The blue revolution蓝色革命

The blue revolution

Problem:

Good morning everyone, my name is Alex. Today, I want to talk about something that has come to be known as “The Blue Revolution”. Today 2/3 of the fish we eat comes from fish farms. In the 1800s to 1900s, people began to take advantage of the fact that the ocean covers two thirds of our earth in order to produce more food, and so this is how fish farms began. A wonderful way to provide more food for us by taking advantage of the size of the ocean, that is why it is known as “The Blue Revolution”, however, t here are many problems that have come from these fish farms throughout the years. According to scientists, fish can feel both pain and stress. The fish bred in fish farms are often bred in a space that is too small for the great number of fish placed in it, and they get a stressful feeling of suffocation which makes them breed much slower than if they were out in the wild; add to that the fact that fish are held in nets in fixed places, their waste falls to the bottom of the ocean and has been known to harm coral reefs, however, there is an even greater problem that makes us wonder, is this really such a revolutionary idea? In most cases, feeding the fish themselves requires a large amount of food in the first place, that is to say, in order to feed about a ton of meat-eating fish, we must provide them with around 5 tons of food. And what is this food made from? That’s right, from fish. Imagine that someone tells you that they know an easy way to get a billion dollars. You would most likely be really happy and excited about it, until the next day you find out that you need to pay 5 billion dollars first and then the money will be sent to you. This is a paradox because you give out more but get less. Even if you mix other kinds of chemical inside the fish food, you would still need a large amount of wild fish to mix it, and it would also be unhealthy for the fish. With this in mind, we must start to find a way that we can replace fish farms with a healthier, environment-friendly way to fish.

Solution:

If there is no way that we can learn how to live without fish, or at least learn

how to limit our consumption of it, I believe there is a solution that we can consider, it might not give us the results we desire from one day to the next,

but I th ink it’s a good idea to help solve this problem. First, it would be necessary to make an international agreement in which all participating countries can get together to chose an area of the ocean in which no fishing

would be allowed. This way, after some ten or twenty years, the fish in that

area will reproduce in a natural way and grow to become strong and healthy.

They won’t be swimming around in their waste or get sick anymore, they will

be able to breed faster because they will no longer be in pain or under stress

or nervous. Think of it as some kind of retirement plan in which we save a percentage of our income and put it in the bank so that, when we reach retirement age, say 60 or 65 years old, the bank will return the money as well

as the interest ga ined. We could call this our own “Fish Reserve”. Of course,

this long term plan does not solve the problems we have today, it is an investment we do for our future and the future generations. If there is something that we can do today to help, and if you are one of the few who are

willing to help, you can try consuming a little bit less fish than you’re used to.

There are plenty of other foods that share the same nutritional values as fish,

for example, nuts and seeds are a great source for Omega 3 and protein, and

they are also delicious, don’t we all just love snacking on them from time to

time? We need to be a little bit less selfish and a little bit more thoughtful, if

we can do this, then this problem has already been solved. After all, Everyone

is responsible for protecting the nature. Thank you.