Eating Up the Oceans

Jellyfish swarm northward in warming world
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/climate_09_jellyfish_menace
By MICHAEL CASEY, AP Environmental Writer Michael Casey, Ap Environmental Writer – Mon Nov 16, 8:37 am ET

Environmental writers...

Scientists know the jellyfish in question in this article is from the Yellow Sea and rode over to Japan on currents. (It's always been my understanding of jellyfish that they have little choice but to follow currents. Their lot in life is to follow the Ocean winds.) The scientists point to several factors that have changed in the Yellow Sea that increased the population of these jellyfish. Another scientists Lorenzo Ciannelli of Oregon State University says: "... clearly jellyfish populations are not merely a function of water temperature." Yet still the writer brings up conclusions that global warming needs to be addressed.

Interestingly... the last paragraph of the article is: Some entrepreneurs, meanwhile, are trying to cash in. One Japanese company is selling giant jellyfish ice cream, and another plans a pickled plum dip with chunks of giant jellyfish. But, though a popular delicacy, jellyfish isn't likely to replace sushi or other fish dishes on Asian menus anytime soon, in view of its time-consuming processing, heavy sodium overload and unappealing image.

It occurs to me that this paragraph hits on the real problem. As the rising populations of Asia eats their way through the oceans, destroying the balance of life that nature designed, Asians and the rest of us may have to change their eating habits.

The history of herring fisheries in Alaska is riddled with statements that support my conclusion...

http://herringsynthesis.research.pdx.edu/
http://herringsynthesis.research.pdx.edu/research/timeline_draft_july.pdf

1878 ~ Commercial herring production in Alaska begins in 1878. A combination of beach seines, gill nets and a form of Norwegian seining produces an initial total catch of 30,000 lbs.

...

1970s HERRING STOCKS EXPERIENCE THE FIRST COLLAPSE (ADF&G 2007) ~ Herring sac roe production begins in the 1970s to provide for declining herring numbers in Japanese waters. Much of the current herring sac roe harvest in Alaska is destined for these Japanese markets although younger generations are not so keen on this traditional dish. Japanese and Russian ships trawling for herring in the Bering Sea reach 320 million lb (146,000 mt) in 1970 (ADF&G 2007).

Amazingly, the Oregon-based university that complished the timeline (you should read it) added "climate change" as one of the problems herring face on their Website. I suppose it wouldn't be politically correct to blame hungry Japanese. Nor would it be particularly cool to blame the government (ADF&G) for allowing overfishing in the name of economic development (selling fish to Japan). The media surely doesn't want to remind us all in this era of Obamacare what a poor job government does of handling the matters.

It all boils down to it is a good thing younger generations in Japan don't like traditional Japanese foods like herring because they have eaten a hole in Alaska's herring population too. Thirty years later fisheries have failed and herring sanctuaries are under discussion to revitalize the population. I imagine if they don't like jellyfish, they'll have to start eating more methane-producting beef like us fatso Americans.

More cows! Heaven forbid! That would be a global warming nightmare.

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Market Math ~ Planning Your Planting

I've already had people stop by my blog looking for FarmVille Tips, and I didn't have any. After I saw that other people will be more than happy to sell you a book filled with FarmVille tips, I decided to offer up some free tips here on my blog. The images are linked to my Flickr account (which was a question on a game show recently and the person didn't know Flick was all about photos).

Market Math ~ Planning Your Planting

You will save yourself a lot of time if you plan your planting on FarmVille. The first step is to figure out how many plots that you have on your farm. This is a new farm below with the capabilities of 12x12 or 144 plots. In this case, four of the plots are taken up by cute gifts and stuff already, so this farmer can plant only 140 plots.



AND... being a dirt farmer, this Farmer Girl only has 3,835 coins to do the planting with. There are crops that would work, but having a life outside FarmVille this farmer realized they needed at least 8 hours before they could harvest the crop. Pumpkins would do the trick. The trick then would be to divide the coins (3835) by 30 and realize ahead of time that all this farmer can plant is 127 plots.



This is important because FarmVille will let you plant every plot on a farm even if you don't have enough coins.



When you overplant, FarmVille will ask...



if you'll buy some of their coins.

You would have to wait while the farmer goes through the motions of planting those 13 extra plots. Waiting for thirteen extra plots didn't take long, but over time the extra seconds can really add up. So, do your market math before heading to the store.

NOTE: This is different from FarmTown, which will stop you automatically when you run out of coins.

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