Large-scale fish farm production offsets environmental gains, assessment finds

Industrial-scale aquaculture production magnifies environmental degradation, according to the first global assessment of the effects of marine finfish aquaculture (e.g., salmon, cod, turbot and grouper) released today. This is true even when farming operations implement the best current marine fish farming practices, according to the findings. Dr. John Volpe and his team at the University of Victoria developed the Global Aquaculture Performance Index, an unprecedented system for objectively measuring the environmental performance of fish farming.

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