Finnegan I'm not saying that the way in which we obtain meat is the most ethical but at least we don't farm/slaughter to the point of extinction with no regard for the future of the species.
The Japanese openly state they will fish certain breeds of tuna and once they run out will move onto the next. I'm sorry but that's just plain greed and completely short sighted for future generations.
How you can try and gloss the Japanese fishing policies is beyond me. Nothing short of barbaric. And no I don't watch Whale wars or whatever it's called, I've seen well informed documentaries on Nat Geo/Discovery on the subject, or is that more Western lies?
The fact is you can't compare the way in which we obtain meat with how they go about their business. There both separate entities with barbaric traits and you can't justify a savage fishing policy with the excuse "we slaughter cattle", it doesn't suddenly make it okay.