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throwayit · 2017-10-17 20:59:33+00:00

what about farmed fish though?

CalChris | karma 9331 | avg karma 3.13 · | 2017-08-17 11:51:17

Most of the fish you eat is farmed fish.

ROTMetro | karma 1307 | avg karma 1.34 · | 2023-03-13 20:46:18

Farmed fish are fed pellets made of wild caught fish though.

adrianN | karma 29995 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2019-07-26 22:43:10

Farmed fish is not much better. It's still fed with fish and farms are really bad for the ecosystems around them (too many nutrients cause dead zones)

justincormack | karma 11120 | avg karma 2.4 · | 2011-07-03 09:46:24+00:00

Farmed fish are already a lot cheaper, although only some sorts are widely farmed.

jagger27 | karma 3332 | avg karma 2.57 · | 2022-04-24 10:08:51

Farmed salmon comes to mind.

RhodesianHunter | karma 2785 | avg karma 3.06 · | 2019-05-12 13:36:20

Many fish (Tuna being a prime example) can't be farmed. There's also a notable decrease in health and nutritional content of farmed fish.

tomjohnneill | karma 319 | avg karma 5.06 · | 2017-08-25 08:51:02

But farmed fish are fed fishmeal made from wild fish...

riffraff | karma 17103 | avg karma 3.24 · | 2020-11-08 18:49:03+00:00

aren't fish farms fed with other sea catch?

scottLobster | karma 4528 | avg karma 4.41 · | 2017-04-02 05:47:00+00:00

You realize that's specifically talking about farmed Norwegian Salmon and not all fish everywhere, right?

arve0 | karma 136 | avg karma 1.42 · | 2018-01-14 18:10:21

You may know by eating fish that are not possible to farm, like cod.

Edit: Apparently, cod may be farmed (1), though I think the idea still stands.

1: https://thefishsite.com/articles/cultured-aquatic-species-at...

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JTbane | karma 1079 | avg karma 2.31 · | 2018-07-10 13:09:20

Or eat farmed fish.

missedthecue | karma 7595 | avg karma 2.13 · | 2020-08-18 17:19:00+00:00

Plenty of seafood is farmed. The majority of shrimp for instance comes from farms.

pGuitar | karma 116 | avg karma 0.83 · | 2022-10-14 19:53:50

They often feed the fish in farms with wild fish... it's a joke, currently.

Reason077 | karma 10927 | avg karma 3.57 · | 2021-12-19 14:26:53

To be clear, this story is about farmed fish from inland, fresh-water fish farms. No sea involved. Fish farms can still cause pollution, of course, but if well managed they should be no worse than any other farm.

ceejayoz | karma 74610 | avg karma 3.33 · | 2021-12-19 14:30:23

Depends to some extent what they're feeding the fish.

Some farmed fish are fed wild-caught fishmeal and fish oil from smaller fish.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forage_fish#Use_as_animal_feed

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ams6110 | karma 28057 | avg karma 2.52 · | 2012-09-23 01:18:17+00:00

Almost all the fish I buy is farm-raised. I trust it more than wild-caught for some reason; I don't want to be eating anything caught off the coast of Fukushima for example.

chrismealy | karma 6114 | avg karma 5.51 · | 2011-07-21 13:50:50

Farmed fish are often fed unsustainable fish! It's just laundering unsustainability.

SoftTalker | karma 11968 | avg karma 2.53 · | 2023-05-09 11:52:50

A lot of fish you would buy at the supermarket is farm-raised. Especially catfish, salmon, and tilapia.

hop | karma 2682 | avg karma 5.97 · | 2009-11-14 01:59:17

Farmed fish are sustainable - salmon, talapia...

Actually went to Hawaii for the first time last week caught and caught few Yellowtail and skipjack tuna of the Kona coast. They fight like hell. Ate it on the boat.

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