A Big Penis Brings the Fish?

What do you do when fisheries collapse? With a quarter of the world’s fish stocks depleted, there’s concern that by 2050 we’ll have no other fish to fry. This may be the biggest fish crunch in history. Still, it’s not the first.

When fishermen in Sinnam, South Korea started pulling up empty nets, they did the only logical thing. Finding themselves in a hard place, they erected huge penis statues.

It turns out that not long before the fishing scare, a young woman–still a virgin–had drowned near the village within sight of her lover. Locals feared that her frustrated spirit was spooking the fish away.

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Finally, the day after relieving himself in the general direction of the ocean, one fisherman noticed a larger catch. He put two and two together and decided that only way to bring back the fish was to placate the longing maiden with the sight of penises.

Who knows how he was able to convince everyone else of his idea. But desperate times called for… well, in this case, massive dongs.

Strangely enough, soon afterward the fish returned. I guess there’s more than one way to make Mother Nature happy.

Today, the entire hillside is covered with phalli of every imaginable shape and size.

So what will be the solution to today’s depletion of the fruits of the sea? We could try building huge schlongs along our coastlines. For the average person, though, there’s an easier way to help make fishing sustainable.

To learn what fish is hot to eat and what’s not, look for a sustainable seafood consumer’s guide for your country at the World Wildlife Fund or the Marine Stewardship Council. In the United States, download a regional Seafood Watch pocket guide from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

References and Resources:

Overfishing.org

Ocean study predicts the collapse of all seafood fisheries by 2050 | Physorg

Sustainable seafood: Consumer guides | World Wildlife Fund

Where to Buy | Marine Stewardship Council

Select the Seafood Watch pocket guide for your region | Monterey Bay Aquarium

Korea | Lonely Planet

Photo:

For more photos of my journey to the Sinnam Folk Village Penis Park, visit my Flickr page.

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