Note: A subscription may be needed to read the New York Times piece. A sweeping New York Times investigation has just exposed the dirty secret behind industrial fish farming: It relies on wild fish for feed. This drains ocean ecosystems, taking food and livelihoods from coastal communities, especially in West Africa. Among the report’s findings: The story anchors The Outlaw …
How the Fishmeal Industry Is Gutting West Africa’s Fisheries
For years, the public has been relentlessly fed the claim that farmed fish is the “sustainable” protein of the future, a message bankrolled by powerful aquaculture lobbies. But the real story behind this bluewashing? The world’s fish farming supply chain is wreaking havoc on West African shores: fueling ecosystem collapse, crushing food sovereignty, and wiping out people’s livelihoods. The global fishmeal, …


