The Downside of Feeding Salmon Veggies - Offrange

Salmon farmers spent decades reducing their reliance on wild-caught fish. Now the industry’s emissions are up 300%.

Salmon farmers spent decades reducing their reliance on wild-caught fish. Now the industry’s emissions are up 300%. When the productivity of fish farms surpassed that of fishing for the first time in 2024, advocates around the world heralded the news as a triumph for both food security and sustainability. Given the limited landmass available to expand traditional farming, organizations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN argue most of the protein needed to feed a growing human population will have to come from the oceans. And of course none of these organizations support…

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