Salmon has been a highly demanded product by millions of customers as well as the countries who rely on seafood as a primary dish. However, with the influx of people’s wants come the consequences of these species are decreasing in populations around the world due to the causes and practices of human fishing. As stated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), there were an estimated 50% decline worldwide of salmon over the last twenty years. Several sources play a factor in the huge amounts of salmon being
Salmon Farming in British Colombia You are at a midsummer barbeque, you are about to take a bite of a mouth watering salmon burger, but have you considered the consequences the salmon you are about to eat has? Salmon farming is damaging to local wildlife and for this reason it is crucial that it must be halted. Salmon farming is damaging to British Colombia’s economy and must be terminated. Salmon farming must stop as it poses a health risk to its consumers. Salmon farming in British Colombia
Salmon seems to be underrated by many but has had a great impact on the appetites of many people. Because food is essential for organisms to live, it is important to know how your food is produced. When finding out how Salmon is produced, you will also be able to tell how much salmon production affects the environment. When eating any types of food it is best to know what macromolecules you are obtaining. Salmon provides a large amount of protein which is needed for your body to grow.
Salmon farming is becoming more and more popular as salmon population increases. Currently, over half the salmon sold globally is farm-raised in Northern Europe, Chile, Canada, and the United States, and the annual global production of farmed salmon has risen from 24,000 to over 1 million metric tons during the past two decades (Hites, pg. 226). Because salmon farms are so widespread, salmon from farms in northern Europe, North America, and Chile are now available widely year-round at relatively
researched the salmon trade and how it has evolved over the years. The salmon commodity chain has three main consumers – the United States, Japan, and China. The development of aquaculture has changed our consumption of salmon drastically over the past decades, with Norway leading the aquaculture industry, and Chile fast catching up. Because of differing standards of farming, the quality of cultivated salmon varies; some farms may use chemicals, while others focus on a sustainable farming process focused
U.S. Salmon Aquaculture: Ethical Issues in Farmed Salmon Kimberly Jones Troy University Dr. Miller Abstract There are many ethical arguments surrounding aquaculture. The salmon industry in the United States has many ethical concerns in relation to farmed salmon. This paper will first discuss the salmon industry, then discuss specific ethical issues facing farmed salmon, and finally review any laws, regulations or relief efforts in place to reduce these ethical concerns, or that aggravate these
capability to sustain fish populations and feed the increasing demands of humans, the practice of aquaculture itself is a resource efficient way of producing protein. By nature, fish are able to convert more of their food into body mass than when looking at land animals. For example, farmed raised salmon are one of the most intensively-fed cultured fish, but according to the NOAA, when comparing the ratio of pounds of feed to produce a pound of protein, farm raised salmon has a ratio of 1.2 pounds
Researchers believe that the declining salmon populations are mainly the result of the four H’s, harvesting habits, hydropower, habitat loss, and hatchery fish (Ruckelshaus et al., 2002, pp. 679). Harvesting habits refers to the impact overfishing has on the salon populations (Ruckelshaus et al., 2002, pp. 679). Every year, around 385,000 metric tons of Pacific salmon are caught by commercial fisherman and with weak stock conditions, the natural life cycle of these fish cannot keep up (Knapp, 2007)
becuase it can cause suffering and early death of animal. It can also cause deformities, feeding and breathing difficulties, reduced swimming abilities and lower tolerance to disease for genetical modified salmon. We don’t need genetical modified animals to feed the growing world population. We already have enough food to feed 11 billion or more people. Those one some reasons why we don’t genetical modified animals. Genetical modification is bad and harms animals. This article Enviropigs can
of the Case: Wild Fish Conservancy v. United States Environmental Protection Agency is it a citizen suit brought against the Agency in which the Plaintiff believes, regulations passed by the EPA and the National Marine Fisheries Service that make salmon farms in Puget Sound not liable to general sediment-management standards breaches on the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act. Because the Plaintiff argues that both the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act were violated, there