š Fish farming was supposed to save our oceans. It didn't. It made everything worse.
š In the mid-1970s, only 10% of fish stocks were overfished. Today it's 35%, and wild catch hasn't declined at all. Aquaculture didn't replace wild fishing. It added to it.
š£ The Norwegian salmon industry spent tens of millions every year on global marketing. They convinced Japan, a country that never ate raw salmon, to put it in sushi. That's not meeting demand. That's manufacturing it.
š¬ When scientists found toxic contaminants in farmed salmon, the industry didn't fix the problem , they attacked the research, funded studies, and lobbied policymakers to protect their profits.
š In Chile, dead farmed salmon dumped into the ocean triggered a massive toxic algal bloom that wiped out local fisheries.
š It takes wild fish to feed farmed fish ā and only 19% of the protein actually makes it to your plate. The rest is wasted.
ā Fish farming didn't save the oceans. It engineered demand for a produ...
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