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Aquaculture becomes a net-positive

GreenBiz

In more modern times, support for aquaculture has ebbed and flowed along with concerns about animal health and welfare, worries over the effluent pollution caused by wastewater discharges, and the unintended impacts of production infrastructure such as pipes and pumps on natural ecosystems.

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Asia is too often overlooked in the alt protein conversation. It’s time to change that

AFN Sustainable Protein

In the rest of the world (ROW), Asia particularly, it’s an entirely different story. This is not the case in Asia. Beyond price and taste, both of which are first priority, our focus tends to be on health (low-cholesterol, for example) and food safety (food scandals remain an unfortunate reality of life). . The future is Asia.

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Fukushima: China accused of hypocrisy over its own release of wastewater from nuclear plants

The Guardian: Energy

Scientists have pointed out that China’s own nuclear power plants release wastewater with higher levels of tritium than that found in Fukushima’s discharge, and that the levels are all within boundaries not considered to be harmful to human health. Continue reading.

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Caught out? UK supermarkets accused of 'turning blind eye' to unsustainable fish feed

Business Green

The UK's leading supermarkets are being accused of "turning a blind eye" to environmentally destructive fishing practices linked to the farmed seafood they sell, after a study found consumers may be unknowingly and indirectly eating hundreds of thousands of tonnes of wild fish. times more fish than they realised.

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Ocean-dumping for Fukushima wastewater: Japan’s complex decision remains contentious

Envirotec Magazine

Greenpeace said the decision “disregards the human rights and interests of the people in Fukushima, wider Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.”. He stated: “The Japanese Government’s decision is in line with practice globally, even though the large amount of water at the Fukushima plant makes it a unique and complex case.”.

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A contamination conundrum

Envirotec Magazine

Greenpeace said the decision “disregards the human rights and interests of the people in Fukushima, wider Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.”. He stated: “The Japanese Government’s decision is in line with practice globally, even though the large amount of water at the Fukushima plant makes it a unique and complex case.”.

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Aquaculture becomes a net-positive

AGreenLiving

In more modern times, support for aquaculture has ebbed and flowed along with concerns about animal health and welfare, worries over the effluent pollution caused by wastewater discharges, and the unintended impacts of production infrastructure such as pipes and pumps on natural ecosystems.

Seafood 28