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.
Wengaard, who’s worked much of his life on salmon farms, is a tour guide here. “This is quite a small fish farm,” he says, climbing out of his boat. “We have two pens with only 15,000 ...
The gap between the output of wild fish catching and fish farming, whether on the high seas or on land, has become ever closer. In the last decade alone, aquaculture output has grown by almost 30 ...
Local indoor farm I.F.F.I closed its mega 38,000 ... which causes problems for farms without large amounts of capital on hand. Some fish farms told CNA TODAY that they are seeking cash injections ...
In 2022, fish farms produced an unprecedented 131 million tons of seafood, officially surpassing the global wild-caught fishing industry for the first time, according to a report released in July.
while other types of fish may provide better nutrients. Swai farming practices also raise environmental concerns. Swai fish (Pangasius hypophthalmus) is affordable and pleasant to the palate.
A study published in the journal Science Advances suggests that global fish farming, or aquaculture, may rely on significantly larger quantities of wild-caught ocean fish than previously calculated.
Salmon sometimes escape from the aquaculture farms through nets damaged by severe weather, just being worn down or via poorly secured drains. Once these escapees from the “fish asylum” are in ...