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FAQ
Doesn't farming carnivorous fish use more wild fish than it makes?
The most honest question — so we meet it head-on. Feed conversion is real.
Is farmed fish unhealthy — full of chemicals and antibiotics?
In the U.S., aquaculture drugs are tightly controlled by the FDA.
Do fish farms pollute the ocean?
Offshore pens sit in deep, moving water that disperses nutrients.
What about escapes damaging wild populations?
The 2017 cautionary tale was Atlantic salmon in the Pacific — non-native.
Won't this hurt commercial fishermen?
Their concern is earned — they've watched their waters shrink for decades.
We have food — why do this here?
Because we import about 85% of our seafood, much of it farmed abroad under weaker rules.
Isn't farmed just lower quality than wild?
Not for a chef running the numbers.
Is there any oversight once a farm is built?
A real gap the industry is closing.
Doesn't aquaculture spread disease to wild fish?
Disease management is central.
Isn't one farm a foot in the door for dozens?
Every project is permitted individually.
Why not just do shellfish, kelp, or land-based instead?
We should do all of it — they solve different problems.
