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Indoor fish farming seems like a much more practical approach to solve the problems inherent in catching wild fish to eat (and the pollution that outdoor fish f
by jacknews 8y ago
Indoor fish farming seems like a much more practical approach to solve the problems inherent in catching wild fish to eat (and the pollution that outdoor fish farms cause), and a much more logical next step for seafood than lab-grown muscle tissue.
Lab-meat makes most sense for beef, which is an incredibly inefficient and habitat-destroying food source, and is also often served in a processed form anyway, ie as minced-beef in burgers, bolognese, sausages, etc, etc.
- RhodesianHunter 8y agoMany fish (Tuna being a prime example) can't be farmed. There's also a notable decrease in health and nutritional content of farmed fish.
- jacknews 8y agoCurrently, perhaps, but many advances are being made. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-future-of-fish-farming-may-be-indoors/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-future-of-fis...
- pvaldes 8y agoTuna is not easy to breed, not at all, but can be farmed. I had seen tuna babies born in captivity. The tiny critters are all mouth. Is a long term effort.
- asciimo 8y agoIt is likely more efficient to scale lab-grown fish than it is to scale farmed fish. Cell farming is currently expensive an inefficient, like any new technology. But this can be improved. Yet it will always take at least x energy input to create at most x/10 edible fish output. (https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-10-energy-rule-in-a-food-chain.html https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-10-energy-rule-in-a-foo...)