Fish Without the Catch: Seafood Alternatives Are on the Rise

Fish Without the Catch: Seafood Alternatives Are on the Rise

Source: sentientmedia

1/28/2021

As overfishing plagues the ocean, the farming of fish and other marine species, collectively known as “aquaculture,” is often seen as the more ocean-friendly way of meeting the soaring global demand for seafood. But aquaculture has fallen short in many ways. Fish farming is not the silver bullet some hoped for, nor has the aquaculture industry taken the necessary steps to reduce the suffering of fish, who often languish in crowded and filthy tanks and endure stress and other more grotesque injuries during handling and transport. To make matters worse, in most places around the world, fish are not granted protection under most national animal welfare laws.

Potential solutions to the challenges of commercial fishing are beginning to surface as companies around the world introduce innovative plant-based alternatives and lab-grown seafood that could offer consumers fish without a catch.
The Next Big Wave in Meat Alternatives

When it comes to meat alternatives, you could say there are a lot of fish in the sea, but market research shows the next big trend will come in the form of plant-based seafood. The Beet raves, “Plant-based seafood is to 2021 what plant-based burgers were to 2019.”

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5501	Study gives scientists unprecedented data on young Atlantic salmon in East Coast rivers	The Canadian Press	2019-03-15	CA
5502	Consistent fishing on Arrow Lakes	Trail Times	2019-03-14	CA
5503	Province rolls out new fish and hunting licence system	CBC News	2018-11-28	CA
5504	Why the Amazon River Can't Be Crossed By Bridge	cntraveler	2018-04-09	BR
5505	23 Percent of Southern California Fish is Mislabeled	7SAN DIEGO	2019-03-09	US
5506	Fishing for black crappie a Holland River shell game	Yorkregion	2019-03-11	CA
5507	A Look at the Rainbow Trout of Kamloops	Kamloops	2019-03-01	CA
5508	Six new species of tentacle-faced fish discovered in Amazon	The Independent	2019-03-07	US
5509	British mackerel has sustainable status stripped after years of overfishing	independent	2019-03-06	UK

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