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Opinion
Jan 31 - 2023
EN Africa

Intensive Farming of Carnivorous Fish Relying on West Africa Fishmeal Must Be Stopped

CFFA

FAO’s vision for aquaculture is clearly presented in its “Blue Transformation roadmap”: the objective is the “intensification and expansion of sustainable aquaculture,” so that it “continues to meet the global demand for aquatic foods.” The FAO Guidelines should include the considerations of those stakeholders that are currently facing the negative impacts of unsustainable aquaculture, and are looking at alternative models of small-scale aquaculture. The GSA, instead of feeding over-optimism, would benefit from openly addressing the points of contention which were the reason of drafting the guidelines in the first place.
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Hunger / Nutrition / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / FAO Committee on Fisheries
Opinion
Apr 03 - 2023
EN Europe

Industrial Fisheries Impact on Western Greece

Katheti

The Areas of Organized Aquaculture Development (ΠΟΑΥ) are zones of exclusive activity of fish farms and other types of aquaculture. They occupy vast sea and land areas. The industrial fisheries impact on Western Greece are significant both in the marine environment and the inhabitants’ quality of life.
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Poros / Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Tourism / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Opinion
Apr 03 - 2023
EN Europe

Poseidon’s grass

Katheti

The underwater posidonia meadows are among the most productive marine ecosystems of the Mediterranean. They host more than 1300 species of fauna and flora, among them many fish of fishery importance. It releases valuable oxygen, and therefore limits the effects of climate change. Poseidon’s grass is precious, but under constant threat.
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Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Marine fauna / Inorganic waste (e.g. plastics) / Tourism / Poros / Regulatory / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Opinion
Apr 04 - 2023
EN Europe

No industrial-scale fish farms at Poros!

Katheti

The establishment of industrial-scale fish farms at Poros is a decisive action for the future of the island, with significant effects on its character and the quality of its natural environment.
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Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Marine fauna / Tourism / Legislation / Poros / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Opinion
Oct 07 - 2023
GR Europe

Expression of Opinion on the Proposed SEA for the Establishment of POAU in the Regions of Argolis, Arcadia and Methanone

Arcadia Portal

Pan-Arcadian Federation of Greece (P.O.E.) opposition to the proposed expansion of fish farms, given concerns around tourism.
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Tourism / Legislation
Opinion
Feb 01 - 2012
EN Europe

New Legislation Opens the Way for Intensive Aquaculture

Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation

Archipelagos Institute and the Municipality of Patmos have joined forces to strongly oppose the establishment of fish-farms in the seas of Patmos and the surrounding islands and islets. These potentially large scale fish-farms—made possible as a result of the new legislation passed on aquaculture—threaten to damage, if not destroy, the highly diverse and productive coastal ecosystems of the region. Intensive fish-farming—as practiced for the last couple of decades in the Greek seas—has already directly and negatively impacted the health and productivity ofseas in the region, and inevitably causes significant consequences on fisheries and tourism.
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Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Marine fauna / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Biodiversity loss / Legislation
Opinion
Aug 11 - 2024
EN Global

Too Much of Our Seafood Has a Dark Secret

New York Times

Explores the factors a consumer should consider when purchasing seafood.
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Marine Protected Areas / Biodiversity loss / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Hunger / Nutrition / Investment and subsidies / Labor / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Value chain / IUUs (illegal unreported and unregulated) / Legislation / Bivalves / Low trophic-level fish / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp) / Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) / Salmon / Shrimp
Opinion
Jul 29 - 2024
EN Global

There’s a New Reason to Save Life in the Deep Ocean

New York Times

Just as we are learning to appreciate the extraordinary service of creatures in the twilight zone, companies that manufacture feed for industrial fish farms, fertilizer and omega-3 supplements are preparing to exploit it. Right now nations are considering authorizing commercial fishing fleets to grind life in the twilight zone into fish meal, fertilizer and plant food. Before they move forward with these plans, it would be wise to hit pause so we can understand how that decision will affect our planet.
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Marine fauna / Biodiversity loss / Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Climate change
Opinion
Aug 16 - 2024
EN Global

Fishing the Ocean’s Twilight Zone Comes at a High Cost

Sentient

Though there is no moratorium, fishing the mesopelagic layer remains out of bounds.
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Biodiversity loss / Climate change / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing
Opinion
Aug 23 - 2024
EN Global

Stories of the Sea: Fishing in the Twilight Zone

Safina Center

By one estimate, it is 'the world’s largest unexploited natural resource with a global biomass of 1 gigaton.' But can the inhabitants of the deep be fished to meet humanity’s food needs? Should they be? Such questions are being asked with greater frequency, as research initiatives in multiple countries have started to explore the feasibility of mesopelagic fishing.
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Climate change / Biodiversity loss / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / UN: FAO Committee on Fisheries
Opinion
Aug 26 - 2024
EN North America

Wild sablefish is a better choice than farmed salmon

Seattle Times

Working with fishers who care for the natural resources they harvest has emphasized the importance of choosing sustainable seafood from a conservation-focused fishery, such as sablefish.
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Biodiversity loss / Small-scale fishers / Legislation
Opinion
May 02 - 2024
EN Global

Dark Seas – the muddy truth behind farmed fish

Sustainable Woodstock

Widely unknown to the public, carnivorous fish farming requires and consumes more wild fish than it produces, a fact that directly contradicts the industry’s claim to be the solution to overfishing and feeding the growing population.
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Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Salmon / Sea Bass / Sea Bream / Bivalves
Opinion
Oct 09 - 2024
EN Global

Farmed Salmon Isn’t 'Mediterranean'

Medium

How the world’s healthiest diet is used to prop up a troubling fish. A special guest post by Rauch Foundation's Eva Douzinas on Paul Greenberg's (The Four Fish) Medium page.
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Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Marine Protected Areas / Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Hunger / Nutrition / Tourism / Investment and subsidies / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Salmon / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Opinion
Nov 13 - 2024
EN North America

A Look at a New Kind of Ark

The Provincetown Independent

Maybe floating open-water fish farming will take the pressure off wild stocks. By Captain Mike Rathgeber
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Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Biodiversity loss / Salmon / Tuna
Opinion
Jan 06 - 2025
EN Global

The Paradox of ‘Sustainable’ Carnivorous Finfish Aquaculture: Fish meal, fish oil, and extractive aquaculture’s threat to small scale fishers worldwide

Poseidon Project

There is a wealth of information on the role of fish feed in the aquaculture industry and this brief...
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Opinion
Dec 01 - 2023
EN Europe

Article on TVXS on the sustainability of aquaculture in Greece

Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation

Exploring the dilemma between development in Greece of fish farming for economic gain versus environmental and health concerns.
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Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Salmon / Sea Bass / Sea Bream / Marine fauna
Opinion
Feb 22 - 2022
EN Africa

When people are starving, footage of fresh fish used for fishmeal is disturbing

Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements

Since 2015, the Mauritanian authorities, through successive rulings and circular letters, have been promoting the use of small pelagic fish for human consumption, and trying to reduce the quantities that are being processed into meal and oil. By Beatrice Gorez

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Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Hunger / Nutrition / Value chain / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing

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