- intensive fish farming can lead to environmental issues, such as water pollution from fish waste, excessive use of antibiotics and chemicals, and the depletion of wild fish stocks used for fish feed
- some farmed fish species require a substantial amount of wild-caught fish to produce a relatively small amount of farmed fish
- the conversion of natural habitats like mangroves and wetlands into fish farms can lead to habitat destruction and loss of critical ecosystems that support various species
- in densely packed fish farms, diseases spread rapidly among fish populations, leading to mass mortality events. The use of antibiotics to control diseases can also contribute to antibiotic resistance, posing risks to human health
- introducing non-native or genetically modified fish into local ecosystems can disrupt the balance of the ecosystem and lead to unintended consequences
We have to switch to plant based diets.
It seems to me that nothing else will stop the environmental destruction, in this case overfishing, which alone threatens us with empty oceans in 2040's.
And it would solve the problem with warming oceans too.
Rapid phase-out of fossil fuels, together with a switch to a plant-based diet, would free up a land area the size of Africa. When reforested, this area would store so much carbon that we'd be able to store our entire 1.5C carbon budget in those forests and initiate a new "little ice age."
> It seems to me that nothing else will stop the environmental destruction, in this case overfishing, which alone threatens us with empty oceans in 2040's.
There are two things I can say about this:
1) We won't (unless/until forced to).
2) There are other sources of destruction that will continue even if most people switched to a plant-based diet.
2. what other industry is more destructive than animal ag?
Estimates of just emissions from animal ag are somewhere between 14.5-26%.
All transport is 16.2% (road 11.9%, aviation 1.9%, shipping 1.7%, rail 0.4%).
INCORRECT. We're on the cusp of a revolution in lab-grown fish and meat. It will be healthier, more humane, and better tasting, than the current system.
It may take decades until it's ready to replace meat on the scale and price needed.
We (and the environment) unfortunately don't have that much time.