What is your seafood eating? Investigation traces problems in global feed supply
An investigation by The Outlaw Ocean Project reveals that fish meal factories in India, which supply major global aquaculture feed producers, are linked to severe environmental pollution and labor abuses. The report highlights how these supply chain issues impact seafood consumers in Western markets like Canada.
Why it matters
It exposes the hidden human and environmental costs of the global aquaculture industry, challenging the sustainability claims of farmed seafood.
Small fish like these Peruvian anchoveta are harvested from the wild to produce fish oil and fish meal that feeds aquaculture operations around the world. An investigation by The Outlaw Ocean Project traces those global supply chains that are linked to pollution, labour abuses, overfishing, and food insecurity in poorer countries. (Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty - image credit) The following story is part of a larger investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project, a news organization in Washington, D.C.
In 2020, a team of government investigators in Goa, India, arrived at a factory named United Marine Products to find out how it was disposing of its toxic wastewater.
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