#Farmed production of some #fish—and #seaweed—is soaring
According to the #UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (#FAO), nearly 99 million tonnes of aquatic animals (fish, mollusks like oysters and mussels and crustaceans like prawns) were farmed around the world in 2023, five times more than three decades ago.
Since 2022, the farming of aquatic animals has been steadily overtaking #fishing around the world—but with large disparities from species to species.
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-farmed-production-fish-seaweed-soaring.html
Farmed production of some fish—and seaweed—is soaring

The amount of farmed seafood we consume—as opposed to that taken wild from our waters—is soaring every year, making aquaculture an ever-more important source for many diets, and a response to overfishing.

Phys.org

1.8 million #farmed #birds have been #culled in #UK as part of #birdflu precautions, and restriction zones exist in several areas (there are 20 million farmed birds produced every week, about a third of the human population)

As yet it has not affected the price of #eggs or #poultry or caused major disruption even in rural areas (there are less warning signs and checkpoints around than in the previous outbreaks)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c391mpmr81xo

Avian flu outbreaks see 1.8 million farmed birds culled

There have been 33 outbreaks so far on farms, but the risk to humans remains low, the government says.

BBC News
The Reality of Scottish Farmed Salmon | WildFish

WildFish has published a new report about the marketing tactics that Scottish salmon farming companies use to mislead consumers.

Wildfish

Interested to know more about the secrecy surrounding data on the impact of sea lice on salmon (& why to avoid eating #farmed salmon)....

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/camp-sea-lice/id1637739928?i=1000576187835

Camp Sea Lice

Podcast Episode · The Salmon People · S1 E3 · 27m

Apple Podcasts
Op-ed: Black Producers Have Farmed Sustainably in Kansas for Generations. Let’s Not Erase Our Progress.

Increased federal funding for Black farmers—not less—will help US agriculture become more resilient as our climate changes.

Civil Eats
Which birds are farmed for their eggs

For the most part, chickens and ducks are the only birds that…

Cluckin