Study after study (you’ve been reading them right, because I’ve little inclination to provide links to the stockpile o’ studies) have shown that fish stocks all over the world are in serious, serious decline. As in, 90% of the big fish have plumb disappeared. That is, disappeared into our bellies. A number of predictions have these same species going extinct altogether no later than the middle of the century. Yet, we remain in denial. THERE ARE SO MANY TUNA, after all, right? How can we possibly eat every last salmon?

Remember the passenger pigeon? The American bison? (check the pile of bison skulls above…just a few days of hunting…can you even fathom this?) Will we ever learn?

The answer is a resounding maybe. The U.S. government, long known the world over for its progressive attitude toward our fellow species (okay, compared to some), is now considering a total ban on salmon fishing off the U.S. Pacific coast. Pretty staggering, if you ask me. Yes, it’s an economic decision, one based on keeping fisheries afloat in the long haul (we daren’t kill them all today, when we want to kill them tomorrow!), but no matter which way you slice the sushi (dear god, did I just type that?), it’s a sound notion. READ MORE HERE. Then pick up the telephone and call your representatives. Urge them to vocally support this plan.