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The ethics of eating fish


                                                      Ian Buchanan











































            Prof Ian Buchanan (Cultural Studies,     The presentation was based on his        ever increasing human population,
            University of Wollongong) as a           2019 article “Must We Eat Fish?” In      land cannot sustainably feed us and

            Visiting Professor to Nelson             Symploke 27 (1-2): 79-90. Insisting      the ocean’s biomass  (protein
            Mandela University, presented “The       that “we cannot have our ocean           derived from seafood) is our only

            Ethics of Eating Fish” in the            and eat it too,” Buchanan argues         recourse to ensure human survival.
            Tributaries Project Seminar (Nov 7).     against the claim that, given the        (Photo above: Heather Snow)



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