Questions Everyone Should Ask
Not myths to bust.
Questions to answer.
People don’t want to be lectured — they want honest answers. Every hard question about ocean farming, met head-on. This is the heart of the movement: validate the concern, then answer it.
11 questions
EnvironmentDoesn't farming carnivorous fish use more wild fish than it makes?The most honest question — so we meet it head-on.Read the answer →Health & qualityIs farmed fish unhealthy — full of chemicals and antibiotics?In the U.S., aquaculture drugs are tightly controlled by the FDA.Read the answer →EnvironmentDo fish farms pollute the ocean?Offshore pens sit in deep, moving water that disperses nutrients.Read the answer →EnvironmentWhat about escapes damaging wild populations?The 2017 cautionary tale was Atlantic salmon in the Pacific — non-native.Read the answer →FishermenWon't this hurt commercial fishermen?Their concern is earned — they’ve watched their waters shrink for decades.Read the answer →Why hereWe have food — why do this here?Because we import about 85% of our seafood, much of it farmed abroad under weaker rules.Read the answer →Health & qualityIsn't farmed just lower quality than wild?Not for a chef running the numbers.Read the answer →OversightIs there any oversight once a farm is built?A real gap the industry is closing.Read the answer →EnvironmentDoesn't aquaculture spread disease to wild fish?Disease management is central.Read the answer →OversightIsn't one farm a foot in the door for dozens?Every project is permitted individually.Read the answer →Why hereWhy not just do shellfish, kelp, or land-based instead?We should do all of it — they solve different problems.Read the answer →
“You earn trust by naming the worries and answering them — not by talking around them.”The CaliAqua Blueprint
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