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The crisis of the fisheries is similar to our economy. This is not one fishery failing, but the whole system.

~Daniel Pauly

Topics: Crisis Economy Failing Our Similar System Whole

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In the Java Sea in Indonesia, I have seen fishers going out in the morning, six of them going out and coming back with five pounds of fish. That is the end point, a pound of fish per person per day to sell for rice. That's where fisheries go if you let it happen. That's where it stabilizes. These people cannot feed their families.

~Daniel Pauly

Topics: Back Cannot Coming Day End Families Feed Fish Five Go Going Happen Indonesia Java Morning Out People Per Person Point Pound Pounds Rice Sea Seen Sell Six Them Where You

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If you think of having a family as being loved as a child, cared for - I did not experience that.

~Daniel Pauly

Topics: Being Cared Child Did Experience Family Having Loved Think You

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I'm developing a physiological theory of growth and oxygen requirement. If it's well-understood how fish require oxygen to grow, then we can understand how to deal with the impact of global warming.

~Daniel Pauly

Topics: Deal Developing Fish Global Global Warming Grow Growth How Impact Oxygen Physiological Require Requirement Then Theory Understand Warming

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Our oceans have been the victims of a giant Ponzi scheme, waged with Bernie Madoff-like callousness by the world's fisheries.

~Daniel Pauly

Topics: Been Giant Oceans Our Scheme Victims Waged World

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Eating a tuna roll at a sushi restaurant should be considered no more environmentally benign than driving a Hummer or harpooning a manatee.

~Daniel Pauly

Topics: Benign Considered Driving Eating Environmentally More Restaurant Roll Should Sushi Than Tuna

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While the climate crisis gathers front-page attention on a regular basis, people - even those who profess great environmental consciousness - continue to eat fish as if it were a sustainable practice.

~Daniel Pauly

Topics: Attention Basis Climate Consciousness Continue Crisis Eat Environmental Even Fish Great People Practice Profess Regular Regular Basis Sustainable Those Were While Who

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There is no need for an end to fish, or to fishing for that matter. But there is an urgent need for governments to free themselves from the fishing-industrial complex and its Ponzi scheme, to stop subsidizing the fishing-industrial complex and awarding it fishing rights, when it should in fact pay for the privilege to fish.

~Daniel Pauly

Topics: Complex End Fact Fish Fishing Free Governments In Fact Matter Need Pay Privilege Rights Scheme Should Stop Themselves Urgent

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We transform the world, but we don't remember it. We adjust our baseline to the new level, and we don't recall what was there.

~Daniel Pauly

Topics: Adjust Level New New Level Our Recall Remember Transform World

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An animal that is very abundant, before it gets extinct, it becomes rare. So you don't lose abundant animals. You always lose rare animals. Therefore, they're not perceived as a big loss.

~Daniel Pauly

Topics: Abundant Always Animal Animals Becomes Before Big Extinct Gets Lose Loss Perceived Rare Therefore Very You

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Scientist

Born: May 2nd, 1946

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