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In reply to the discussion: Costco Joins a Host of Retailers Refusing to Sell GMO Salmon [View all]NickB79
(19,313 posts)36. So they'll just keep selling conventionally raised salmon that is already killing ocean life?
http://www.alternet.org/story/142270/how_farm-raised_salmon_are_turning_our_oceans_into_dangerous_and_polluted_feedlots
Granted, these GM salmon would be raised in the same kinds of farms. BUT, the fact that they grow so much more rapidly and convert so much more food to meat mass (25% greater efficiency, and able to live off a higher percentage of plant-based feed vs regular salmon) means you could theoretically grow as much fish as we currently consume with far fewer, smaller farms.
Only about 10 percent of salmon on the market in the U.S. is actually wild these days Alex Trent, executive director of the industry group Salmon of the Americas, told the New York Times.
If this were a few years ago, your farm-raised salmon would have come from Chile, but since a disease outbreak has crashed the industry there, the U.S. has looked elsewhere for imports. If you're on the West Coast your farmed salmon is most likely from British Columbia, and if you're elsewhere in the U.S. it's probably from either Norway, Ireland or Scotland. And that's actually a bad thing -- for more than just food miles.
While salmon "farming" conjures an agrarian image, the industry is more akin to CAFOs -- the concentrated animal feeding operations -- used by the industrial meat industry that is responsible for most of the chicken, burgers and pork that Americans consume. They're also responsible for a lot of waste and pollution that comes with raising a whole bunch of creatures in a confined space.
The farmed-salmon industry, which raises the fish in floating "pens," has some striking similarities to CAFOs. The industry was jump-started a few decades ago, and it was initially seen as a great boon for wild salmon, which have been decimated by dams, pollution and invasive species.
If this were a few years ago, your farm-raised salmon would have come from Chile, but since a disease outbreak has crashed the industry there, the U.S. has looked elsewhere for imports. If you're on the West Coast your farmed salmon is most likely from British Columbia, and if you're elsewhere in the U.S. it's probably from either Norway, Ireland or Scotland. And that's actually a bad thing -- for more than just food miles.
While salmon "farming" conjures an agrarian image, the industry is more akin to CAFOs -- the concentrated animal feeding operations -- used by the industrial meat industry that is responsible for most of the chicken, burgers and pork that Americans consume. They're also responsible for a lot of waste and pollution that comes with raising a whole bunch of creatures in a confined space.
The farmed-salmon industry, which raises the fish in floating "pens," has some striking similarities to CAFOs. The industry was jump-started a few decades ago, and it was initially seen as a great boon for wild salmon, which have been decimated by dams, pollution and invasive species.
Granted, these GM salmon would be raised in the same kinds of farms. BUT, the fact that they grow so much more rapidly and convert so much more food to meat mass (25% greater efficiency, and able to live off a higher percentage of plant-based feed vs regular salmon) means you could theoretically grow as much fish as we currently consume with far fewer, smaller farms.
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Because I also have a right to express myself. And don't need a reason or permission. nt
Xipe Totec
Nov 2015
#8
It is indeed boring, since it's all so entirely predictable, my dear HuckleB. Good holidays to ya..!
villager
Nov 2015
#15
Reliably quoting Dr. Novella's one-man crusade/"skeptic" blog, to boot! Happy Cyber Monday!
villager
Nov 2015
#46
You really don't like it when I point out the reality that Costco is not acting responsibly.
HuckleB
Dec 2015
#67
I agree it would be more responsible if they eliminated antibiotic-laden meats, as well
villager
Dec 2015
#68
And your insistence on always having the last (misplaced, alas) word makes further visible
villager
Dec 2015
#74
Is there a law against that? Are you the sherif? If so, arrest me if you can, lawman. nt
Xipe Totec
Nov 2015
#16
For the same reason it was pointed out to us that he'll simply buy it somewhere else.
LanternWaste
Nov 2015
#47
Smart stores will market it honestly as a fish with a smaller ecological footprint.
HuckleB
Dec 2015
#60
You would have to have posted actual content, rather than the usual demonization whims.
HuckleB
Dec 2015
#66
Translation: Costco Goes With Fear-Based Marketing, Still Sells E-coli Laden Chicken
HuckleB
Nov 2015
#27