What Is Organic Fish?

As far as I know, wild caught fish cannot be sold as organic in the UK. However, several supermarkets and many independent organic retailers now stock organic trout and salmon produced on fish farms. Several species of farmed clams and molluscs are also likely to become more available in the future. In organic fish farming, ma...Is there such a thing as organic fish? Surely all fish come from the sea and eat whatever fish eat? How can we control it? As far as I know, wild caught fish cannot be sold as organic in the UK. However, several supermarkets and many independent organic retailers now stock organic trout and salmon produced on fish farms. Some species of farmed mussels and molluscs are likely to become more widely available in the future. Many of the pesticides, dyes and antibiotics widely used in conventional fish farming are not allowed in organic fish farming and therefore these fish products are generally accepted as being trustworthy organic products by both the soil association and consumers. However, from an animal welfare point of view, there is some controversy over labeling farmed fish as organic. Organic principles require farm animals (including fish) to be able to express their "natural" behavior pattern and to be kept as close to natural stocking density as possible. How can this happen when they are kept in cages inland or in fish farms at sea? The Real Costs of Fish Farming Fish farming appears to be a practical solution to the problem of overfishing. However, fish farming is the cause of many problems. In the UK, salmon is most closely associated with farming – and its shortcomings. Public demand for cheaper food means that farmed salmon are often kept very densely for financial reasons, with huge numbers of fish crammed into very small spaces. In this condition, fish can get sick more easily and these diseases can spread to wild fish. Huge amounts of antibiotics are needed to keep fish moderately healthy. Also, a confidential study for Britain's top organic body highlighted gaps between its principles and the standards it has adopted, BBC Newsnight reported. Is organic fish sustainable? Other problems are escapes, where farmed fish interbreed with wild fish, potentially depleting wild populations as well. such as water and seabed pollution around fish farms. Farmed salmon, which are carnivores, consume three times their body weight in fish feed that is made from other fish – not the best use of resources from an environmental perspective.Is there such a thing as organic fish? Surely all fish comes from the sea and eats whatever fish eat? How can we control that? fish can get sick more easily and these diseases can spread to wild fish. Huge amounts of antibiotics are needed to keep fish moderately healthy. Also, a confidential study for Britain's top organic body highlighted gaps between its principles and the standards it has adopted,the cause of many problems.The Real Costs of Fish Farming Fish farming appears to be a practical solution to the problem of overfishing.