• Hegar
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    1 month ago

    I’m skeptical about this.

    My understanding is that the most profitable aquaculture species are carnivorous fish, meaning that aquaculture has long been a net consumer of fish - it takes more weight of wild caught prey to feed farmed fish than the weight of fish produced.

    I don’t see any mention of that in the data or analysis.

        • @Cheradenine
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          41 month ago

          The Nori you eat with sushi is farmed, but quite a lot of aquafulture goes to the production of Carrageenan. That is used in tons for things from milk and meat products, to sex lubes, and toothpaste.