Cannot believe this....the ocean belongs to us all, not just the US. “Organic” fish farmed at sea polluting our oceans? That will be the case if USDA develops regulations that allow ocean-based fish farms to be certified “organic.” Despite all of the well-documented problems associated with ocean-based fish farming [1], the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is poised to allow open-ocean fish farms (aquaculture) to be certified as organic. It’s mind-boggling that USDA would seriously consider allowing fish farms at sea to be organic. It’s absolutely impossible to control the wide range of substances, many of which are toxic and prohibited in organic, that flow in and out of sea-based farms. Permitting “organic” ocean-based aquaculture would put the entire U.S. organic industry in jeopardy by weakening the integrity of the USDA organic label. Tell USDA that open-ocean fish farms should never be certified as organic!
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:51:21 +0000
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