Fish Meat (2012)

Directed by

Joe Cunningham

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

29 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at how fish farming works today. It visits different kinds of fish farms from big ocean pens for tuna to closed systems for trout to old-school carp farms. The film argues that farming fish lower in the food chain is better for the environment.

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What happens

Fish Meat is a 2012 documentary by Fish Navy Films that analyzes and questions current fish farming practices. It was an official selection at the Blue Ocean Film Festival, Idyllwild Film Festival, San Francisco Ocean Film Festival, Catalina Film Festival and. It has also screened around the country, including at the University of Colorado and at University of Massachusetts Amherst. The documentary examines different methods used in modern aquaculture from Atlantic bluefin tuna ocean pens, to trout closed system farms, to old fashioned carp farms and concludes that the fish from lower in the food chain is better for sustainable aquaculture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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