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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News Id		Source	Stamp	country
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727	Teen catches aggressive creature in WA pond	thenewstribune	2024-03-07	US
728	Young Donegal fisherwoman pleads for future of family business	donegaldaily	2024-03-07	IR
729	Australias Great Barrier Reef, home to 1,500 species of fish, is dying	India Today Environment Desk	2024-03-08	IN
730	Migratory Amazonian catfish placed on the international protection list	mongabay	2024-03-08	US
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732	Scientists use underwater speakers to encourage coral growth on degraded reefs	hawaiipublicradio	2024-03-14	US
733	Ice fishing comes to a screeching halt in many areas	echopress	2024-03-16	US
734	26 people arrested for illegal elver fishing in N.S. this month	ctvnews	2024-03-18	CA
735	Alaska’s Yukon River residents say a new pact with Canada leaves them behind	newsfromthestates	2024-03-18	US
736	Parks Canada announces watercraft and angling restrictions for Waterton	lethbridgenewsnow	2024-03-19	CA
737	Salmon farms are increasingly being hit by mass die-offs	newscientist	2024-03-07	NO
738	Minnesota lake ice-out starts month early	echopress	2024-03-16	US
739	Scheme launched to tackle invasive carp populations	thefishsite	2024-03-11	US
740	Future of Maines lucrative baby eel industry to be decided by regulatory board	foxnews	2024-03-14	US
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742	Secrets of the deep – how fish scales could confound counterfeiters	newatlas	2024-02-26	SG
743	One of the worlds smallest transparent fish roars as loud as a gunshot	interestingengineering	2024-02-27	DE
744	Men caught illegally snatching prehistoric creatures from Oregon bay	thenewstribune	2024-02-27	US
745	Watch fish species chase lasers just like cats	1news	2024-03-14	NZ
746	Marine expert defends use of cameras on commercial fishing vessels	1news	2024-02-28	NZ
747	Annual Fish Health Report details causes of salmon mortality	thefishsite	2024-03-13	NO
748	Ловля камбалы в Сочи	ohotniki	2024-03-09	RU
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750	Scientists discover new species of fish off Baja California coast	FOX 5/KUSI	2024-02-28	MX