मछलियों की उपलब्धता खाद्य सुरक्षा से जुड़ा एक मुद्दा है। हमें अपनी प्रथम दुनिया (विकसित देशों) के बेड़े को गरीबों के मुँह से मछलियाँ छीनने से रोकना होगा। यूरोपीय संघ (EU) का बेड़ा अफ़्रीका के पूरे तट पर ऊपर-नीचे चक्कर लगाता रहता है। यही सब प्रशांत महासागर में भी हो रहा है।
The availability of fish is a food security issue. We need to stop our first world fleets taking fish from the mouths of the poor. The EU fleet goes all up and down the coast of Africa. The same thing goes on in the Pacific.
The availability of fish is a food security issue. We need to stop our first world fleets taking fish from the mouths of the poor. The EU fleet goes all up and down the coast of Africa. The same thing goes on in the Pacific.
आप दुनिया की लाखों ओमेगा-3 वेबसाइटों को खंगाल सकते हैं, पर आपको कहीं भी इस बात की एक झलक नहीं मिलेगी कि ये बेशकीमती फैटी एसिड्स (वसा अम्ल) कहाँ से आ रहे हैं और इसके लिए सामाजिक या पर्यावरणीय रूप से कितनी बड़ी कीमत चुकानी पड़ रही है। कुछ लोगों के लिए, वे अपने शरीर के अंदर क्या डाल रहे हैं, यह एक सिरफिरी सनक बन गया है। शायद हम 'मी जनरेशन' (स्वयं-केंद्रित पीढ़ी) के बाद आने वाली पीढ़ी को देख रहे हैं—यानी, "जब तक मेरे पास स्पा और कुछ ओमेगा-3 फैटी एसिड्स हैं, तब तक दुनिया भाड़ में जाए, मुझे कोई परवाह नहीं" वाली पीढ़ी। संक्षेप में कहें तो इसे ओमेगा-3 पीढ़ी कहा जा सकता है। या फिर यह विचार कुछ ज़्यादा ही निराशाजनक है?
You can cruise the world's millions of omega-3 Web sites without encountering any reflections about where these prized fatty acids are coming from and at what social or environmental cost. For some people, what goes into their bodies has become an overriding obsession. Perhaps we are witnessing a successor to the Me Generation--namely, the Don't Care About the Rest of the World as Long as I Have a Spa and Some Omega-3 Fatty Acids Generation. Let's call it the Omega-3 Generation for short. Or is that thought just too depressing?
You can cruise the world's millions of omega-3 Web sites without encountering any reflections about where these prized fatty acids are coming from and at what social or environmental cost. For some people, what goes into their bodies has become an overriding obsession. Perhaps we are witnessing a successor to the Me Generation--namely, the Don't Care About the Rest of the World as Long as I Have a Spa and Some Omega-3 Fatty Acids Generation. Let's call it the Omega-3 Generation for short. Or is that thought just too depressing?
पालतू सैल्मन मछलियाँ, कई पीढ़ियों के बाद, ऐसी मोटी और सुस्त चीज़ें बन जाती हैं जो वजन बढ़ाने में तो अच्छी होती हैं, पर तेज बहने वाली नदियों में तैरने में नहीं। जब वे किसी नदी में पहुँच जाती हैं और जंगली मछलियों के साथ प्रजनन करती हैं, तो वे जंगली मछलियों के जीवित रहने और वंश बढ़ाने की संभावनाओं को नुकसान पहुँचा सकती हैं।
Domesticated salmon, after several generations, are fat, listless things that are good at putting on weight, not swimming up fast-moving rivers. When they get into a river and breed with wild fish, they can damage the wild fish's prospects of surviving to reproduce.
Domesticated salmon, after several generations, are fat, listless things that are good at putting on weight, not swimming up fast-moving rivers. When they get into a river and breed with wild fish, they can damage the wild fish's prospects of surviving to reproduce.
Celebrity chefs khadya jagat ke neta hain, aur hum unke peeche chalne wale. Aakhir chemical business ke malikon ko samudra mein kuch gram ganda pani chhodne ke liye doshi kyon maana jaye, jo samudra ke jeevon ke liye behad kam hanikarak hai, jabki ye celebrity chefs har raat darjanon table par khatre mein padi machliyon ke pakwan paroste hain aur un par ek lafz tak ki aalochana nahi hoti?
Celebrity chefs are the leaders in the field of food, and we are the led. Why should the leaders of chemical businesses be held responsible for polluting the marine environment with a few grams of effluent, which is sublethal to marine species, while celebrity chefs are turning out endangered fish at several dozen tables a night without enduring a syllable of criticism?
Celebrity chefs are the leaders in the field of food, and we are the led. Why should the leaders of chemical businesses be held responsible for polluting the marine environment with a few grams of effluent, which is sublethal to marine species, while celebrity chefs are turning out endangered fish at several dozen tables a night without enduring a syllable of criticism?
Maine kabhi kisi food writer ko is baare mein likhte hue nahi dekha, lekin America mein jitna bhi jheenga (shrimp) videsh se aata hai, use pehle kide-makode marne ke liye chlorine bleach mein dhoya jata hai. Isse uske swaad par kya asar padta hai, ye toh main nahi jaanta, par mujhe lagta hai ki humein iski jankari honi chahiye.
I have never seen a food writer mention this, but all shrimp imported into the United States must first be washed in chlorine bleach to kill bugs. What this does for the taste, I do not know, but I think we should be told.
I have never seen a food writer mention this, but all shrimp imported into the United States must first be washed in chlorine bleach to kill bugs. What this does for the taste, I do not know, but I think we should be told.
Machli palan, aam tarikon se bhi, kuch hi peedhiyon mein machli ko ek jangli bhaise ya wildebeest jaisi prajati se badalkar ek gharelu gaay jaisa bana deta hai.
Fish farming, even with conventional techniques, changes fish within a few generations from an animal like a wild buffalo or a wildebeest to the equivalent of a domestic cow.
Fish farming, even with conventional techniques, changes fish within a few generations from an animal like a wild buffalo or a wildebeest to the equivalent of a domestic cow.
रोमवासियों का मानना था कि जिस पर किसी आदमी का नियंत्रण नहीं होता, उसका कोई मालिक भी नहीं हो सकता। छठी शताब्दी ईस्वी में जस्टिनियन ने लिखा था कि हवा, बहता पानी, समुद्र और समुद्र तट सभी के लिए साझा रूप से उपलब्ध हैं।
The Romans believed that what no man controls, no man can own. Justinian, writing in the sixth century AD, said that the air, flowing water, the sea and the seashore were common to all.
The Romans believed that what no man controls, no man can own. Justinian, writing in the sixth century AD, said that the air, flowing water, the sea and the seashore were common to all.
मेरा मानना है कि नागरिक अब यह समझने लगे हैं कि उनकी जन्मजात संपत्ति यानी एक स्वस्थ पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र को उनसे छीन लिया गया है, और वे इसे वापस पाना चाहते हैं।
I believe citizens are beginning to realize that their birthright, a healthy ecosystem, has been stolen, and they want it back.
I believe citizens are beginning to realize that their birthright, a healthy ecosystem, has been stolen, and they want it back.
लगातार हमारे सामने एक विकल्प आता रहेगा: यह तय करना कि महासागरों को जंगली मछलियों के लिए सुरक्षित रखा जाए या मछली पालन (फ़ार्मिंग) के लिए। जंगली मछलियों के बहुत करीब पालतू प्रजातियों की फ़ार्मिंग करने का मतलब होगा कि हमेशा पालतू मछलियाँ ही आगे रहेंगी। नीति-निर्माण की दुनिया में ऐसा कोई भी व्यक्ति नज़र नहीं आता जो यह पूछ रहा हो कि समाज के लिए क्या बेहतर है, जंगली मछलियाँ या पाली गई मछियाँ? और आख़िर किस तरह की पाली गई मछलियाँ? अगर यह सवाल पूछा जाए और उसका ईमानदारी से जवाब दिया जाए, तो हमें शायद यह पता चलेगा कि हमारा हित इसी में है कि हम जंगली मछलियों को प्राथमिकता दें और उन्हें काफ़ी समय तक उनके हाल पर छोड़कर उनके पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र को अधिक उत्पादक बनाएँ।
Increasingly, we will be faced with a choice: whether to keep the oceans for wild fish or farmed fish. Farming domesticated species in close proximity with wild fish will mean that domesticated fish always win. Nobody in the world of policy appears to be asking what is best for society, wild fish or farmed fish. And what sort of farmed fish, anyway? Were this question to be asked, and answered honestly, we might find that our interests lay in prioritizing wild fish and making their ecosystems more productive by leaving them alone enough of the time.
Increasingly, we will be faced with a choice: whether to keep the oceans for wild fish or farmed fish. Farming domesticated species in close proximity with wild fish will mean that domesticated fish always win. Nobody in the world of policy appears to be asking what is best for society, wild fish or farmed fish. And what sort of farmed fish, anyway? Were this question to be asked, and answered honestly, we might find that our interests lay in prioritizing wild fish and making their ecosystems more productive by leaving them alone enough of the time.