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News article in a popular business publication
June 7 - If current trends continue, farmed seafood will overtake ocean fishing as the world's largest source of seafood by 2025. Aggressive over-fishing of the world's oceans and the inability of world governments to agree on fishing limits mean that farming will become critical to the industry's ability to meet worldwide seafood demand. Additionally, recent concerns about mercury levels in wild-caught fish have led many consumers to prefer farmed fish, further creating increased demand for this relatively new source of seafood.
Interview with a well known scientist in a technology journal
July 2 - Dr. Jason Dempster, one of the world's most outspoken critics of the seafood industry's unwillingness to curb its output in order to protect the fish population, suggests that more than two dozen popular species may become virtually extinct in the next several decades.
"I understand that consumers keep buying the seafood, and fishermen are naturally going to meet demand wherever they can find it. However, if something isn't done to meet the demand another way, by the middle of this century even something as common as tuna may become a delicacy only the world's wealthiest families can afford."
Article from a weekly news magazine
July 20 - Demand for tilapia, one of the world's most popular species of fish, has grown 1000% over the last decade as people around the world have discovered it as a low-cost fish that goes well with a variety of foods. This increased demand has encouraged countless tilapia farms to open in China, and American officials have expressed concern that not all tilapia imported from China meets U.S. safety standards. Some experts in the U.S. have called for creating more stringent standards for all seafood imports, but Chinese authorities warn that this may dramatically increase the cost of seafood imported into the United States.
1)No, since it is written that the governments are not coming to a consensus on fishing doesn't means that they are not agreeing usually,and even nothing is mentioned related to the consensus for seafood farming 2) No,since the increased demand has just encouraged farms,but there is no info about fish population going to alarming levels 3)No,since there is no mention of such thing in Article 2 4)No,since mercury level related thing is written in Article 1 and not article 3
No, The world's governments usually do not agree with one another on fishing limits. No, Overall demand for seafood has driven the population of fishes and other species down, and also given sea farming a boost. No, Dr. Dempster is against rampant fishing as made clear by article 2. No, high-mercury level in wild-caught fish have driven consumers to farmed fish. U.S authorities have other safety concerns with farmed Chinese tilapia.
For the statement , " Dr. Dempster supports an increase in fish farming. " how can that be a "NO" As in the article 2, it states like... However, if something isn't done to meet the demand another way,"
Isn't that he someway supporting an alternate method in order to keep afloat of the demand?!
For the statement , " Dr. Dempster supports an increase in fish farming. " how can that be a "NO" As in the article 2, it states like... However, if something isn't done to meet the demand another way,"
Isn't that he someway supporting an alternate method in order to keep afloat of the demand?!
"Dr. Jason Dempster, one of the world's most outspoken critics of the seafood industry's unwillingness to curb its output in order to protect the fish population"read this sentence carefully.
Could someone please explain why the answer to Q3 is no? An alternative to excessive fishing from the ocean is fish farming, so why would he not support it?
Could someone please explain why the answer to Q3 is no? An alternative to excessive fishing from the ocean is fish farming, so why would he not support it?
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An alternative to excessive fishing from the ocean is not only fish farming. Reducing consumption level can also be alternative.
Consume Lab-grown fish can also be alternative.
Dr says " if something isn't done to meet the demand another way"
'another way' does not necessarly have to be 'fish farming'
The world's governments usually do not agree with one another on how to deal with matters related to fishing and seafood farming. How is this incorrect? Is it because of the word "usually"? Or is it because of the generic term "world's governments"? Since the passage only mentions US and China, we probably can't make any inference on world's governments in general. Is that sound logic?