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Environment & Energy

getagrip_already

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4. sadly, a lot goes to non food purposes.....

Reply to redqueen (Original post)

Tue Nov 7, 2023, 11:48 AM

Nov 2023

It goes to fertilizer, drug manufacturing, oils, and other non food uses.

Menhaden specifically, which is a critical forage species for palegic species ranging from squid to whales, is being devastated for its oil content.

That is devastating stocks of striped bass and tuna.

Sure, lots of people eat fish products, but that isn't the whole story.

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Who is eating all the fish? [View all] redqueen Nov 2023 OP

Maybe one box of fillets for me in a year. pwb Nov 2023 #1

Frankenstein Fish is not a perfect substitute bucolic_frolic Nov 2023 #2

That was interesting Diamond_Dog Nov 2023 #3

sadly, a lot goes to non food purposes..... getagrip_already Nov 2023 #4

The fact that... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #5

What do farmed salmon eat? Other fish. They're carnivores. hatrack Nov 2023 #6

I have read Diamond_Dog Nov 2023 #7

Yes, the same pollution/parasite issues that flattened Chile's aquaculture, now in Iceland . . . hatrack Nov 2023 #8