Fish: Farming in Troubled Waters (2014)

  • 12
  • 02/01/2014 (GB)
  • Documentary
  • 55m

Overview

Fish are an important part of the ecosystem and the human diet. Unfortunately, overfishing has depleted many fish stocks, and the proposed solution — fish farming — is creating far more problems than it solves. Not only are fish farms polluting the aquatic environment and spreading disease to wild fish, farmed fish are also an inferior food source, in part by providing fewer healthy nutrients; and in part by containing more toxins, which readily accumulate in fat. Farmed Salmon = Most Toxic Food in the World Salmon is perhaps the most prominent example of how fish farming has led us astray. Food testing reveals farmed salmon is one of the most toxic foods in the world, having more in common with junk food than health food.1 Studies highlighting the seriousness of the problem

Nicolas Daniel

Director

Cast

Jan Isakson's headshot

Jan Isakson

Himself (Greenpeace)
Duong Ngoc Minh's headshot

Duong Ngoc Minh

Himself (Hung Vuong Panga)
Patrick Kestemont's headshot

Patrick Kestemont

Himself (Biologist)
Kurt Oddekalv's headshot

Kurt Oddekalv

Himself (Green Warriors of Norway)
Huynh Tinh Quoc's headshot

Huynh Tinh Quoc

Himself (WWF)

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