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Why Farming Fish Is More Unsustainable Than Catching Them In The Wild

posted by mrpg on Monday October 21 2024, @11:42AM   
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It has been claimed that fish farming is a sustainable source of food that will help us feed the growing global human population while protecting wild fish populations – but this isn’t true.

“Fish farming is not a substitute for catching wild fish out of the ocean,” says Matthew Hayek at New York University. “In fact, it relies on catching wild fish out of the ocean.”

Hayek and his colleagues have shown that the amount of wild fish killed in order to feed farmed fish is between 27 and 307 per cent higher than previous estimates.

Farmed carnivorous fish eat multiple times more weight in wild fish caught from the ocean than is obtained by farming them, says Hayek. For instance, producing a kilogram of salmon may require 4 or 5 kilograms of wild fish.

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• It's all in what you feed themIt's all in what you feed them (Score: 3, Informative) by DannyB on Monday October 21 2024, @02:53PM (1 child)

  by DannyB (5839) on Monday October 21 2024, @02:53PM (#1377917) Journal

  Fish farmers could change the diet of their farmed fish. Instead of feeding them fish from the ocean, feed them other meats [rarest.org] such as:

  • Ribeye Steak, $25.07 / lb
  • Iberico Ham, $300 / lb
  • Olive Wagyu, $302 / lb
  • Ayam Cemani, $500 / lb
  • Kobe Beef Steak, $850 / lb
  • Brown-Lipped Abalone, $907 / lb
  • Polmard cote de boeuf, $1,454 / lb
  • Vintage Cote de Boeuf, This steak comes from the rare Blonde d'Aquitaine breed and can be aged for up to 15 years. It can cost $3,200 / lb.
  • Wally's Porerhouse, $5,333 / lb

  But avoid things that come from the ocean

  • Bluefin tuna, $200 / lb
  • Osetra caviar, $1,300 / lb
  • Bay Eel, $2,000 / lb
  • Fortnum & Mason Beluga caviar, $4559.61 / lb

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• Re:It's all in what you feed them(Score: 2) by DadaDoofy on Monday October 21 2024, @10:00PM

  by DadaDoofy (23827) on Monday October 21 2024, @10:00PM (#1378018)

  You're getting ripped off. I can't speak to the other meats, but at the highest priced gourmet grocery store in one of the wealthiest zip codes in the US, Iberico ham is $121.54/lb

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