USDA to Certify Feedlot Fish Farms as Organic

Astonishing everyone who has looked into the environmental damage of in-ocean, open-net fish farms and found them wanting, the USDA is set to certify that they are organic. It is hard to believe, particularly as there are more than 75 on-land fish farms systems on my list that totals some 10,000 on-land actual farms around the world: https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1880129387856188740#allposts/postNum=123. 

The Centre for Food Safety is so alarmed it has written a report on the issue: Water and Oil: Ocean-Based Fish Farming and Organic Don’t Mix

See: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/reports/3552/like-water-and-oil-ocean-based-fish-farming-and-organic-dont-mix#.

In short, the report notes five key areas that in-ocean open-net fish farms not organic:

* Fish farms at sea pollute the marine environment. 

* Fish farms at sea pose risks to wild species and aquatic ecosystems. 

* Fish farms at sea cannot prevent escapes. 

* Fish farms at sea cannot contain or control inputs and outputs. 

* Farming migratory fish can never be organic.