Fish Farms

Fish farming or “aquaculture” has become increasingly popular nowadays. In fact, it accounts for around thirty percent of all the sea animals consumed yearly. The aquaculture industry is growing three times faster than land-based animal agriculture.

Fish farms can either be land or ocean based. In land, thousands of fish are raised in ponds, pools, or concrete tanks where they live a crowded and uncomfortable life. In the ocean, fish are packed together in net or mesh cages close to the shoreline. No matter their location, fish farms are a source of pollution and stand for animal suffering.

Fish in aquafarms spend their lives in a cramped and unclean environment. Many of them become ill or suffer infections or injuries. Forty percent of farmed fish die before they are ready to become food.

Aquaculture also poses a threat to the environment. Ocean-based farms are full of parasites and diseased that may spread to other organisms living nearby. Also, both land and ocean farms pollute waters with tremendous amounts of fish feces and they both require great amounts of wild-caught fish to feed the fish they are raising.

The fishing industry plunders our oceans, destroys vital ecosystems, and threatens biodiversity. Keep fish off your plate and in the ocean!

Ada Bersoza