Instead of Virtue Signalling, We Should Be Addressing Real Issues That Can Be Solved

Workers clean freshly caught squid in Pucusana, Peru, on Sept. 20, 2021. To compete with the Chinese, local fishermen have to spend as much as a week out at sea to haul in what they used to catch in a single day close to shore. AP Photo/Martin Mejia

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Apparently it’s not a good day to be a squid. And while you may say no day sounds promising, or wonder why I’m talking molluscs given the Ukraine, climate, and inflation crises, a minor news item about overfishing highlights two major current problems. Or three, if you count paying attention to the wrong stuff. So lend me your tentacles.