i normally would accept full responsibility, but i am a crappy fisherman and have only ever caught one trout. it was yummy, though i did feel some shame.

note: 'crappy' as in very bad, not the fish.

 

[teepot]

Pollution.
I did a study of dissolved oxygen in the Red Cedar river that runs through the Michigan State campus when I was going there. Upstream compared to a spot in the middle of campus and after campus. The campus had an effect on the amount of available oxygen. After the river passed through campus there was less dissolved oxygen in the water. That was just a small study. Think what a city does to the water. The water from storm drains is toxic. Back in the 70's Lake Erie had so much mercury in the water the fish weren't safe to eat. It's better now. Lake Erie is the first big lake after Detroit.

 

[Hobie1dog]

there's likely a hundred articles you can pull up on how man has damaged the natural fish habitat due to dams and pollution.

 

[OverTheTop]

Microplastics is on the rise. They get into the fish and then into us. My company makes a spectrometer for analysing them.

 

[Funkworks]

I'll add these:

- other fish (mentionned elsewhere, but I like saying it this way)
- something about water pH levels, but I only know a few basics

And now I kind of lost track if this thread was meant to be serious or a joke.

M'eh.

 

[SecondRow]

Whales.

Dolphins, orca.

 

[SecondRow]

I had a lovely piece of Halibut for dinner, It was good enough for Jehova........

Blasphemy! He said it again!

 

[teepot]

Sturgeon

 

[Hobie1dog]

 

[Hobie1dog]

 

[Peartree]

Water diversion to support (water and electricity) enormous cities in dry places.

 

[Funkworks]

I might be missing something, but I think you're all taking this a bit too seriously.

Here's a list of endangered animals:
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/directory?sort=extinction_status&direction=desc
Here are the listed fish:

Bluefin Tuna
Humphead Wrasse
Whale Shark
Bigeye Tuna
Great White Shark
Albacore Tuna
Yellowfin Tuna

Well at least I get to check these emojis off the bucket list.

 

[Funkworks]

I don't know if ocean acidification is common knowledge or not so I'll just drop this here.

 

[Hobie1dog]

the extremely high prices of sushi will likely make tuna extinct.