Comments on: Death, Destruction & Carnage in a Provincetown Tourist Shop http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/2009/12/seashell-harvesting/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:01:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Farming on Sand: The trouble with "eating local" on Cape Cod | Uprooted, an eco/travel blog http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/2009/12/seashell-harvesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1411 Farming on Sand: The trouble with "eating local" on Cape Cod | Uprooted, an eco/travel blog Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:11:48 +0000 http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/?p=2013#comment-1411 [...] is part 4 of a 4-part series on tourism’s impact on Cape Cod. Read about death & carnage in the shell shop, find out about the eco-friendly food scene, or continue [...] [...] is part 4 of a 4-part series on tourism’s impact on Cape Cod. Read about death & carnage in the shell shop, find out about the eco-friendly food scene, or continue [...]

]]> By: Helena http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/2009/12/seashell-harvesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 Helena Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:36:18 +0000 http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/?p=2013#comment-1312 Sparky piece. No more shells with silly hats on! Shines a light too on the fakery and cynicism of tourism. Sparky piece. No more shells with silly hats on! Shines a light too on the fakery and cynicism of tourism.

]]> By: Eco-Dining? Not on Cape Cod. | Uprooted, an eco/travel blog http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/2009/12/seashell-harvesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1290 Eco-Dining? Not on Cape Cod. | Uprooted, an eco/travel blog Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:59:43 +0000 http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/?p=2013#comment-1290 [...] is part 2 of a 4-part series on tourism’s impact on Cape Cod. Read about death & carnage in the shell shop, or continue [...] [...] is part 2 of a 4-part series on tourism’s impact on Cape Cod. Read about death & carnage in the shell shop, or continue [...]

]]> By: Jessica Reeder http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/2009/12/seashell-harvesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 Jessica Reeder Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:23:56 +0000 http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/?p=2013#comment-1272 Wow... Glen, that's totally sad. I too am horrified and not surprised. Thanks for sharing it. Ant - had to look that one up, hilarious. "the bottleneck is a shit show" Wow… Glen, that’s totally sad. I too am horrified and not surprised. Thanks for sharing it.

Ant – had to look that one up, hilarious. “the bottleneck is a shit show”

]]> By: Glen http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/2009/12/seashell-harvesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 Glen Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:19:14 +0000 http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/?p=2013#comment-1267 A couple weeks ago I was passing through the little fishing village/tourist town of Mamallapuram, India, between Chennai and Pondcherry on the Bay of Bengal I was watching the fishermen remove their days catch from the nets. These are small scale operations...5 men in a boat that looks like a glorified canoe with an outboard motor. I was sorta horified, though not surprised, as they picked out all the life they had managed to scoop up and sort it into two piles, one for the stuff-mostly fish- which they kept and one for everything else which they pitched on the beach to wither in the sun. There were a variety of shellfish, clams, crabs, not really sure what all. Communication was difficult, but I wanted to ask them how they felt all this "bycatch" might be important to the well being of the greater ecosystem, which, judging from their catch, wasn't doing too well. Nor is it like it would have been a hardship to just dump all these creatures back in the ocean once they were through collecting their catch. One fact confronting modern man...we have lots of power, power to impact our environment, but not the wisdom to know how to use it. A couple weeks ago I was passing through the little fishing village/tourist town of Mamallapuram, India, between Chennai and Pondcherry on the Bay of Bengal I was watching the fishermen remove their days catch from the nets. These are small scale operations…5 men in a boat that looks like a glorified canoe with an outboard motor. I was sorta horified, though not surprised, as they picked out all the life they had managed to scoop up and sort it into two piles, one for the stuff-mostly fish- which they kept and one for everything else which they pitched on the beach to wither in the sun. There were a variety of shellfish, clams, crabs, not really sure what all. Communication was difficult, but I wanted to ask them how they felt all this “bycatch” might be important to the well being of the greater ecosystem, which, judging from their catch, wasn’t doing too well. Nor is it like it would have been a hardship to just dump all these creatures back in the ocean once they were through collecting their catch. One fact confronting modern man…we have lots of power, power to impact our environment, but not the wisdom to know how to use it.

]]> By: Tweets that mention Death, Destruction & Carnage in a Provincetown Tourist Shop: in which I cynically poop on your shell collection. | Uprooted, an eco/travel blog -- Topsy.com http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/2009/12/seashell-harvesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1256 Tweets that mention Death, Destruction & Carnage in a Provincetown Tourist Shop: in which I cynically poop on your shell collection. | Uprooted, an eco/travel blog -- Topsy.com Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:19:56 +0000 http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/?p=2013#comment-1256 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Jessica Reeder, Travel TipGuide. Travel TipGuide said: Death, Destruction & Carnage in a Provincetown Tourist Shop: Ah, the joys of shell collecting: mil.. http://rly.cc/BTmyW #eco #travel [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Jessica Reeder, Travel TipGuide. Travel TipGuide said: Death, Destruction & Carnage in a Provincetown Tourist Shop: Ah, the joys of shell collecting: mil.. http://rly.cc/BTmyW #eco #travel [...]

]]> By: anthony http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/2009/12/seashell-harvesting/comment-page-1/#comment-1255 anthony Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:49:55 +0000 http://uprooted.jessicareeder.com/?p=2013#comment-1255 Walcott, Don't you know That it's insane? Don't you want to Get out of Cape Cod? Out of Cape Cod tonight? Walcott,
Don’t you know
That it’s insane?
Don’t you want to
Get out of Cape Cod?
Out of Cape Cod tonight?

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