On 2011-02-12, Omelet > wrote:

> Farm raised catfish are fed a clean pelleted food.

But live in their own waste!

This one of the major problems with aquaculture, disposing of all that
waste from thousands of fish. Requires fresh water, which is
overhead. It's so bad in the shrimp industry in Thailand, shrimp are
pumped full of antibiotics to survive their own filth. When farms ARE
finally flushed, they waste is so toxic, it's killing off natural
mangrove wetlands that are the birthplace of most of the sealife in
that part of the ocean. IOW, aquafarming is killing off most of the
natural sealife in The Gulf of Thailand.

Do you actually believe catfish and talapia farmers are any less
greedy or more responisble?

The guy who will make it filthy rich is the person who figures out a
way to harvest all those damn jumping Asian carp up around the Great
Lakes and creates a way to turn them into marketable protein. Hell,
grind 'em up and make fish meal for salmon farmers or sell to those
moron consumers who are already paying big bucks for imitation
crabmeat. Seems like a no brainer.

nb