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Is Aquaculture the New Factory Farming?
Opinion
December 20 - 2024
EN Global

Is Aquaculture the New Factory Farming?

The Bittman Project

Industrialization has turned an ancient, sustainable practice into an ecological and social disaster. Can this be changed?

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Salmon / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp) / Legislation / Biodiversity loss / Antibiotics
Farmed Salmon Isn’t 'Mediterranean'
Opinion
October 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
Wild sablefish is a better choice than farmed salmon
Opinion
August 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
Stories of the Sea: Fishing in the Twilight Zone
Opinion
August 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
Fishing the Ocean’s Twilight Zone Comes at a High Cost
Opinion
August 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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Climate change / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Animal Ethics / mesopelagic
Too Much of Our Seafood Has a Dark Secret
Opinion
August 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. By Paul Greenberg and Carl Safina.

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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
There’s a New Reason to Save Life in the Deep Ocean
Opinion
July 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 / Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Climate change / mesopelagic / Animal Ethics / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing
Dark Seas – the muddy truth behind farmed fish
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
The sustainability of aquaculture in Greece
Opinion
December 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
Expression of Opinion on the Proposed SEA for the Establishment of POAU in the Regions of Argolis, Arcadia and Methanone
Opinion
October 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
No industrial-scale fish farms at Poros!
Opinion
April 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
Industrial Fisheries Impact on Western Greece
Opinion
April 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
Poseidon’s grass
Opinion
April 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
Intensive Farming of Carnivorous Fish Relying on West Africa Fishmeal Must Be Stopped
Opinion
January 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
When people are starving, footage of fresh fish used for fishmeal is disturbing
Opinion
February 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
New Legislation Opens the Way for Intensive Aquaculture
Opinion
February 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

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