date:Dec 28, 2015
nvironmental and animal welfare problems, and this differs among countries and regions.
It cant be disputed that environmental and social issues need to be addressed, particularly since the bulk of global aquaculture production takes place in Asia where these issues are traditionally considered secondary to the need to produce food.
However, as the report pointed out, it is important to compare the costs and benefits of aquaculture with other animal production systems which arent subject to th