It's been rumoured that Melania Trump will not move into the White House but stay at home to look after Barron. She wants him to remain at his exclusive expensive school where, presumably his exclusively rich friends will not stuff his head down the expensive toilets because they don't like Daddy President.
So while I am reading this tear jerking mother and son problem, my eye kept wandering over to the photograph of father and son. It reminded me of some other photograph or couple or film and then the bell chimed and clanged my brain into reality. Us Potterites still have not forgotten the 'fingernails down the blackboard' scene from Deathly Hallows Part two where Voldemorte tries to be human by hugging a horrified Draco. Now look at the father and son photo again, it's there as plain as day. Barron is as far apart as he can be while being held by two hands, he knows Voldemorte has returned.
Back in September 2006 I blogged about salmon farming and how the fish
were given chemicals to achieve the level of colour that they got
naturally by eating krill and wondered how long before it was realized
it was cheaper to feed them the krill.
It wasn't long. Antarctic
krill is already being overharvested to feed farmed salmon. Krill are
tiny shrimp like creatures and are the staple diet of polar marine
animals including penguins and whales. The krill are already under
threat with the loss of the sea ice and parts of the ice shelf which
forms the krill nursery.
The US National Enviromental Trust says
fishing-industry figures indicate that a catch of 746,000 tonnes will be
made n the coming season, 25 per cent above the quota set by the
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.
The
krill eat phytoplankton, everything else eats krill or the creatures
that feed on krill. It's all about balancing the environmental
ecosystems that exist in polar waters. I'm all for stopping whale hunts
but we also have to take a good look at the smaller picture.
Well anyone who watched the ABC programme this week will now know about the chemical they give Salmon for it's nice pink colour so we will pay a fortune for it. Also the other stuff they feed the salmon instead of free ranging for food.
I'm all for Aquaculture but feeding great fish to Tuna so that it can be sold to some snobby Japanese or Australian restaurant for more money than I could rake up is right there with the salmon.
If the salmon don't get the krill or the chemical, the flesh would not be the bright jewell like colour everyone adores but just an ordinary fishy grey. I think it's nuts to find fish to feed other fish so we get to feed the profits. Fish is a treat for me, I love it but not salmon, too rich and not raw tuna so I'm no fish snob. Throw me a Barramundi like sardines to penguins and I would catch it without hesitation.
A gourmet meal for me is fish and chips from Queenscliffe, which has the best shop on the Bay. Find a nice corner on the sand, out of the wind, watch the waves and if one does want to put on airs, two paper napkins instead of one.
