Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Fish Go Vegan

Summary of problem or issue It turns out that it's not a fish eat fish world out there. Or at least not any more. Many of the fish you and I eat every day are part of a neat little thing called aquaculture, meaning that these fish are not caught and put in a box. They are grown on little fishy farms. Sadly, for some fish that feed on other fish to survive it is a little more difficult. The aquaculturists have to go out to catch the fish for the fish to eat. The problem being that it's taking around 5 pounds of caught fish to grow the one pound of fish to eat. To solve that problem, two guys in Maine have created a completely vegetarian diet so that they do not have to fish for their food. Since this diet has been created the need to catch and use so many fish has depleted it is basically saving the fish market some major money and it is also helping out our swimming friends down under. This diet however may not work for all fish and if that is the case then it will not be to good. We might get some of those fish that are too manly to go on a vegetarian diet. I personally think that this is a great solution to this problem. I think that it is inventive enough to really help out aquaculture as a whole. I (as well as many fisheries) hope this works out.

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