Comments on: Fish and Chips Eaters: Ted Danson Would Like a Word with You http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/09/16/fish-and-chips-eaters-ted-danson-would-like-a-word-with-you/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:56:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Badger3k http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/09/16/fish-and-chips-eaters-ted-danson-would-like-a-word-with-you/#comment-14466 Badger3k Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:04:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/09/16/fish-and-chips-eaters-ted-danson-would-like-a-word-with-you/#comment-14466 I know this is an odd thing to ask, especially since conservation is a good thing, but who really cares what a washed up second-rate actor thinks? I know this is an odd thing to ask, especially since conservation is a good thing, but who really cares what a washed up second-rate actor thinks?

]]> By: nurzu http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/09/16/fish-and-chips-eaters-ted-danson-would-like-a-word-with-you/#comment-14421 nurzu Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:42:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/09/16/fish-and-chips-eaters-ted-danson-would-like-a-word-with-you/#comment-14421 Read the original article from which the interview is based. Danson says that giving up fish and chips is not the answer to solving the overfishing crisis. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2964566/Actor-Ted-Danson-blames-fish-and-chips-for-shark-extinction-threat.html Read the original article from which the interview is based. Danson says that giving up fish and chips is not the answer to solving the overfishing crisis. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2964566/Actor-Ted-Danson-blames-fish-and-chips-for-shark-extinction-threat.html

]]> By: Oversneer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/09/16/fish-and-chips-eaters-ted-danson-would-like-a-word-with-you/#comment-14408 Oversneer Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:31:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/09/16/fish-and-chips-eaters-ted-danson-would-like-a-word-with-you/#comment-14408 Yeah, Ted carped at Brits for eating fish-and-chips, and then told the Telegraph that he wouldn't give up eating fish himself. What a hypocrite! Check it out: http://tinyurl.com/TedDansonFish Yeah, Ted carped at Brits for eating fish-and-chips, and then told the Telegraph that he wouldn’t give up eating fish himself.

What a hypocrite!

Check it out: http://tinyurl.com/TedDansonFish

]]> By: Juliana http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/09/16/fish-and-chips-eaters-ted-danson-would-like-a-word-with-you/#comment-14379 Juliana Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:50:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/09/16/fish-and-chips-eaters-ted-danson-would-like-a-word-with-you/#comment-14379 The headline of the Telegraph article referred to in this entry is out of context from the way the original piece was written. Danson did not “blame fish and chips” for the decline of shark populations if you actually read the piece. He was making a point that the Spurdog shark species is a UK symbol of the larger problem facing the world’s oceans as a whole: overfishing and lack of science based management of fisheries. Headlines are unfortunately too often a way to get attention, and in this case, unfortunately it was spun in the wrong direction. Ted Danson is truly passionate about this issue and would never argue what people should or shouldn’t do in their personal lives. What he is saying is - chose responsibly when you can (such as avoiding Rock Salmon"), but at the end of the day the thing that is going to make the biggest difference is being an advocate and influencing policy. Learn more about what Oceana is advocating in its shark protection work here: http://www.oceana.org/europe/what-we-do/shark-conservation/european-shark-week-2008/. The headline of the Telegraph article referred to in this entry is out of context from the way the original piece was written. Danson did not “blame fish and chips” for the decline of shark populations if you actually read the piece. He was making a point that the Spurdog shark species is a UK symbol of the larger problem facing the world’s oceans as a whole: overfishing and lack of science based management of fisheries. Headlines are unfortunately too often a way to get attention, and in this case, unfortunately it was spun in the wrong direction. Ted Danson is truly passionate about this issue and would never argue what people should or shouldn’t do in their personal lives. What he is saying is - chose responsibly when you can (such as avoiding Rock Salmon”), but at the end of the day the thing that is going to make the biggest difference is being an advocate and influencing policy. Learn more about what Oceana is advocating in its shark protection work here: http://www.oceana.org/europe/what-we-do/shark-conservation/european-shark-week-2008/.

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