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Re:Planet’s ocean-plastics problem detailed in 60-year data set by genericone on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @05:13PM (#19686533)
Replacing the commercial wild-caught fish with the more expensive farm-raised fish will bring the most roi if you enjoy fish.
Re:Planet’s ocean-plastics problem detailed in 60-year data set by askvictor on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @06:29PM (#19687007)
OTOH farm raised fish are often quite detrimental to the environment in other ways - unless it's a sealed system (which is only practical for smaller fish), they add massive amounts of nutrients and pollution to the local environment. Also, many farmed fish are fed smaller fish, which are caught wild, and require some 3kg+ of feed fish to produce 1kg of farmed fish.
Re:Planet’s ocean-plastics problem detailed in 60-year data set by imtringued on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @06:40PM (#19687063)
This is a problem with pretty much every type of factory farming. Food can be cheaply imported from any country around the world but the animals still produce feces locally. The factory farm owners do not own any land to use this natural fertilizer on. Therefore it is either stored in lagoons or in case of aquafarms just sinks to the bottom of the water until years later it becomes impossible to farm fish anymore because of excessive algae blooms.
Re:Planet’s ocean-plastics problem detailed in 60-year data set by specialist on Thursday April 18, 2019 @12:36AM (#19688741)
Fish farms are future superfund sites.
Re:Planet’s ocean-plastics problem detailed in 60-year data set by Mediterraneo10 on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @05:30PM (#19686648)
Farm-raised fish are often treated with antibiotics, which means you have less plastic pollution but more antibiotics-overuse problems.
Re:Planet’s ocean-plastics problem detailed in 60-year data set by nikofeyn on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @05:57PM (#19686823)
farm-raised fish cause plenty of havoc in the ocean.
Re:Planet’s ocean-plastics problem detailed in 60-year data set by Joakal on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @07:25PM (#19687307)
They could be on land: http://www.uarahfisheries.com.au/