Oppose Ocean Fish "Factories"
Action Alert from All-Creatures.org

FROM

FishFeel.org
November 2014

fish feel

ACTION

The U.S. government is proposing rules that would open federal waters to fish farming. If allowed, it would result in many more fish being cruelly kept and killed -including the vast numbers of fish caught to feed the captive ones- and the lethal entanglement of yet more aquatic animals. It would also result in more water pollution and other problems.

The infrastructure required for these facilities would compete with protected areas, such as marine reserves, and other uses of the space they would demand.

COMMENTS NEEDED BY NOVEMBER 28!

Comment online here.

INFORMATION / TALKING POINTS

The U.S. government is proposing rules that would open federal waters to fish farming. If allowed, it would result in many more fish being cruelly kept and killed -including the vast numbers of fish caught to feed the captive ones- and the lethal entanglement of yet more aquatic animals. It would also result in more water pollution and other problems (see Talking Points below).

Instead of promoting fish farming, the government should educate the public as to the problems with fish consumption and the humane, healthful, environmentally responsible alternatives to it. Please object to the proposal by submitting a comment by Nov. 28th: http://tinyurl.com/ljs4h2b (click on the blue “Comment Now!” button). Thank you for helping our aquatic friends!

Talking Points:

Captive fish suffer stress and injury from crowding, transport, handling, the inability to escape from aggressive co-captives, and from inhumane slaughter. Confinement would also frustrate the biological need of migratory species to swim great distances, and the ability of anadromous species to move between freshwater and saltwater during their various life stages.

Aquaculture requires feeding immense numbers of wild fish and other aquatic species to captive fish. These species are essential food for other wildlife, and many of their populations are already worryingly low. The animals are captured in cruel and wasteful ways, and feeding them to captive fish is an inefficient way to produce food.

Pollution from uneaten food; feces; deceased fish; antibiotics, pesticides, and other chemical inputs; and the decomposition of facility materials could be toxic to wildlife, cause algal blooms, and otherwise harm the environment.

The inevitable escapes of captive fish would result in competition with wild fish and other aquatic animals, and transmission of disease and parasites to them, detrimentally impacting entire ecosystems.

The infrastructure required for these facilities would compete with protected areas, such as marine reserves, and other uses of the space they would demand.


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