May 04, 2008
Sunday

"HERRING" ALMOST THE LOWEST THING IN THE OCEAN FOOD CHAIN, UNTIL MAN MESSED WITH MOTHER NATURE AND DUMPED SEVERAL BAJILLION HATCHERY FISH INTO THE OCEAN, THEY DID FINE AND EVEN THRIVED. AS A KID IN SOUTHEAST AK. WE COULD ALMOST WALK ON WATER ON HERRING AND SALMON [OVER 60 YEARS AGO].

IT'S NOT THE CLIMATE, OR NATURAL CAUSES THAT HURT THE LOWLY HERRING, IT IS MANKIND'S IGNORANCE. WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK THESE HATCHERY FISH EAT IN THE OCEAN , SEAWEED & PLANKTON? THEIR MAIN DIET IS THE LOWLY HERRING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU TOOK A VERY SMALL % OF THE VEGETARIAN ANIMALS FROM WASH., OREGON, AND CALIF. AND TURNED THEM LOOSE ON 3 OR 4 MIDWEST CROP STATES?

THE OCEAN IS A VERY BIG PLACE, BUT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE ON EARTH IT CAN BE OVERRUN. TOO BAD THE BRILLIANT MINDS OF MAN DID NOT START HERRING HATCHERIES TO FEED THE EXTRA SALMON RELEASED INTO THE OCEANS OF THE WORLD. EVEN AT A 1% SURVIVAL RATE FOR RELEASED SALMON FRY ON THE WEST COAST SALT WATER & FRESH WATER , THAT IS MILLIONS OF GULLETS TO FILL IF THEY CAN FIND THE LOWLY HERRING TO FEED ON .

BUT THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES MUST HAVE THEIRE CAVIAR, IT IS VERY DOUBTFUL THAT A HERRING HATCHERY COULD HAVE BEEN STARTED BECAUSE NO POLITICIAN WOULD HAVE ASK FOR GRANTS OR SUBSIDIES FOR A LOWLY HERRING HATCHERY.

TO BLAME THE MINING INDUSTRY FOR A SHORTAGE OF HERRING IS COMPLETELY LUDICROUS, IT'S LIKE USING A FENCE POST IN THE MIDWEST CROP STATES FOR A THERMOMETER.

BILL HARRIS
JUNEAU, AK

Received May 03, 2008 - Published May 04, 2008

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