Posted by Larry Hoover on November 8, 2004, at 10:32:53
In reply to Re: farmed salmon...JLx???? » Larry Hoover, posted by JLx on November 8, 2004, at 8:18:47
> > What sayest thou?
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> I've been thinking on it. I feel reassured by the dye part of your info. Even if only Europeans are feeding the grains instead of marine life now, I would expect that to change if there's more profit involved. That seems to be the way it goes, doesn't it? Demand, supply, profit, more profit....damn the consequences. But even IF farmed salmon has less Omega-3 than wild salmon, it still has more than other forms of protein like meat, which is probably what I would eat instead. So, that leaves the environmental impact of these farms. I will probably just try to ignore that like I do other questionable modern farming techniques. :(
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> JLExactly as I have decided. The biggest competitor to European and North American fish farms is South American. Those southern fish are almost certainly fed fish meal, as grain is in relatively short supply for consumption by people. I think that the cost pressure arises from the low capitalization of labour input.
Yes, the pollution angle concerns me too, but if you look closely at anything we do to feed ourselves, we adversely affect the environment. Even so-called closed organic enterprises are not closed. It's more of a relative thing, than an absolute.
Lar
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