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Last month, renowned UBC fisher- ies scientist Daniel Pauly and his colâ€" leagues released a study in National Geographic that looked at the global “seafoodprint”, a measure of all the plant matter required to sustain sea- food production. The higher up the food chain a seafood pmduct occupies, the more photosynthetic energy is required to produce it and, memfore, the laxger its seafoodpn‘nt. For eirample; eating a pound of tuna represents roughly 100 times the sea- Tiny sardine oflers great guiltâ€" free value Signs can be deceiving Re: Candidate signs. stolen, damaged, confiscated, Opt. 9. The other day, I came home and was in my house for a couple of hours. When I came out there was a Justin Altmann sign on my lawn and many'of my neighbours’. While technically not our property, we are corner houses and the signs were placed on the adjacent street side, it was, in my opinion, a very under- handed attempt to make peo- ple think we were supporting this candidate. I talked to my neighbours, who had also not given permis- sion to have these signs erected, and then called the candidate’s oflice. I asked him to remove his sign and suggested he do the same to the other signs as this In {his day and age of enviâ€" ronmental responsibility, I am not a fan of election signs. tactic would cause more nega- tive results to his campaign. He came and remOved only mine. Throughout the week other neighbours removed the lETTERS TO THE EDITOR unrequested signs. This tactic is akin to placing signs between a sidewalk and the road in front of people's houses. If the police are going to charge people for removing signs, I think it would be only fair to charge candidates who use this underhanded sign posting technique. ~ Re: Drivers not following rula of roundabout, letter to the editor [7me Parka; Oct 2. Roundabout rules simple Yield in, right signal out. it makes no difference if one is continuing on in the same direc- tionorgoing900r270degtees. Godérich has an eight-point traffic circle. Same thing: yield in and right signal out. Please, not a stop sign. Per- haps just a larger yield sign, or perhaps two yield signs at each entrance, especially on the entrances from a main road. RON BROWNSBERGER STO UFFVILLE foodth of eating a pound of sar- dines, according to Dr. Pauly. As long as harvests are tightly con- trolled to ensure that only a small por- tion of the total mass of living organ- isms is taken, eating species lower on the food chain takes much less of the world's ecosystem energy and is there- fore more sustainable. Species such as sardines. ancho- vies, herring and mackemls -â€"â€" collec- tively categorized as small pelagic fish -â€"- already make up about 37 per cent David withrFé‘igal Mbbla COLIN MARK STOUFFVILLE The data are van'ed, but it appears only about 10 to 25 per cent of small pelagic fish caught in the world are directly consumed by humans. of all fish landed from the ocean. The remaining 75 to 90 per cent are ground up into fish meal and oils to feed pigs. cattle, farmed salmon and chicken or are used as bait to catch larger fish â€" an inefficient use of per- fectly edible protein. org), small fish are inexpensive, typiâ€" cally caught without using a lot of fossil fuels and among the healthiest foods 3 person can eat. Aside from their merits as a sus- tainable food sounce (visit SeaChoice. Because these fish are found in tight schools, capturing them requires little chasing around, dragging of nets or set- ting of lines, so their carbon footprint is low. Some research suggests that small pelagic fish may be the most efficient protein system in the world in terms of the energy used to capture them. In 2059, British Columbia sardine anglers received about three cents a fish. I could go to Port Hardy during sardine season and buy a truckload for the price of an average Canucks ticket, $150. This same mass of halibut would cost about $15,000. You would think any food that is tasty, healthy, sustainable and cheap would be a preferred consumer choice, but direct per capita consumption of these types of fish in North America has dropped steadily since about 1985 and last year, the only remaining sar- dine and herring canning plant in the United States shut down. Sardinesareafl‘uerarityâ€"aguilt- free food item. Every serving is one less used as bait or eaten by a pig. chicken, cow or farmed salmon. After all, they’re from Sweden, where small fish have always been a papularfoodchoice. Given the nutritional value of sar- dines and other small fish. it’s possible that eatingthem is one of the secrets to the success of the Sedin brothers. DavidSuzuIdwfitesanoccasioMeoanfor TheEmnomlstSun.DnFaidelsmm udmatmmmmmma mum. Ramona. Planners, Gunman. Tonm Houns Debra Weller