A newly released study suggests that seafood consumers in the US would prefer any aquaculture growth to come from offshore developments, rather than land-based or inshore operations.
The study, by Changing Tastes and Datassential, looked at the attitudes of both consumers and foodservice operators, the business executives who make purchasing, menu and merchandising decisions about what to offer consumers.
“In a recent prior study, we found that many Americans are interested in reducing the amount of meat they consume and instead eat more fish and seafood. But they have concerns about how fish and seafood are produced,” said Arlin Wasserman, founder and partner at Changing Tastes. “This new study dives deeper and finds that both consumers’ and operators’ top concerns are about water pollution from fish farming and the impact on water quality as well as the use of antibiotics and pesticides.”…
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