Fish

The Environmental Impact of Salmon Farming

May 25, 2021 by Sage Edwards

The company Tassal has plans to build an 80 hectare salmon farm with 28 large ocean cages filled with hundreds of thousands of salmon, along the coast of Tasmania. Many along the coast are concerned about the environmental implications of… [read]

Most of Our Fish is Contaminated With Microplastics

March 2, 2021 by Sage Edwards

Hundreds of species of fish are ingesting microplastics. Data gathered from multiple studies has shown that a total of 386 marine fish species have ingested microplastics, with 210 species that are commercially important. With time, microplastics can end up in… [read]

How Farmed Fish Degrades Our Health and the Environment – Better Options Included

April 30, 2018 by Michael Edwards
Last updated on: April 30, 2018

More than 1 billion people across the world rely on fish as their main source of protein. Consequently, the world’s oceans are in trouble with marine life plummeting. More than 80 percent of the world’s fisheries are either considered fully… [read]

Wild Caught? Maybe Not – Salmon Sold to You May Have Been Farm-Raised

November 9, 2015 by Joel Edwards
Last updated on: December 3, 2015

The wild caught salmon sold to you in restaurants and grocery stores may have been farm-raised. Unfortunately, the results of a new study suggest that unless you catch it yourself, you can’t be sure it wasn’t farm raised. Using DNA… [read]