Hi Joe

Your right about it depends on the market and the producer.

sadly the real , natural species IE smelts, mackerel, herring, and many other small species are being fished out to be made into fish meal and then added to what ever the fish farm wants to add to its pelletized feed.

Those smaller fish feed the larger fish and even the whales.

Ive noticed in these last few decades that because of the sainers and the like, out Caplin , mackerel, herring and cod are almost non existent in our local waters.

I know first hand what goes into the farmed fish and other than the burnt offerings of fish, the rest is real nasty.
The salmon on our local shelves aren’t labeled GMO, or antibiotic induced, but just says Fresh North Atlantic salmon. But in all reality its trickery and even dyed pink to make it look appealing..

Thanks for the comment .

Having said that, I’m quite confident that, there are some decent fish farms on the go, but the tempetation to capatilize via chemical feed induced system to increase yield takes more than regulation, it shall also take Government sponcered inspectors who are delegent.
Ideally why not allow the natural fish to feed off the smaller fish and we could once again have lots of food for all.
Lots of food for the needy, but not for the greedy.

Yes the US is not a good example, but need not to generalize.

Hi Robert! Well said! Thank you!

What saddens me the most is that this industry comes into a rural marine community under the ospise of jobs and the locals jump at the opportunity for employment.

Little do they know that the job is polluting the ecological system and poisoning the human race.

Here in Newfoundland Canada, even the government has bought into this ungodly factory system . Shame on us for ever allowing this to take place, let alone promoting it with taxpayers dollars.