Norwegian fish farms polluting fjords with waste likened to ‘raw sewage of millions of people’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/04/norwegian-fish-farms-polluting-fjords-with-waste-likened-to-raw-sewage-of-millions-of-people
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Kennystillalive@feddit.org · 28 pts · 95d
Meat production causing harm to our enviroment?
HollowedFleshwalker@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 95d
turdas@suppo.fi · -4 pts · 95d
It's not meat it's fish!
Kennystillalive@feddit.org · 8 pts · 95d
TIL fish is not meat.
turdas@suppo.fi · 2 pts · 95d
It's kinda like how pizza is a vegetable.
In the EU, meat has to come from domestic ungulates, poultry, lagomorphs or wild game, otherwise it's not meat: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319971198_How_meat_is_defined_in_the_European_Union_and_in_Germany
CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 95d
It's traditional. Medieval christians defined fish as "not meat" so they could eat it during fasting (along with finding other creative workarounds, like wrapping meat in dough so the all-seeing, all-knowing entity couldn't see them eating meat (see Herrgottsbescheißerle)
trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 95d
Some of them also came up with creative definitions for "fish", so they could eat
a nice roastsome humble fish on a Friday or during lent. (A beaver definitely is a fish, just look at it swim around in water all day, also it has a scaly tail, need any more evidence? Now shut up and eat yourroastfish.)P00ptart@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 95d
TIL Germany isn't in the EU.
BryyM@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 95d
You should relearn then: TIL fish is meat
Zacryon@feddit.org · 2 pts · 94d
It's the flesh of a fish, which is an animal. I therefore call it meat.
Hacksaw@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 95d
I wish the headline was more in line with the actual study. I'm glad at least the conclusion made it into the article:
“The Institute of Marine Research is clear that a significant increase in production in certain fjord systems could increase the risk of eutrophication locally, but that current production is well within nature’s carrying capacity. This provides a basis for strict, site-specific management, but does not document that current operations are destroying the fjords.”
Should be more like "fish farm growth must be strictly managed so that it doesn't endanger the ecology of at risk fjords"
Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 95d
Sounds like a partially-solid (lol) plan chance to set up some aquaculture farms and use some of that poop for plants.
Hacksaw@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 94d
Maybe downstream seaweed farms!
snoons@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 95d
ItS wOrTh It FoR tHe ChEaP sUsHi
trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 94d
Fish do shit in water, more breaking news at 5.
jenesaisquoi@feddit.org · 2 pts · 93d
Water? Never touch the stuff. Fish **** in it.
simomat@feddit.org · 2 pts · 94d
They also copulate in there, you knew?
trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 94d
Yes, it's disgusting, right?