Overfishing, pollution, and human overpopulation are just a few of the reasons that wild fish are becoming more scarce and expensive. Responsible, sustainable, and environmentally conscious farmed fish will be the answer to feeding future generations.
Here at Live Ocean Seafoods, we’re committed to working with the best and most environmentally-aware aquaculture companies. Our fish are farmed in a large pens that are in open areas where crystal clear tidal waters keep the waters pure and clean. This provides the farmed fish with a healthy, safe environment.
Commercial long-line fishing and gill net fishing destroy the environment and capture fish species that are not edible, so they’re thrown away without thought to the environmental impact on the fishing areas. Moreover, commercial fishing simply depletes the ocean of its fish as the human population rises every year.
Fish farms also provide a valuable service by preserving the wild fish population and by helping prevent excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. How can Salmon farming do this, you may ask?
Recent studies show that surface fish caught commercially rely on tiny organisms called Phytoplankton for food. These Phytoplankton make up the foundation of the food chain for almost all sea life. Most importantly, Phytoplankton absorb Carbon dioxide, and lots of it! Billions of tons of carbon dioxide every year are absorbed by phytoplankton, then eaten by surface fish and then eaten by larger fish that reside at deeper depths but come up to feed. Once the carbon dioxide is passed from smaller surface fish to these deeper sea fish, the carbon dioxide becomes trapped under the pressures of the deep ocean water unable to return to the atmosphere. Fish and other aquatic life in the ocean are vital as they absorb carbon dioxide to a great degree, with a carbon offset cost savings of $74 billion to $222 billion in climate change damage per year.
Global climate change scientists warn that over-fishing and other commercial activities will jeopardize the oceans’ ability to provide the planet with enough fish. As the wild fish population dwindles, so too will our unique natural eco system that eliminates high levels of carbon emissions.
“Fish are actually really important in the global carbon cycle, and they’ve been rather neglected,” said Clive Trueman of the University of Southampton, lead author of the deep-sea fish study.
“I really think to use our oceans sensibly, we need to look at all the services that they provide and then find those that contribute to human welfare and well-being the most, and try to encourage that,” added Rashid Sumaila, professor and director of the fisheries economics research unit at the University of British Columbia, who co-authored the Global Ocean Commission report.
By relieving wild fish populations that are otherwise weakened by commercial fishing, salmon farming does its part to preserve our amazing planet’s natural carbon storage bank: the wild fish population. Intelligently it also helps to sustain the ocean’s fish as a rising human population continues to demand more and more seafood.
Live Ocean is dedicated to providing a sustainable present for a global future where the oceans are clean, and food is plentiful.
Uvuvi wa kupita kiasi, uchafuzi wa mazingira, na kuongezeka kwa idadi ya watu ni baadhi tu ya sababu zinazofanya samaki wa porini wawe wachache na wa bei ghali zaidi. Samaki wanaozalishwa kwa njia yenye uwajibikaji, endelevu, na yenye kujali mazingira ndio jibu la kulisha vizazi vijavyo. Hapa katika Live Ocean Seafoods, tumejitolea kufanya kazi na makampuni bora na zaidi ya mazingira-kufahamu ufugaji wa samaki. Samaki wetu hufugwa katika vyumba vikubwa vilivyo wazi ambapo maji safi ya maji huhifadhi maji safi na safi. Hilo huandaa mazingira yenye afya na salama kwa samaki wa kilimo. Uvuvi wa kibiashara wa kamba ndefu na uvuvi wa wavu wa kamba huharibu mazingira na kukamata spishi za samaki ambazo haziwezi kuliwa, kwa hivyo hutupwa bila kufikiria athari za mazingira kwenye maeneo ya uvuvi. Isitoshe, uvuvi wa kibiashara huondolea bahari samaki wake kadiri idadi ya watu inavyoongezeka kila mwaka. Pia, mashamba ya samaki hutoa huduma muhimu kwa kuhifadhi samaki wa porini na kusaidia kuzuia kaboni dioksidi isiongezeke angani. Huenda ukauliza, kilimo cha samaki wa samaki chawezaje kufanya hivyo? Uchunguzi wa hivi karibuni unaonyesha kwamba samaki wa juu wanaovuliwa kwa ajili ya biashara hutegemea viumbe wadogo wanaoitwa Phytoplankton ili kupata chakula. Phytoplankton hizo hufanyiza msingi wa mlolongo wa chakula kwa karibu viumbe wote wa baharini. Jambo la maana zaidi ni kwamba, mimea ya plankton huchukua kaboni dioksidi, na kwa wingi! Mabilioni ya tani za kaboni dioksidi huchukuliwa na phytoplankton kila mwaka, kisha kula na samaki wa uso, na kisha kula na samaki wakubwa ambao wanaishi katika kina kirefu lakini kuja juu ya chakula. Baada ya dioksidi ya kaboni kupita kutoka kwa samaki wadogo wa juu hadi samaki wa kina kirefu, dioksidi ya kaboni inashikiliwa chini ya shinikizo la maji ya bahari ya kina kirefu na haiwezi kurudi angani. Samaki na wanyama wengine wa majini katika bahari ni muhimu kwa sababu huchukua kaboni dioksidi kwa kiwango kikubwa, na kuokoa gharama za kaboni ya $ 74 bilioni hadi $ 222 bilioni kwa uharibifu wa mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa kwa mwaka. Wanasayansi wa mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa duniani wameonya kuwa uvuvi wa kupita kiasi na shughuli nyingine za kibiashara utahatarisha uwezo wa bahari kutoa samaki wa kutosha kwa sayari. """Wakati idadi ya samaki wa porini inapopungua, ndivyo itakavyopungua pia mfumo wetu wa kipekee wa ikolojia ambao huondoa viwango vya juu vya uzalishaji wa kaboni." "Samaki ni muhimu sana katika mzunguko wa kaboni duniani, na wamepuuzwa,"" alisema Clive Trueman wa Chuo Kikuu cha Southampton, mwandishi mkuu wa utafiti wa samaki wa bahari ya kina. "Nafikiri kwa kweli kutumia bahari zetu kwa busara, tunahitaji kuangalia huduma zote zinazotolewa na kisha kupata zile zinazochangia ustawi wa binadamu na ustawi zaidi, na kujaribu kuhamasisha hilo, ""aliongeza Rashid Sumaila, profesa na mkurugenzi wa kitengo cha utafiti wa uchumi wa uvuvi katika Chuo Kikuu cha British Columbia, ambaye ni mwandishi mwenza wa ripoti ya Tume ya Bahari ya Ulimwenguni." Kwa kuondoa idadi ya samaki wa mwituni ambao kwa njia nyingine wameathiriwa na uvuvi wa kibiashara, kilimo cha samaki hufanya sehemu yake kuhifadhi benki ya asili ya kuhifadhi kaboni ya sayari yetu ya ajabu: idadi ya samaki wa mwituni. Kwa busara pia husaidia kuendeleza samaki wa bahari kama idadi ya watu inayoongezeka inaendelea kudai chakula zaidi na zaidi cha baharini. Live Ocean ni mradi wa kimataifa unaojitolea kutoa mazingira ya sasa kwa ajili ya siku zijazo ambapo bahari ni safi na chakula ni mengi.