Underwater Photography 2 - Lorenzo Terraneo - Wonderful Photographer with a few words of caution about eating fish.
Italian and passionate about our seas and oceans, Lorenzo Terraneo is much more than a photographer. He screams about the state of our fish stocks in a vehement, yet very scientific manner.
I like to eat fish very much. My favourites are Monkfish and Turbot. Both are sensational!
Lorenzo Terraneo gives us a few cold truths which I invite you to ponder whilst you peruse some of his extraordinary works.
Farmed fish contain huge amounts of chemical additives, hormones and drugs that are used to rapidly increase the weight of the animal, as well as avoiding harmful epidemics.
It often takes 3 kg of fish meal to produce 1 kg of salmon .
For 10 kg of farmed Sea Bass it takes 100 kg of sardines.
But I need my Omega-3 oils!
In 2010 Britain conducted a medical-scientific study of 19,000 people in which it was shown that the intake of Omega 3 is most efficient if it comes from plants rather than fish. In addition, Omega-3 oils occur at higher concentrations in vegetables and vegetable products:
A study conducted by the UN shows that every year the following are poured into the sea:
635,000 tonnes of crude oil spill from ships in the Mediterranean Sea each year.
100 million sharks and 8,000 whales are killed each year in drift nets ... by mistake!
Our Seas and Oceans are bio-diversities which clearly need a more balanced approach to their exploitation. I would like to keep eating my Monkfish and Turbot and other fish besides. If the practice of fishing continues unchecked and the abuse of our environment through turning a blind eye to malpractice is not stamped out, then we have a problem. I suspect we already have a problem far greater than even Lorenzo is aware of.
All Images are ©Lorenzo Terraneo. All Rights Reserved.
Please continue to enjoy some extraordinary images from our oceans - and one above them.
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@jaki01, thank you so much - there is more that we don't know about our oceans than our solar system, I fear! Then there is probably more that we don't know that we don't know!
Thanks again. Namaste!
These are awesome pics..and thanks for those info. Shared in facebook :)
Thank you @immarojas, much appreciated!
You're welcome :)
Fantastic photos - and I thank you to speak about the pollution of the oceans as well! Resteemed!
Thanks for your work here Ed. As a vegan I enjoyed the bit about Omega-3 oils and wonder how it is that most fish eaters still don't know this? There is an interesting documentary (now 7 years old) on what we are doing to the fish in our ocean. Here is the trailer:
I shall check it out - I have long been an advocate of caring for the oceans ever since I watched Jacques Cousteau as a child. The Calypso and the adventures were startling! Now we find Nudibranchs at 8,000 ft. deep ...
Meanwhile the foodchain is being battered having knock-on effects of catastrophic proportions. When they reintroduced the wolf to Yellowstone Park the system recovered. We cannot see the effects of no wolves in the oceans!
Thank you for your kind words as ever!
Namaste!
He is excellent thanks for sharing ebryans love these odd underwater creatures, upped.
Thanks, my friend - kind words as ever!
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Nice pictures.