Also 5 is probably true but anecdotally most costal communities in the developing world (which consists of a huge population) eat a lot of fish, this was certainly true in my circles growing up in India. Of course, this is now slowly changing as Indians switch to eating more chickens as I outlined in: https://substack.com/@feedingprogress/p-161270200
Hey Aditya, unless I'm misreading it, that OWID graph is for:
"Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture,
World Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants."
This would be along the lines of advocates saying, "The average person eats 500 fish a year!" by lumping in any organism raised in water as "fish." (It is also another thing that makes advocates look crazy; the average non-vegan will think, "There is no way that is right.")
More relevant analysis on the question of fish:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/oms5N5K5HxL2KJcmb/the-moral-ambiguity-of-fishing-on-wild-aquatic-animal
Thanks for this - I'll add it!
Thanks for sharing this. I agree with 1, 2 & 4 as well as having a single, attainable and impactful ask.
Nevertheless, have you considered that most fish are no longer wild caught?: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/capture-fisheries-vs-aquaculture
Also 5 is probably true but anecdotally most costal communities in the developing world (which consists of a huge population) eat a lot of fish, this was certainly true in my circles growing up in India. Of course, this is now slowly changing as Indians switch to eating more chickens as I outlined in: https://substack.com/@feedingprogress/p-161270200
Hey Aditya, unless I'm misreading it, that OWID graph is for:
"Seafood production: wild fish catch vs. aquaculture,
World Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants."
This would be along the lines of advocates saying, "The average person eats 500 fish a year!" by lumping in any organism raised in water as "fish." (It is also another thing that makes advocates look crazy; the average non-vegan will think, "There is no way that is right.")