In general, aquaculture already has a relatively small carbon footprint compared to other forms of industrial meat farming. The news gets better though – aquaculture can reduce that footprint further. Some of those reductions can happen right at the farm itself, with the help of renewable energy.
If aquaculture is to truly operate with zero fishery pressure on wild populations and still meet our demand for carnivorous fish, it needs to find other sources for its feed. And so the quest for the vegetarian carnivore begins.
In an effort to allow growth of this increasingly important sector for Norway’s economy whilst minimising its ecological footprint, the Norweigen Government have introduced four reforms to push ‘the greening of Norwegian salmon production’.