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Aquaculture becomes a net-positive

GreenBiz

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). You have to be engaged in aquaculture, you have to be successful in aquaculture, to be successful in seafood. By producing an increasing amount of seafood sustainably as farmers, the industry can help relieve pressure on wild stocks that might currently be overfished commercially.

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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

GreenBiz

Buoyed by the success of red-meat mimics from the likes of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, a growing number of companies is angling to capture their share of the early market for animal-free seafood. The nonprofit has named the threatened collapse of fisheries and unmet demand for seafood alternatives as important factors.

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Microfibres in the Mediterranean are floating homes for bacteria

Envirotec Magazine

These microfibres likely pose a threat to aquatic ecosystems and human health, because once they become colonized by microorganisms, they smell like food and are consumed by marine organisms. Due to their persistence, the microfibres likely build up in marine organisms as they move through the food chain.

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3 under-the-radar forces in food

GreenBiz

Membership at Crowd Cow , a marketplace for craft meat and seafood, doubled in April alone. The backstory: This is good news from a sustainability perspective, because both companies provide additional sales channels for producers that practice organic and regenerative agriculture.

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An answer to aquaculture's unsustainable fish feed habit?

GreenBiz

A third of wild stocks are overexploited , and sourcing seafood from farms should allow ocean biodiversity to recover. The larvae will feed on organic waste from the corn processing and be warmed by excess heat generated by the plant. Some large aquaculture firms, including Grieg Seafood , are already making use of this mechanism.

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Innovative Foods: a guide to responsible investment in cell-cultured meat and seafood

EDF + Business

The emerging cell-cultured meat and seafood market has seen sustained growth in the last few years as companies seek out new opportunities for reducing their environmental impact, while providing nutritious food for growing populations. Advocate for programs that maximize the net societal benefits of cell-cultured meat and seafood products.

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Ocean-dumping for Fukushima wastewater: Japan’s complex decision remains contentious

Envirotec Magazine

Also speaking to The Guardian , Geraldine Thomas, a molecular pathology specialist and radiation expert at Imperial College London, suggested there was no risk to health or seafood from either tritium or carbon-14.