Talk:Patagonian toothfish
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Many of the phrases from this article are exactly the same as those at other random web sites. I am rewording it slightly in order to stop any possible copyright violations. - Mark Ryan 17:07, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- Sorry.. didn't see your message before I started editing. If you think it's still too close to the lifted article(s), go ahead and rewrite again. I'll try to get a taxonomy box fixed up soon. Hadal 17:20, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- LOL When I got the edit conflict, I set about trying to merge both versions into one, but found yours was a better version than mine anyway. Just one issue: are you sure the depth figures are correct? the initial version said up to 3000 feet, not metres. A conversion of that gives me 975 metres. Also, isn't the toothfish caught in the Indian and Southern oceans too? That's where Australian Customs is always arresting illegal fishing boats... Maybe it'd be worth mentioning the illegal fishing of it... because it's a huge issue here, and a major reason why Australians don't like the Japanese much is because of their whale-killing and illegal fishing. - Mark Ryan 17:32, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- You're right, they're also caught in the Indian and Southern Ocean (I've added mention to it in the article). The depth figures were gleaned from here, which I for one consider an authoritative source. Added a bit on the illegal pirate fishing with a link to the BBC report. If you'd like to expand, please do.. you'd be more familiar with the situation than I could ever be by reading a few ecology websites. :) Hadal 18:19, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- LOL When I got the edit conflict, I set about trying to merge both versions into one, but found yours was a better version than mine anyway. Just one issue: are you sure the depth figures are correct? the initial version said up to 3000 feet, not metres. A conversion of that gives me 975 metres. Also, isn't the toothfish caught in the Indian and Southern oceans too? That's where Australian Customs is always arresting illegal fishing boats... Maybe it'd be worth mentioning the illegal fishing of it... because it's a huge issue here, and a major reason why Australians don't like the Japanese much is because of their whale-killing and illegal fishing. - Mark Ryan 17:32, 16 Dec 2003 (UTC)
