Sustainable Fishing Quotes

If we keep on destroying fish, there won't be any left. If the oceans die, we all die. It's as simple as that.

I don't eat fish because there is no such thing as sustainable fishing in the world right now.

People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity.

Fishing should be a ceremony that reaffirms our place in the natural world and helps us resist further estrangement from our origins.

We know shark's fin is a huge problem. In California now, you can't buy it or sell it.

Thanks to the abundance of shellfish in Puget Sound, Washington State is the largest oyster producer in the country.

If we don't preserve the oceans from nitrate runoff and plastic and chemicals, and if we don't preserve it from acidification, and if we don't preserve it from grotesque overfishing - too much money chasing too few fish - we're going to have the most massive ecosystem on the planet in peril.

Believe me, I did not come to London to cook farmed fish. All my fish are wild.

The dolphin fishing that takes place in Taiji town is an ancient fishing practice deeply rooted in their culture and their practices and supports their livelihoods.

We must plant the sea and herd its animals ... using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about -- farming replacing hunting.

No one understands the impacts of shifting fish stocks more than commercial and recreational fishermen in my district.

Fishing in sustainable ways means fewer fish, higher quality, better price at the market. That is a formula that is good for the environment and the fisherman but bad for the consumer.

Does Greenpeace think it can stop whaling in Antarctica by publicly eating whale meat and declaring it delicious? What are these people thinking?

I dreamed: I am the fish whose flesh is eaten, and because I am fat, it is good.

The oceans are a way of life. We fish; we sail; we have a robust marine economy.

Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life. It's akin to using a bulldozer to catch a butterfly, destroying a whole ecosystem for the sake of a few pounds of protein. We wouldn't do this on land, so why do it in the oceans?

Ling cod is a mild-flavored and somewhat delicate fish that takes well to poaching, braising and pan-roasting.

Greenpeace has a fast ship that could stop the whalers cold.

I do like going out and finding free food. I've done it since I was a child. Fishing prawns and shrimps from the sea is wonderful, as is picking blackberries, sloes and mushrooms. Having a guide while out looking for mushrooms is really important, though, as picking the wrong type can be quite dangerous.

Whenever possible, buy a fish whole. With tuna, this isn't practical; with smaller fish, it is.

Sharks are being driven to extinction because people want to eat their fins and their flesh.

We must protect our ocean as if our lives depend upon it, because they do.

We need to do a better job of keeping oceans healthy.

We need to learn how to capture and kill wild fish humanely - or, if that is not possible, to find less cruel and more sustainable alternatives to eating them.

Way back in October 2007, I had urged thousands of Australians to vote for Kevin Rudd and Peter Garrett's Labor Party. Why? Because they promised to get tough on illegal Japanese whaling.