FAO: Aquaculture only way to fill the coming 'fish gap'

Top ministers debate the future of fish farming

19 November 2007, Rome - By 2030 an additional 37 million tonnes of fish per year will be needed to maintain current levels of fish consumption for an expanded world population. Because traditional capture fisheries have reached their maximum production levels, fish farming represents the only way to fill the gap...


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Wrong, FAO! To stop eating fish is the 'only way'!
Apart from the ecological problems, fish farms only shift the problem because 'many species of farmed fish are carnivorous, which means that fish must be caught from our already-exhausted fisheries to feed the fish on aquafarms. It can take more than 5 pounds of fish from the ocean to produce 1 pound of farmed salmon or seabass......'
How such a destructive and wasteful scheme could be promoted as a solution to global overfishing defies ethical and scientific understanding.

Source: FAO: Aquaculture only way to fill the coming 'fish gap'
Author: FAO

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