Researchers: Fish farming takes a toll on oceans

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Researchers: Fish farming takes a toll on oceans

 

June 28, 2000

Web posted at: 2:41 p.m. EDT (1841 GMT)

http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/06/28/fish.farming.ap/index.html

 

 

(AP) -- Commercial fish farms have long been touted as a way to boost the global

seafood harvest while taking the pressure off Earth's overtaxed oceans. But it

hasn't worked out that way, researchers say.

 

They conclude that aquaculture -- the production of everything from catfish to

shrimp -- has instead raised demand for some ocean fish such as anchovies that

are ground into fish meal to fatten their domesticated cousins.

 

What's more, the researchers say, fish farming has created vast amounts of

animal waste that has fouled coastal areas where fish and shellfish are being

raised.

 

In addition, they say, domesticated fish such as salmon have escaped from

offshore holding cages where they are grown, displacing their smaller, wild

relatives.

 

More: http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/06/28/fish.farming.ap/index.html

 

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