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Aquaculture

Farm-Raised Salmon Are Turning Our Oceans Into Polluted Feedlots

Tara Lohan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Salmon, Sustainable Fishing, Food, Aquaculture, Fish Farming, Fish, West Coast, British Columbia, Ireland, Salmon of Hte Americas, Norway, Climate Change, Disease, Environment, Scotland, New York Times, Green News
Tara Lohan

Farming salmon, once a dream fish, has become a nightmare for the environment.

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The Pescatore's Dilemma

Cathy Erway | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: By-Catch, Farmed Seafood, Aquaculture, Red Snapper, Trawling, The End of the Line, Farmed Fish, Farmed Salmon, Finning, Endangered Species, Overfished Species, Pescatarian, Overfishing, Bluefin Tuna, Seafood, Green News
Cathy Erway

Seafood has enjoyed a long history of acceptance among people who otherwise do not eat meat. Yet today's food gurus are placing pescatarianism at the height of ravenously irresponsible eating.

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Chile's Salmon Farms Verging on Breakdown

Dan Imhoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Environment, Salmon, Aquaculture, Chilean Salmon, Farmed Salmon, Ocean, Fish, Chile Salmon Farms, Salmon Farms, Green News
Dan Imhoff

One recent story that should have generated some rather large waves has made only a minor splash. Chile's salmon farming industry, second only to Norway's, is on the verge of collapse.

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The Ultimate Ocean Ranch

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Food, Otec, Next Generation Fisheries, Bergen Declaration, Ultimate Ocean Ranch, Mariculture, Aquaculture, Natural Science Foundation, Green, Sustainable Fishing, Blue Revolution, Fishing, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, Green News
Patrick Takahashi

Projections show that even with the increasing world population and a shift of nutritional patterns away from red meat towards seafood, actual fish production will decline in the future.

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