fish farming
The Only Way to Preserve Eels Is to Eat Them All
I joined the few remaining fishermen who are hoping to give the eel population in the Netherlands a helping hand.
Watch a Pipe Spewing Blood Into a British Columbia Channel
“I didn’t know it would be so gruesome and disgusting.”
Mauritians Fear Fish Farms Will Cause Their Island to Be Surrounded by Sharks
But is it already too late?
This Porkless Bacon Is Michelin-Approved
SPQR executive chef Matthew Accarrino has created a bacon made with white sturgeon worthy of the restaurant’s one Michelin star.
Life, Salmon, and the Future for the 'Namgis First Nation
The indigenous Canadian community, which has long relied on fishing, sees farmed salmon as an existential threat.
Fish Personality Tests Could Be the Key To Improving Seafood Farming
Researchers found two distinct personality types in the fish that they observed.
ISIS Is Running Fish Farms in the Desert to Generate Cash
As the militant group has been retreating and abandoning valuable oil fields, it’s been forced to find new ways to scrounge up dough, including car dealerships and fishing.
The MUNCHIES Guide To Washington: Salmon People
Tarik gets up close and personal with Washington's most iconic food: salmon. First, he heads to Grovers Creek Salmon Hatchery to learn about “bucket sex,” then visits with a local Skokomish fisherman for a history lesson and the most delectable smoked...
Vegetarian Fish Could Be the Biggest New Development in Sustainable Seafood
In attempts to curb overfishing, researchers have found that fish such as trout, yellowtail, walleye, and Atlantic salmon can survive, and even thrive, on vegetarian and fish-free diets.
Shrimp Cocktail Is Destroying Bangladeshi Communities
The Western appetite for shrimp is bigger than ever. But in Bangladesh, where much of our supply is farmed, aquaculture is laying waste to traditional coastal communities.
The UK's Smoked Salmon Is Covered in Lice and Shit
Farmed salmon are literally living up shit creek, often suffering from chronic sea lice that quickly become immune to chemical treatment. But the even shadier side of smoked salmon is what happens when it hits the factory.
Stop Eating Seafood Out of Season
People don't expect amazing tomatoes at the supermarket in January, but they buy wild salmon year-round. Consumers need to get in the rhythm and natural cycle of fish seasons. It’s like letting a field go fallow for a season—let it repopulate, spawn...