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Huge demand for omega 3 fatty acids depleting oceans worldwide for aquaculture


Posted By: Michelle Kruse

Here is an article I want to share with you written by Jeremy Hance from mongabay.com regarding the high demand for omega-3 and how it is effecting the ocean.

tunafish 1845 19090772 0 0 10905 300 Huge demand for omega 3 fatty acids depleting oceans worldwide for aquaculture

Huge demand for omega-3 fatty acids depleting oceans worldwide for aquaculture

Aquaculture now supplies 50 percent of the world’s fish

The ever-growing demand for fish and fish oil due to their omega-3 fatty acids has led to exponential growth in the aquaculture industry—and depletion of the world’s oceans. While aquaculture is farmed fish, the fish are fed with wild marine species.

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