On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:32:16 +0100, Janet > wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > What is wrong with fish farms?
>
> What is wrong with intensive fish farms is that fish were never designed
> to live in cramped confinement with other fish. Crowded fish are a hotbed
> of fish disease and parasites; making them smaller weaker and therefore
> less profitable. To overcome the heavy infestatitons of parasites and
> disease they are heavily medicated with insecticide and antibiotics. So,
> number one what's wrong is the uptake of chemicals from eating the fish.
>
> The second, is that fish farmed in sea and rivers, contaminate the sea
> and river bed (therefore the natural ecology) with their medicated waste;
> and they are also a source of infection to wild species in the area.
>
> http://www.ehow.com/list_6464126_eff...h-farming.html
>
> (in case you think the above only happens in the third world, some of
> the worst examples have been in the UK, USA and Norway.)
>
> http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/fis...rigs-and-fish-
> farms/mercury-fishfarms/
>
So we're caught between a rock and a hard place: fish farms or over
fishing.


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