Comments on: No bycatch but too much tuna http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/no-bycatch-but-too-much-tuna Meanderings on living in Southern Taiwan Thu, 27 May 2010 08:28:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Stephen http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/no-bycatch-but-too-much-tuna/comment-page-1#comment-237 Stephen Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:53:19 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/no-bycatch-but-too-much-tuna#comment-237 Thanks cfimages, All that tasty and plentiful seafood does come at an environmental cost. Likewise I love eating seafood but worry about the poor fish stocks. I'm sure it will be within our lifetime that many of the fish in these markets become extinct. Thanks cfimages,
All that tasty and plentiful seafood does come at an environmental cost. Likewise I love eating seafood but worry about the poor fish stocks. I’m sure it will be within our lifetime that many of the fish in these markets become extinct.

]]> By: cfimages http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/no-bycatch-but-too-much-tuna/comment-page-1#comment-236 cfimages Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:19:48 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/no-bycatch-but-too-much-tuna#comment-236 Great photos and report. I love wandering around the fishing harbours and markets - anywhere really, not just Taiwan. I also love eating the catch. What I hate though (and makes me a hypocrite because I shouldn't really eat Taiwanese seafood due to this) is the environmental practices of the Taiwanese fishing fleet. They are some of the worst in the world - one reason there's no bycatch is because all the things like dolphins and albatross are disposed of at sea. Some of those long line tuna boats have bets up to 1 mile long with thousands upon thousands of hooks. Great photos and report. I love wandering around the fishing harbours and markets – anywhere really, not just Taiwan. I also love eating the catch. What I hate though (and makes me a hypocrite because I shouldn’t really eat Taiwanese seafood due to this) is the environmental practices of the Taiwanese fishing fleet. They are some of the worst in the world – one reason there’s no bycatch is because all the things like dolphins and albatross are disposed of at sea. Some of those long line tuna boats have bets up to 1 mile long with thousands upon thousands of hooks.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/no-bycatch-but-too-much-tuna/comment-page-1#comment-230 Stephen Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:45:05 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/no-bycatch-but-too-much-tuna#comment-230 You know, we visit it on Saturday mornings around 7am. I suspect it is open every morning but can't be sure. The best fish market to visit is the <a href="http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/dong-gang-fish-markets" rel="nofollow">Donggang market</a> south of Kaohsiung. I have only visted that one on weekend afternoons. Here is a google map of the three local fish markets I am familiar with. <iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=117621198227957224384.00044414644820534f76f&ll=22.530797,120.348438&spn=0.391848,0.188323&output=embed&s=AARTsJrIvLs6xTxDy9SItgAXUV7k7C7prQ"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=117621198227957224384.00044414644820534f76f&ll=22.530797,120.348438&spn=0.391848,0.188323&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left" rel="nofollow">View Larger Map</a></small> <a href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=117621198227957224384.00044414644820534f76f&ll=22.551245,120.456161&spn=0.420435,0.615234&z=11" rel="nofollow">The direct link</a> if the map above doesn't show. You know, we visit it on Saturday mornings around 7am. I suspect it is open every morning but can’t be sure.

The best fish market to visit is the Donggang market south of Kaohsiung. I have only visted that one on weekend afternoons.

Here is a google map of the three local fish markets I am familiar with.

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The direct link if the map above doesn’t show.

]]> By: Jane http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/no-bycatch-but-too-much-tuna/comment-page-1#comment-229 Jane Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:29:04 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/no-bycatch-but-too-much-tuna#comment-229 Hello, I'm new to Kaohsiung and would love to visit this fish market. Is it every morning? How early? Thanks! Love the blog :) Hello,

I’m new to Kaohsiung and would love to visit this fish market. Is it every morning? How early?

Thanks! Love the blog :)

]]> By: Stephen http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/no-bycatch-but-too-much-tuna/comment-page-1#comment-228 Stephen Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:26:43 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/no-bycatch-but-too-much-tuna#comment-228 Thanks Carrie, The fish market format is similar all over Taiwan. Fresh and preferably alive is very important for buyers. It one of the places I never tire of visiting. Thanks Carrie,
The fish market format is similar all over Taiwan. Fresh and preferably alive is very important for buyers.
It one of the places I never tire of visiting.

]]> By: Carrie http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/no-bycatch-but-too-much-tuna/comment-page-1#comment-226 Carrie Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:36:06 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/no-bycatch-but-too-much-tuna#comment-226 Awesome photos. The fish markets here are amazing. They're so much fun to wander through and quite different in comparison to other fish markets I have been to around the world. Awesome photos. The fish markets here are amazing. They’re so much fun to wander through and quite different in comparison to other fish markets I have been to around the world.

]]> By: Links 13 October 2008 - David on Formosa http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/no-bycatch-but-too-much-tuna/comment-page-1#comment-225 Links 13 October 2008 - David on Formosa Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:19:07 +0000 http://www.shandinglu.org/blog/no-bycatch-but-too-much-tuna#comment-225 [...] Shan Ding Lu visits the Qijin Island fish market. [...] [...] Shan Ding Lu visits the Qijin Island fish market. [...]

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