The USA’s reliance on imported farmed seafood means that the country is essentially “exporting its environmental footprints”, failing its coastal economies and neglecting an opportunity to promote best aquaculture practices.
So argues Eric Schwaab, who previously served as head of NOAA Fisheries and now leads the Environmental Defense Fund’s ecosystems and oceans programme.
In a recent post for EDF, Schwaab noted that: “Americans import over 85 percent of all the seafood we consume – and half of that is from foreign aquaculture. That means when it comes to the majority of farmed fish we eat, we’re exporting our environmental footprint while missing out on the opportunity to create greater resilience and jobs for our coastal communities here in the US.”…
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