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Fish farming can be very harmful to the environment. Might even be more harmful than drag net and gill net. I can not say that seal hunting is as disruptive as fish or shrimp farming.
you are both right. but you cant compare land farming to let's say salmon farming. One is contained and the other is directly related to the surrounding environment.
Yeah...and lets eat wild turkey on Thanksgiving and Xmas. Wouldn't want to eat farmed turkey.
How long do you think it would take to decimate the wild turkey stocks??
People who are opposed to farming should really give their head a shake...the wild fish stocks are not sustainable at the rate we are harvesting.
Do your own research, walk on a fish farm, ask the questions and dont let the enviro-groups that make $ off of bad press make up your mind for you.
I know a lot of aquaculturalists and they are some of the most enviro-conscious people I know. They hold themselves and their products and the environment around them to very high standards.
Broiler chickens suffer 8 weeks, beef cattle 2 years, pigs 6 months, and egg laying hens 2 years .... Before they can be slaughtered. Their death maybe "humane", but their life is far from it.
I understand and agree, but there is one thing, the (land) farmer knows that well cared for animals are healthier, gain weight faster, produce more eggs, etc. ... you get better returns on your investment for caring about your stock, than if you dont