Re: farmed fish...what i have read but cannot verify.. » joebob

Posted by Larry Hoover on December 12, 2003, at 9:35:34

In reply to farmed fish...what i have read but cannot verify.., posted by joebob on December 8, 2003, at 12:05:40

> is that the real problem with farmed fish is in the feed they are given.....
That's the problem with any fish....what they eat. Feeding farmed fish fish meal instead of whole fish is a heck of a lot more appropriate than e.g. feeding herbivorous cattle chicken feathers and bone meal. But I digress....
There have been attempts made to feed e.g. salmon a "vegetarian" type diet, but that is not even close to being a common practise....it happens, but fish meal/oils are the main feedstock.
See:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5738E/x5738e0d.htm
Or read the whole book:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5738E/x5738e00.htm#Contents
> here in california if you have a toxic byproduct of industrial/chemical production you can:
>
> 1] burn it
> 2] bury it
> both expensive
> or 3] sell it into the agricultural 'downstream' where it suddenly becomes a problem no more
I'm sorry, but I have trouble believing that the third option is a common practise. I can't find anything when I did a google on it.
> it is my understanding from something that i think i read in the la times that these 'byproducts' are often added to fish feed pellets for the farming industry
I see no evidence for that, honestly.

> sorry, but back then i didn't have the foresight, savvy, or technology to find and save the article
>
> we won't feed it to our kid and only eat it out in restaurants when we have no choice
I think the benefits outweigh the risks.

> it may be that i saw the same item mentioned in a report from ucla about the most commonly toxic foods, which of course included commercial bananas and strawberries.
How so? You peel the banana, and the pesticides are on the peel. Strawberries are not sprayed at all, as far as I know....the risk is from sewage contaminated irrigation water.

> look around and if you find info on this stuff, please post it
>
> best to all
Well, I'll keep looking, but I am not finding....
Lar

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Oils in farmed fish Ilene 12/6/03
Re: Oils in farmed fish » Ilene Larry Hoover 12/6/03
farmed fish...what i have read but cannot verify.. joebob 12/8/03
Re: farmed fish Kacy 12/10/03
Re: farmed fish » Kacy Larry Hoover 12/12/03
Re: farmed fish...what i have read but cannot verify.. » joebob Larry Hoover 12/12/03
Re: farmed fish Ilene 12/12/03
Re: farmed fish » Ilene Larry Hoover 12/12/03
Re: farmed fish » Larry Hoover Ilene 12/12/03
Thanks for the moderating input. It helps. (nm) » Larry Hoover Kacy 12/13/03
Re: farmed fish » Larry Hoover tealady 12/14/03
lar..thanks will search, reconsider, etc (nm) joebob 12/14/03
farmed fish info, not complete but informative joebob 12/14/03
toxic fertilizers in california.....see joebob 12/14/03
Re: farmed fish info, not complete but informative » joebob Larry Hoover 12/15/03
Re: toxic fertilizers in california.....see » joebob Larry Hoover 12/15/03
Re: about fish, other foods, and PCBs » joebob Larry Hoover 12/15/03
lar...i'm reconsidering my position joebob 12/16/03
have you seen the bumper sticker here in la joebob 12/16/03

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