I hear kayakers taste pretty good with a little Kelp sea salt. Kelp salt is a great replacement of regular table salt.

A good, even *quality idea....for 40+ years ago.

It took 100+ years to mortally wound the ocean by 1000 cuts. A bandaid on one wound is not going to turn it around, and we almost certainly aren't going to do it anyway. Countries that don't buy into the plan will simply harvest most of the fish left by those who do. This only works in small scale preserves that are guarded against poaching, often by a military.

Fish stocks are disappearing at an alarming rate, many going extinct. For those species, it's too late, and they are numerous, and they are largely the fish humans prefer. Many others are in such decline fishing for them is already off limits or severely curtailed, like commercial salmon, abalone, and crab fishing in California. Even those actions have failed to revive their populations year after year.

Diatoms, phytoplankton, and other similar biotas are at the limit of acidity and temperature they can tolerate, and they are the base of the ocean food web, feeding most fish when they are fry or larvae. The gasses in the atmosphere today will push diatoms over that precipice with a massive ocean extinction following soon afterwards, and we continue to add more greenhouse gases than we added yesterday every day.

Then there's habitat loss, coral reefs and kelp forests are both being decimated by temperature rise and acidification. Together they are food and habitat for 25%-50% of all ocean fish and shellfish.

Less over harvesting of the ocean is a good idea, but pretending it alone can save the oceans is pure fantasy. The ocean has absorbed as much as 90+% of the excess heat from global warming, causing oceanic heat waves that destroy habitats both directly and indirectly. There is NO plan that solves that problem, it's well beyond our capabilities under the best conditions with worldwide maximum efforts.

Just sayin'.

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Anyone who doesn't understand needs to go a sea beach.
It's impossible to not try. You can't do it.

I think it's a leftover genetic trait from when we emerged from the ocean. I picture a spiny finned fish wriggling out of the sea, seeing the kelp and exclaiming "WOOHOO! EAT SHIT HARRISON FORD!!!"

SssssssshhWHACK!!!

...and then sullenly limping back under the waves.

Oh good cod that's totally fake! He totally left the fish on porpoise, just for the halibut otherwise he would have let out a killer wail. That fish has watched this video like 100 times, she's hooked. I wonder if instead of awkwardly shambling around the plaice he could have tried to skate or ride a pike. Its a good job he filmed it - his friends probably aren't gillable enough to fall for a tall dory like this. Without fish eel have to grin and bare a gouda or other dairy comestible - either whey it'll be a scale down from the dinner he wanted. Sorry, couldn't kelp myself - have to learn reel myself in from time to time salmon ought to stop me before I make anemone. Fin.

I didn't have enough information when I initially commented on this video (because the video didn't provide it), and I jumped to conclusions - my bad!! In any event, it would definitely have been helpful if the video had indicated if the otter was a sea otter, river otter, or ...

Here's some fun and interesting information about otters from the World Famous San Diego Zoo web site:
Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genera: 6
Species: 13
Length: largest—giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis, up to 7.8 feet (2.4 meters); smallest—Asian small-clawed otter Amblonyx cinereus, up to 3 feet (0.9 meters)
Weight: largest—sea otter Enhydra lutris, males up to 95 pounds (43 kilograms); smallest—Asian small-clawed otter, up to 11 pounds (5 kilograms)
Life span: 15 to 20 years
Gestation: from 2 months for smaller species to 5 months for sea otters
Number of young at birth: 1 to 5, usually 2
Size at birth: 4.5 ounces (128 grams) for smaller species to 5 pounds (2.3 kilograms) for sea otters
Age of maturity: 2 to 5 years
Conservation status: four species, including the sea otter, are endangered; three otter species are vulnerable.
Fun facts
• You can tell otter species apart by the shape and amount of fur on their noses.
• Unlike other marine mammals, sea otters do not have a layer of blubber to keep them warm; they rely on warm air trapped in their fur. Sea otters have the densest fur of any mammal, with about 100,000 hairs in a space about the size of a postage stamp!
• Most otter species capture prey with their mouths, but Asian small-clawed otters and sea otters have flexible fingers and grab with their hands.
• North American and European river otters have been known to share dens with beavers—but the beavers do all the building!

Mammals: Otter
Range: Africa, Asia, and parts of North America, Central America, and South America
Habitat: sea otters are found in the Pacific Ocean and along the coastline, but most otter species live in rivers, lakes, and marshes

Champion swimmers
Otters are the only serious swimmers in the weasel family. They spend most of their lives in the water, and they are made for it! Their sleek, streamlined bodies are perfect for diving and swimming. Otters also have long, slightly flattened tails that move sideways to propel them through the water while their back feet act like rudders to steer.

Almost all otters have webbed feet, some more webbed than others, and they can close off their ears and noses as they swim underwater. They can stay submerged for about five minutes, because their heart rate slows and they use less oxygen. They’re also good at floating on the water’s surface, because air trapped in their fur makes them more buoyant. Have you ever noticed that when an otter comes out of the water, its outer fur sticks together in wet spikes, while the underneath still seems dry? That’s because they have two layers of fur: a dense undercoat that traps air; and a topcoat of long, waterproof guard hairs. Keeping their fur in good condition is important, so otters spend a lot of time grooming. In fact, if their fur becomes matted with something like oil, it can damage their ability to hunt for food and stay warm.

Party animals
Otters are very energetic and playful. You might say they love to party! They are intelligent and curious, and they are usually busy hunting, investigating, or playing with something. They like to throw and bounce things, wrestle, twirl, and chase their tails. They also play games of "tag" and chase each other, both in the water and on the ground. River otters seem to like sliding down mud banks or in the snow—they’ll do it over and over again! Otters also make lots of different sounds, from whistles, growls, and screams to barks, chirps, and coos. All this activity is part of the otters’ courtship, social bonding, and communication, and since otter pups need practice, they tend to be even more playful than the adults.

Life as a pup
Most otters are born in a den, helpless and with their eyes closed. The mother takes care of them, often chasing the father away after their birth, although in some species the dad may come back after a couple of weeks to help raise them. The babies, called pups, open their eyes and start exploring the den at about one month, start swimming at two months, and stay with their mother and siblings until they are about one year old, when they head off on their own.

For sea otters in their ocean habitat it’s a little different—the pups are born with their eyes open, and they have a special coat of hair so they can float, even though they can’t swim yet. They are carried on their mother’s stomach until they are about two months old, when they start swimming and diving on their own.

For most otters, social groups are made up of a mother, her older offspring, and her newest pups; the males spend most of their time alone or with a few other males. During breeding time or where there’s lots of food, though, larger groups of otters may gather, especially among sea otters in kelp beds.

The seafood diet
Otter food may not all come from the ocean, but it is definitely fishy! River otters eat mostly fish, frogs, crayfish, crabs, and mollusks, with an occasional small mammal or bird. Sea otters eat many of the same things, but mostly sea urchins, abalone, crabs, mussels, and clams, which they crack open against rocks they hold on their stomachs. Otters have long, sensitive whiskers that help them find prey, even in murky water. Some species, like the Asian small-clawed otter Amblonyx cinereus, also use their hands to probe into mud or under rocks to find a tasty meal that might be hiding there. River otters use lots of energy and digest their food very fast, so they eat several times a day. Sea otters need to eat 20 to 25 percent of their body weight each day. That’s a lot of abalone!
The otters at the San Diego Zoo are fed carnivore diet, carrots, and either squid or trout. They also get small amounts of "treats" for enrichment, like crayfish, worms, potatoes, or yams.

Ok, Glenn, let's say we don't conserve the otters... hmm... What's that, otters consume large amounts of sea urchins?

Oh, look, now the sea urchin population is skyrocketing... hmm... I wonder why that is... What's that, sea urchins consume massive amounts of kelp?

Oh, look, now the kelp beds are disappearing... hmm... I wonder why that is... What's that, the kelp beds help maintain large marine biodiversity, including large fish stocks?

Oh, look, now fishermen are out of work and marine mammal populations are declining...

My conclusion: DON'T RANT ABOUT SHIT YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.

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Yeah, using bleach is a great way to kill all that kelp...

A lot of food tastes like seafood in Japan, even though it may not be seafood itself. This is because the basis of Japanese cooking is dashi, which is the stock of kombu (kelp) and fish flakes, like bonito. It's called the flavour of the sea and dashi is used to boil vegies, it's mixed with the egg in omelettes and egg rolls, it's the broth used in miso soup, noodles and hot pots and much more. Even rice is boiled with some kombu, so it can have a seaweedy taste.

Dashi is easy to make and very good for you. Most young people in Japan use the instant dashi packs, but older women/men know how to make the real deal. I was fortunate to meet some older talented women who passed on a lot of their knowledge to me.

We eat pretty well, including home-style Japanese cooking about 2-3 times a week. Thanks go out to Kuri sama, Daisy and Mayumi san for their patience and care in teaching me to cook kateika ryori. Arigato gozaimasu! Taihen osewa ni natte imasu yo!

Some people will take anything psychoactive, regardless of whether it's psychoactive in a positive or negative way. I suppose some people like it- affects everyone differently, never understood that myself. If you're going to do drugs (and really, you shouldn't) there are much better drugs to do.

In my experience, it just makes everything seem 'slanted.' Given the choice between slanted and pulsating, undulating waves of joy through a universe that seems to sway like kelp on a warm, underwater current, I'd take the latter.

Better yet though, learn to like the universe the way it is. It's pretty amazing right out of the box. Sure, it's legal, but since when did drug-users give a damn about legalities?

daphne wrote: "Apparently, oohahh, they love Portland. I don't know if they had the clarinet player, Sammy, at the show you saw...but The band stole him from your town. He's an Austinite now. hee hee hee"

That's great - Sammy looked like a really nice guy. Oh, and he's a clever musician, too. He didn't look like he'd fit in so well; he's a little straighter-laced than the rest, but I have a suspicion they try to hire musicians first and foremost. Neat.

daphne added: "They started talking about Portland and said, 'Every time we go there all we hear is how rainy and drizzly it is in Portland. But every time we're there it's sunny and beautiful. We think it's a lie all the people in Portland tell outsiders to keep them from moving there.'"

It's no lie. It's raining right now. There's hail and sleet, too. It's cold and clammy. Oregonian kids here learn to swim before they can walk. When we say "don't forget your rubbers", we actually mean "keep your feet dry". The state flower is Gore-Tex. My car has a keel. My hat has a rudder. Three species of native-Oregonian tree are actually close cousins of sea kelp. I'm not sayin' don't move here, I'm just sayin' I hope you like it wet. And gray.

Fletch wrote: "Never mind, Daphne. I read it wrong. You are in Austin. Oohah is in Portland? Or somebody else? Huh?....."

That's right. Not only am I a Portlander, I know for a fact that there are at least four other Portlanders in the VideoSift rolecall. I know cause I made them join. :-D

the same guy now makes electronic music under the name, kelpe. he's been compared to boards of canada...

http://myspace.com/kelpemusic