by #JessicaMcKenzie in #BulletinOfTheAtomicScientists:

"There has been recent investment in a completely new way of farming salmon on land through recirculating aquaculture systems, in which salmon are basically raised from egg to harvest in giant aquariums. These have significantly higher investment costs, but the waste from the farms doesn’t flow directly into the ocean, so they have less environmental impact. But if this method takes off, production is likely to be located closer to buyers, which might leave Chile—where salmon is primarily an export product—out of the loop."

https://thebulletin.org/2023/06/patagonian-paradise-lost-the-environmental-hazards-of-farming-fish-in-a-warming-world/#post-heading

#Chile #salmon #farming #fish #seafood #sustainability #environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #climate #algae #aquaculture

by #JessicaMcKenzie in #TheBulletin:

"There has been recent investment in a completely new way of farming salmon on land through recirculating aquaculture systems, in which salmon are basically raised from egg to harvest in giant aquariums. These have significantly higher investment costs, but the waste from the farms doesn’t flow directly into the ocean, so they have less environmental impact. But if this method takes off, production is likely to be located closer to buyers, which might leave Chile—where salmon is primarily an export product—out of the loop."

https://thebulletin.org/2023/06/patagonian-paradise-lost-the-environmental-hazards-of-farming-fish-in-a-warming-world/#post-heading

#Chile #salmon #farming #fish #seafood #sustainability #environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #climate #algae #aquaculture