Seafood and Clean Water

Today I thought I would like to draw your attention a couple of topics which, while not directly related to Cruising With Care, do have to do with the idea that underlies it. The idea being that we need to treat all our water, sea or fresh, with care, since it is the source and support of all that sustains us.

All over the world people rely on food from the sea, both for nourishment and for income. In his article on the impact of seafood (and our eating of it) on the environment, Michael Bloch takes an important step. He talks about the difference our individual behavior can make, and why we should make any concerns we have about the health and state of the seafood we eat known. And he gives us information we can use to make our own decisions.

On a separate but related topic:
Much of Canada is blessed with water, in a world that is increasingly thirsty for it. But not all that water is clean or usable, and the more of it that is used or polluted by industry in one form or another the less there is available for drinking, for agriculture, or for the creatures we share the world with. Knowing how to maintain a balance between the different demands is crucial. As is recognizing that no body of living water is discrete; water flows in and out, above- and underground.

If you are comfortable relying on the Canadian government to protect Canada’s lakes (and with them our water supply and environment) you might want to take a few minutes to read this article on DigitalJournal about how lakes become containers for the byproducts of industry. Think about what can happen if such important decisions are made without full understanding of the effects they will have on the whole area. Then think about what could happen if a mine happens to open up close to your favorite lake, or by one that was connected to the groundwater that fills your well or your municipal water system...

Some food for thought.