Time to pay attention to aquaculture

Odd Grydeland Calling itself “the global marketplace for expertise”, The Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) is providing an analysis by James Aliucci of a speech by Oceana Board Chairman Keith Addis where the environmental group suggests that most of the oceans big fish (tuna, swordfish, cod and marlin) are disappearing. Aquaculture has a somewhat unlimited potential, Aliucci states in a recent article; Summary: Can this figure be correct, 90 percent of all the big fish in our oceans are gone? Sadly, yes it very well could be accurate. Even if it it slightly exaggerated, it is a startling number. If we have been paying attention to the plight of the oceans it should not come as a surprise. As we continue to allow the destruction of our natural resources, we are now  talking about fisheries, we must expand our ability to supplant these fish with farm raised. Analysis: Why you ask, so we can provide the needed food supply that is now being decimated in our oceans. Aquaculture is a solution that has many facets and many underdeveloped species and a somewhat unlimited potential.  Keith Addis says it best, "Our ocean issues are mostly invisible--and have always been so much harder to get people to care about even though they function as the primary battery for the planet's climate, generate hundreds of millions of jobs, and produce food for billions of people." The referenced article focus is on how to repair the oceans and turn the tide of damage. That it is a long term goal, and with governments and special interest groups closely involved, we may never see our oceans bounty ever return. It has been proven that once a species has been "fished out"  the large fish of that species never return, ever. So while we should applaud the efforts of Oceana, we should push out quickly on how to replace this food supply. I do not think our booming worldwide population is going to "pause" till we have the answers or solutions? There are articles written on the problems aquaculture faces, mostly by the deep fisheries proponents, constantly.  I seem to always be in strong support of the aquaculture industry, for good reason. Their problems are "reverable", and at a pace that will be light years ahead of our oceans repair timetable.