| As far as I know, fish caught in the wild
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| | Fish farming, however, is the cause of
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| cannot be marketed as organic in the UK.
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| | many problems. In the UK, its salmon
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| However, several supermarkets and many
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| | thats most closely associated with
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| independent organic retailers now stock
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| | farming - and its shortcomings. Public
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| organic trout and salmon produced in fish
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| | demand for cheaper food means that farmed
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| farms. Several types of farmed mussels
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| | salmon are often kept, for financial
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| and shellfish are also likely to become
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| | reasons, very densely stocked, with huge
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| more widely available in the future.
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| | numbers of fish crammed into very little
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| In organic fish farming, many of the
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| | space. In this state, the fish can more
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| pesticides, dyes and antibiotics widely
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| | easily become diseased, and these
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| used in conventional fish farming are not
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| | diseases can spread to wild fish. Huge
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| permitted and so these fish products are
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| | amounts of antibiotics are required to
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| generally accepted to be credible organic
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| | keep the fish moderately healthy. Also a
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| products by both the soil association and
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| | confidential study for the UKs top
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| consumers.
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| | organic body highlighted gaps between its
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| However, from an animal welfare point of
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| | principles and the standards it accepted,
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| view, there is some controversy about
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| | BBC Newsnight reported.
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| allowing farmed fish to be labelled as
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| | Is organic fish sustainable?
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| organic. Organic principles demand that
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| | Other problems are escapes, when farmed
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| livestock (which includes fish) should be
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| | fish interbreed with wild fish and
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| able to express its 'natural' behaviour
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| | potentially weaken wild stocks, as well
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| pattern and be kept as close to natural
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| | as pollution to the water and seabed
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| stocking densities as possible. How can
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| | around fish farms. Farmed salmon, which
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| this be when they are kept in cages in
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| | are carnivorous, eat three times their
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| either inland or in fish farms out at
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| | body weight in fish feed, which is made
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| sea?
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| | from other fish - not the best use of
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| The true cost of fish farming
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| | resources from an environmental point of
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| Fish farming seems like a practical
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| | view.
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| solution to the problem of overfishing.
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