The future of fish farming

Closed containment is the future of salmon farming in B.C. Sea lice infestations, farm waste, disease and escaped farmed salmon could be distant, unpleasant memories if the salmon farming industry switches from open-net cages to closed containment technology.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• salmon
• farm
• aquaculture
• sea
• lice
• closed
• containment
• ocean

[schmarly2007]

Try not to delete this comment (for transparency sake). I hope something like this may work because we need to be eating more fish, but the fact is the company is 14.5 million dollars in debt. That needs to be a part of the discussion - to not mention it is misleading and could sucker some investors into loosing a lot of money.

Oh, and maybe mention that this isn't closed containment, so to call is that is very misleading as well.

[livingocean]

@schmarly2007> Living Oceans isn't advocating for any one company or technology - we're encouraging movement away from unsustainable net-cage salmon aquaculture and a transition to closed systems. You'll note that in addition to a brief quote from one company there is also footage of another operation - a land-based re-circulating coho farm in Washington state. Investors will undertake due diligence - that is their role. Ours is to advocate for a transition to more sustainable practices.

[CrazyCamo]

I'm noticing these comments are just a little bit old, so ill add a new one! Why do you have to have a completly closed system? Fish waste reduction can be achieved through plant production and has been used on the east coast of canada for several years. Over population is a problem for any natural system however in the same way that humans can co habitate in cities like new york, so can any animal so long as its needs are adaquately met.. right?

[nmfvideo]

We strongly believe and work towards having closed fish farms in the future, but preferably we would have liked to see them in use by most businesses already today.

Its time for people to wake up and realize that having open fish farms is ruining our wonderful sea life and sea floor. Just have a look at this video we filmed (with our mini.sub) from underneath a fish farm in Norway. There is no life and the sea floor is covered in a white coating. Have a look at: Undervannsopptak: Signsholmen

[schmarly2007]

@livingocean You should advocate for reduction of impact - but not a particular end point which has not been proven to be "less" impact. Whether that can happen in the ocean or on land has yet to be proven and I would think you know that.

It's like me advocating for you to buy a hydrogen car because I 'think' the risks are less. You won't buy it because the technology isn't proven. Oh, and it's a portable bomb too, so you probably wouldn't want to put your kids in it.

[SalmonSlayer1991]

Closed Containment is the future if only the future would come sooner might we have a chance to sustainibly rebuild wild pacific salmon stocks