Facing the enemy.

Today I had my sisters boyfriend ask me why I became a vegetarian.

I told him it was because I don't believe in taking a life of another living being.

He asked: Do you ever miss meat?
I replied: It has almost been 10 years and I don't at all miss meat. I may miss cheese pizza after going vegan (2 yrs ago) but then I realize that I dont acutally need it.

He then proceeded: I don't think that seafood should be in that category.

I then proceeded to tell him about the blue fin tuna. That it is almost extinct and that the Us is only allowd a certain number, but that fishermen are tempted to sell it to japan, as it is the prime ingredient in Sushi, for 3x the amount, even though it is illegal to trade with Japan blue fish tuna. While out for fishing, blue fin, or other fish alike, they end up catching by catch of sea turtles and dolphin which are already endangered, and while they are not responsible for this by catch (such as they cant be HELD responsible) the animals are still dead and thus the species is stressed more to reproduce, in order to sustain their species. However if this species is extinct, or close to, their predators must find an alternative source of food which puts stress on the other species that already eats that prey.
With the extinction of any species puts stresss on its surrounding species, those who prey on that species and those who get preyed ON, by that species.

He told me that he has never heard of that, and that what I had to say was really eye opening. It was nice to know that he listened, whether or not that he has taken anything away from it.

I then proceeded to tell him how the Alaskan Salmon was a better alternative, however any farmed fish, such as this or any other, is not a better alternative because it was filled with pesticides from the people controlling the aquaculture to what the salmon/fish was used to. I told him, "If you don't care about eating pesticides or chemicals, then it is a safe option because it is sustainable."