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<u>Fish:</u> 20.2 kg/pp — <u>Meat:</u> 41.3 kg/pp — <u>Bovine meat:</u> 10.1 kg/pp — <u>Mutton meat:</u> 2.1 kg/pp — <u>Pig meat:</u> 15.3 kg/pp — <u>Poultry meat:</u> 13.8 kg/pp</ref> that, on a yearly basis, humans eat about 41kg of land-animal meat per person as well as, surprisingly enough, 20kg of fish. | <u>Fish:</u> 20.2 kg/pp — <u>Meat:</u> 41.3 kg/pp — <u>Bovine meat:</u> 10.1 kg/pp — <u>Mutton meat:</u> 2.1 kg/pp — <u>Pig meat:</u> 15.3 kg/pp — <u>Poultry meat:</u> 13.8 kg/pp</ref> that, on a yearly basis, humans eat about 41kg of land-animal meat per person as well as, surprisingly enough, 20kg of fish. | ||
What do these figures imply? Simply that <u>our consumption of fish has be taken seriously and considered in its entirety</u>. | What do these figures imply? Simply that <u>our consumption of fish has to be taken seriously and considered in its entirety</u>. | ||
Indeed, our food habits are directly linked to an industry which does impact the environment and, therefore, the climate. To acknowledge that the species of the fish, its origin and the fishing method employed in its production can have a “good” to a “very bad” effect on our planet’s ecosystem is personl and must drive our consumption. | Indeed, our food habits are directly linked to an industry which does impact the environment and, therefore, the climate. To acknowledge that the species of the fish, its origin and the fishing method employed in its production can have a “good” to a “very bad” effect on our planet’s ecosystem is personl and must drive our consumption. | ||