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Re:California cancels salmon fishing season by ROTMetro on Monday March 13, 2023 @09:46PM (#35146228)
Farmed fish are fed pellets made of wild caught fish though.
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Re:California cancels salmon fishing season by nradov on Monday March 13, 2023 @11:08PM (#35146888)
That depends on the species. Farmed catfish eat mostly soybeans and corn (maize).
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Re:California cancels salmon fishing season by myshpa on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @08:34AM (#35150457)
> eat mostly soybeans and corn (maize)

It still means deforestation, biodiversity loss, soil degradation, poisoning the ecosystem with pesti/herbicides and fertilizers on land (with the associated runoff into the waterways) and a lot of organic waste on the water (each salmon farm in scotland produces as much organic waste equivalent to a town of between 10 and 20,000 people each year).

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