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Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
If there are thousand of species converting vegetable matter to protein they why is there so precious little?
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Because there are thousands of organisms eating it!
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Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
, Name a few species of fish in the coastal inshore area of the US that eat plants only.
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Almost all of the Blennies, Tangs, damsels, chromis, parrotfish and those are off the top of my head. Also don't leave out the shellfish, many of which either exclusively or non-exclusively feed on phytoplankton and or macro algae.
I'm not a commercial fisherman and have nothing to gain from the exploitation of menhaden or the lack thereof. I'm just trying to bring some rationality to this conversation.