Ember<p>Pescetarianism is sometimes lauded as an affordable, ethical, and climate friendly diet. In truth, however, it exonerates the what is arguably the most cruel and exploitative of all carnist industries, is the most expensive type of diet globally for all economic stages of development by country, and is ecologically and environmentally catastrophic.</p><p>Don't let anyone fool you into thinking that pescetarianism is ethical or that it is good for the planet. Don't let anyone pretend it's the "affordable" option, when the reality is that it's nothing more than a luxury carnist diet.</p><p>------<br>The environmental impact of eating fish, explained<br>➡️ <a href="https://www.surgeactivism.org/fishandtheenvironment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">surgeactivism.org/fishandtheen</span><span class="invisible">vironment</span></a></p><p>Do fish have feelings? Scientists say yes.<br>➡️ <a href="https://thehumaneleague.org/article/do-fish-have-feelings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehumaneleague.org/article/do</span><span class="invisible">-fish-have-feelings</span></a></p><p>Pescetarian diets are least affordable<br>➡️ <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(21)00251-5/fulltext" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/</span><span class="invisible">article/PIIS2542-5196(21)00251-5/fulltext</span></a></p><p>Marine populations have declined by 49% between 1970 and 2012<br>➡️ <a href="https://assets.wwf.org.uk/custom/stories/living_blue_planet/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">assets.wwf.org.uk/custom/stori</span><span class="invisible">es/living_blue_planet/</span></a></p><p>Freshwater Living Planet Index declining by an average of 83%.<br>The global abundance of oceanic sharks and rays has declined by 71% over the last 50 years, due primarily to an 18-fold increase in fishing pressure since 1970<br>➡️ <a href="https://www.wwf.org.uk/our-reports/living-planet-report-2022" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wwf.org.uk/our-reports/living-</span><span class="invisible">planet-report-2022</span></a></p><p>Hundreds of Cape Fur seals entangled in fishing lines and nets every year<br>➡️ <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210820111045.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedaily.com/releases/2021</span><span class="invisible">/08/210820111045.htm</span></a></p><p>Dumped fishing gear is biggest plastic polluter in ocean, finds report<br>➡️ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/06/dumped-fishing-gear-is-biggest-plastic-polluter-in-ocean-finds-report" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">19/nov/06/dumped-fishing-gear-is-biggest-plastic-polluter-in-ocean-finds-report</span></a></p><p>Most plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch comes from the fishing industry<br>➡️ <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-great-pacific-garbage" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ourworldindata.org/plastic-gre</span><span class="invisible">at-pacific-garbage</span></a></p><p>Transferable drug resistance in bacteria from fish-farm sediments<br>➡️ <a href="https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/m92-174" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1</span><span class="invisible">139/m92-174</span></a></p><p>Occurrence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Fish-Pathogenic and Environmental Bacteria Associated with Four Danish Rainbow Trout Farms<br>➡️ <a href="https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/aem.66.11.4908-4915.2000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1</span><span class="invisible">128/aem.66.11.4908-4915.2000</span></a><br>------</p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vegan</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Veganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Veganism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Pescetarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pescetarian</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Pescetarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pescetarianism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Pescatarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pescatarian</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Pescatarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pescatarianism</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fish</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fishing</span></a></p>