Why farmed fish isn't always more sustainable than wild (but definitely sometimes is)
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His family may be raising beautiful trout, but the son is raising a beautiful mullet.
Lol you and me commented this at almost the exact same time. That thing is glorious
Proud father of a beautiful mullet. Hope that mullet goes to a good college one day, raises a family of its own.
Needs to make a comeback. Ppl need to 'lax. Bdmtss*
This is a blessed comment. 😁
I dunno guys. I lived through the late 80s & 90s the first time. I can't take people with mullets after mulletsgalore (now defunct).
Seafood Watch is one of those precious few environmental institutions that pioneered a new way to educate consumers, succeeded in their marketing, and continue to expand their sophistication over the years. I remember when I first heard about it maybe 7-8 years ago, they had some details about sustainability but nowhere near the level of detail mentioned in this video. Great work by the team over there to continue expanding their reach!
I don’t know if you live near the Monterey Bay Aquarium but you should definitely go, it is amazibg
Yeah I remember first hearing about them quite a while back when Alton Brown did a Good Eats episode on trout talking about not just eating the apex predators as well.
It will be sustained just fine.
I wonder about raising meal worms, crickets or even earth worms as supplemental feed, trout certainly eat that sort of thing in the wild. Grasshoppers make excellent fishing bait.
Really looking forward to watching this. As a Scandinavian the salmon farms (mostly in Norway) is a huge problem. Fish poop and other dead organic materials fall down to the bottom, killing it. They also spread disease, fungus and parasites to the wild salmon. And to feed them we (Sweden) fish HUGE amounts of herring (which is perfectly fine for people to eat). But instead its sold very cheap to Denmark where the herring is turned into fodder for the salmon farms etc.
The decline in herring in turn causes chain reactions in the ecosystem around the Swedish east coast. Leading to algae blooming and a decline in the predator species (which we eat), while forcing seals and birds closer to land and into rivers where they decimate fresh/brackish waster species...
Now all this can't only be blamed on farmed fish. But I think it's a pretty good (but bad) example of what can happen if fish farming isn't done in a sustainable way.
Sorry for the ramble, but it's something that really upsets me.
Now, on to watch the video :D
Thanks for the info!
Have now watched the video. Very good stuff! :)
Have obviously heard about it but didn't know all that, probably because I'm allergic to fish hahah. But yeah, sounds.. Not ideal!
Good ramble. Thanks
@@envispojke interesting.. so you know what in the fish you have an allergy to? Always curious about such things.
With that mullet the kid is already a winner. Seriously though, the whole family seem to be great people and I hope their business has a bright and prosperous future
Indeed! I'd like to add that I find this hard working lady very attractive!
Hopefully this video gets them some extra business
Forget the mullet... the hillbilly volume in this video is for real. Can't expect different from Appalachians raising farmed salmon... LMAO.
I dunno... more than eating fish, I want to give that kid a proper hair cut.
@@angrypotato_fz Honestly, even if she wasn't doing the good work she does, just having the genes she happens to have make her incredibly cute.
Very excited for this one.
Oh look who is here, this is how I know I am at better side of TH-cam community.
Why dont you have a verification mark
Wasn’t expecting you here
glad to see jhonny watches adams very good videos
Anti shampoo man is here!
The issue of treating r-strategists where fecundity increases exponentially with body size as if they were mammals is a bad idea: A 30 kg female cod produces more eggs by herself than 3 10 kg female cods, which in turn produce more eggs than 10 3 kg female cods. If you want 30 kg of cod, it is healthier for the population to catch 10 small ones than a single large one, as counterintuitive as it sounds; those animals evolved to have a HUGE number of offspring, with a very small fraction making it into full size. They are designed to die while young, and to thrive while big.
On the other hand, sharks and rays have such long pregnacies and pre-reproductive growth time that it just isn't worth it to fish them; same deal as cetaceans pretty much.
Go for smaller bony fish.
That you for the synopsis at the end!
yep another reason minimum catch sizes dont help much, they also produce a selectve presure that favour smaller fish so the population in average gets smaller with time
@@renatoe9648 but then a larger maximum would mean they would catch everything. I guess a minimum would help in this regard instead?
Do you like fish sticks?
@@sid6645 The fishing industry as it is needs to change its approach as a whole, but, releasing individuals ABOVE a certain size rather than below it may work.
I love how being honest and trying to be accurate almost inevitably leads to titles that are always like "this thing can be good but also sometimes isn't"
That little "A: i dont like you" made me laugh 😃
Like adam is trying to say, "sustainability" is very complicated. People often bring in how humane something is too. In my opinion, a pig farm that uses all of the food waste from casinos/buffets/hotels is just as legitimately sustainable as a forest based pastured pork operation. Maybe not as "humane" or as pretty to look at, but still a sustainable operation when using food that would just be thrown away. How good an operation is is very multi-faceted and many factors have to be taken into account.
Adam seems to really dislike pedants
@@ShefPhoenix Because pedants are f*****g obnoxious. Ego masturbation that benefits or improves absolutely nobody and nothing.
Can we stop using the word "humane" when talking about animal farming? There's nothing humane in any of it, it's just a marketing term and people eating it up without second thought. Just imagine applying the same "humane" treatment to humans and you quickly realise its absurdity.
@@Ermude10 How can Human become big and strong with out eating meat? It was and is a massive problem in Japan so much so when Japan was modernizing her navy in the Late 1800s the navy had to force salors to drink milk as they were smaller and weaker on adverge then the europians and Americains.... Even today if you look at advege highs arond the world you'll see that the one who eat the meat are tallest... And those who don't are the shortest.
So it is needed for Humanity betternment with out it child won't grow and adults under devloped becuase of it. Not even to mention fat is good for brain health... And what do you mean if you apply humane to humans? Is being able to go outside and do as you please not humane? Not even mentioning Death the laws of war/ Capital punishment are there for a reason are you sugesting they are not humane?
@@Ermude10 what are we supposed to do? Eat plants? But even plants can feel pain and react to it, so are supposed to just starve ourselves to death?
As a wastewater treatment operator, this video was fascinating. That fish farm is essentially a tiny wastewater treatment facility, complete with a primary clarifier - aka a bathtub - and that is awesome.
As a side note, ponds have been used to treat sewage for generations, and many are still in use. The idea is simple. Just let your sewage flow into a pond, and let nature run its course. Eventually the bacteria eat nearly everything in the water that can harm any receiving waters, die and sink to the bottom. Of course, sludge needs to be dredged from the bottom periodically, usually after several years. Allowing the water to flow through a series of ponds means it gets progressively cleaner.
Hog farms in NC still use the pond method but its gotta be tested regularly for disease I think
Do you think it's possible to skim the sludge off the bottom, dry it out and use it as fertilizer while keeping the bottom clean or does the water need the sludge?
@@HH-le1vi That's exactly what happens to the majority of it. There are many biosolids handling facilities throughout the US that specialize in the process, some part of a larger treatment facility or district, some independently operated. The majority of biological material removed from domestic sewage winds up as fertilizer, or is even applied directly to land like in hay fields, air ports, mine and land recovery operations, etc.
@@biggreenblob Our wastewater plant mostly turns the biosolids into compost. Great stuff for container gardening and it's free! Not great for indoors though, it has a bit of a smell.
I can visualize the process for getting rid of solids, but what is the most environmentally way to deal with urine? I've taken care of fish tanks before, but that amount of water is easier to take care of.
Not to mention, the fact that the younger generation is continuing to farm is actually a big deal. One of my best friends in school, his dad was a crop and dairy farmer, but he became a banker and his brother a nuclear plant technician. Of the other farming families I grew up around I don't know any who were in my class that are still there farming. Quite sad. But I actually get it...
As for the sustainability, regulation and such will help, but boy-o it's really a paradigm shift that is needed where instead of brute forcing everything like we do now. The priority instead becomes to work in harmony with nature and boost the natural processes, take advantage of those processes moreso. Because the amount of regulators that would be required to enforce that every step of fish production was being done sustainably would be insane! And that's just fish! Not to mention every other industry.
Yeah, until the attitudes shift toward being sustainable as no 1, I don't see it changing. And it seems to me, it often ends up being the cheapest route! Why do XYZ when nature will do it for you if you just encourage it!
In Romania mountain folk have trout farms (păstrăvării) with processes really similar to the ones described in your video for decades now (except for the feeding, I believe). Cornmeal fried trout with polenta and a raw garlic sauce is like a religion here
Dude, that sounds delicious
@@skeltonslay8er781 Its history is relatively utilitarian I would say? The cornmeal dredge was a way of our peasant ancestors to make more out of less, but nonetheless it's delicious
I love reading anecdotes like this. Thanks for sharing :)
Usually comments like these don't make me hungry, but I want this now. Hell, most of that stuff is around where I live (even if it is rainbow trout and not what is in Romania) so I don't know why I haven't tried this yet!
@@gavind351 Back when I was a child living the summers at my grandparents we had to wait for Saturdays for fried fish (here it was relatively common in rural areas/my household that we essentially go vegan on Wednesdays and Fridays), so I know more than well that feeling of wanting this asap
Hell yeah Adam, love to see content like this. Keep fighting the good fight and educating the masses. And figure out some more bivalve recipes too why dontcha :)
For real he needs to get on that
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@@aragusea 👀👀👀
@@aragusea can you do a video on falafel? I've recently fell in love with the dish and I'd like to see your take on it
@@aragusea maybe mention the debate from vegans who consider bivalves to be essentially plants in terms of ethics?
Great video, Adam. As somebody who grew up in eastern Maryland and did work with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, I can attest to not only how shameful the state of the Bay is, but also how integral oyster farming has been in repairing its ecosystem.
Nice. I grew up in Harford county. I can remember always seeing in the Baltimore Sun them bitterly complaining about the state of the bay. Hopefully one day it’ll be rehabilitated
"I got a big freezer" is a fairly innocent thing to say, if you're not a serial killer.
The farmer's name is Cora Reed, of course she works with something related to water, nominative determinism at work
I went on a trip to Monterey Bay Aquarium with my Dad a few years ago. It is an absolutely amazing place. It is a great service they run with Seafood Watch. Monterey in general is a beautiful place to visit with lots of history.
It is cool to see videos on this type of farming that mirrors nature.
The food chain bit was appreciated! Would love to see a whole video about that concept, how location on the food chain affects cost, environmental impact, etc etc.
I would also love to see that!
No joke, was cramming for my environmental science exam (of which a large part is aquaculture and domestic fisheries) when this video popped up in my notifications. Watching this was way more fun than reading some textbook, so thanks Adam.
Dear Adam: you ought to know that you’re an integral part of my family’s nighttime routine. What happens when my dad and I are home from work/school? We sit downstairs and watch your video every…. single… NIGHT! It reminds me of doing a similar ritual with my siblings (who all moved out years ago), which is quite therapeutic. Thanks!
It would be great if their stamp of approval would be found directly on the food packaging, I would definitely follow it if it were possible to do this
Their categories contain "certified", which includes labels like ASC and MSC that can show up on the packaging. I don't know if BAP is included, but after seeing Aldi's cheap farmed salmon from Norway carrying BAP, I've grown to be skeptical about it.
A certification stamp always eventually becomes something you can just buy. I prefer this way, where they are essentially outside observers, as opposed to being industry players. Prevents a lot of conflicts of interest.
I'm not sure whether this is common/available outside of British Columbia, but Oceanwise (originally run by the Vancouver Aquarium) has a stamp of approval you can look for. They are similar to the Seafood Watch program, both excellent tools and run by a non-profit.
Farmed raised wild caught fish is a thing, labels need to be able to identify the difference between a true wild and a wild but born in a hatchery.
Adams video’s are the main reason I have conversation topics on holiday meals w/the family.
I hope the "market" rewards small sustainable ops like these, but also that we understand the market cannot be the ONLY way we build up good food systems. It will be profitable to take illegal loopholes until it isn't, or until global fisheries collapse. Serious, well-enforced regulations and laws have to come into play.
Yeah, we don't need a global repeat of what happened in the great lakes.
This applies to pretty much anything.
If you believe that markets self-regulate, you might as well believe in Santa Claus, because both are equally naïve.
@@darcieclements4880 what happened to the great lakes?
@@cartermilan a better question would be what _didn't_ happen to the great lakes, honestly. here's a TL;DR
- we polluted and overfished Erie so much that it was declared a "dead" lake in the 60s. it's better now, marginally, but it's still in a sad state.
- the lakes are drying up and it's our fault
- we're destroying the ecosystems within the lakes via overfishing and invasives
- we're still polluting them, all the time, and it's not gonna stop any time soon
Many great things coming together in this video. Seafood Watch provides information, the family shows how fish can be farmed in a sustainable manner, and Adam presents it concisely. This is how we as consumers should inform ourselves in the 21st century; watching a well-crafted 15-minute video, taking away a few things and letting them inform our decisions at the grocery store and beyond. Thank you Adam.
P.S.: Glad "brits call it a grill" made it into the video.
I found this to be an exceptionally informative and helpful video. I have had no clue what to eat, what not to eat, or if I should even consider eating fish at all any more, which would make a sad situation even sadder. Thank you, Adam.
Yes there is not enough oversight in general. I think foods in the store should be directly listed with some environment impact facts, like how much CO2 it gathered took to both produce and ship the food (either per kg. or per calorie) and how much land it used for same thing (although the issue will always be a bit more complicated in reality, and things like biodiversity are hard to put an exact measure on). I bet plant foods will always come out better than meat (or fish/eggs/dairy), but not everyone thrives without meat, and the resource benefit is kinda lost if the food dont satisfy you and you end up eating 10 times more anyway. A more complex understanding and helping most people to get it is needed.
Favorite thing about Adam's videos? No cringy, lengthy intro. Just diving right into the content.
About the feed: In Norway we have figured out that a lot of the fish is given soy, which is shipped from Brazil, which is produced in burnt down rainforests.
Lmao dont talk like european countries havent destroyed almost all of their natural landscapes. I hate when foreigners talk about shit they dont understand. Brazil does have deforestation issues, but acting like it has an easy fix or that there's no outside influence is not only ridiculous, but complete hypocrisy as well. European countries ( such as Norway and Germany ) that donate money for the amazon's preservation arent actually interested in helping, theyre trying to explore the amazon's resources themselves. And whaddya know, they already do that. All of the amazon's mineral resources are in the hands of transnational companies. The deforestation of the amazon, and the jumbled mess that are the laws and institutes that try to protect the rainforest, is a very confusing and difficult problem to even begin solving, and Im tired of foreigners that contribute heavily to said deforestation trying to pin the blame on Brazil
sorry for the rant, I know this wasnt your intent in the first place, but I just needed to get this off my chest
Europeans killed over 95% of their forests, but always act all righteous about deforestation in other parts of the world. Europe has no large land herbivores and very few wild animals for a reason.
@@ezra5788 Most of Europe's forests were gone long before anyone realized it was a problem. Trying to validate continued deforestation with the argument that other people did the same thing before is short-sighted, egotistical, dangerous and stupid (same goes for coal power, etc.). As for large herbivores, here in Sweden, we have moose, deer and boar among other things. You won't find many elephants though, if that's what you mean.
@@KameKame27 I don''t think everyone approaches it on a high horse. Also these shot-back replies also like to ignore history and how it mirrors the current situation. I doubt most people complaining you call hypocrites would support the 300 years or older bs that decimated the landscape.
I think a lot of people would like if a country like Brazil put real effort in building itself up rather than whatever corrupt shit is going there bleeding itself even more.
Sometimes we are genuinely distraught watching the destruction of things we didn't even get a chance to be born into because of exactly the same bs in the past; how is it wrong to not want to take part of it? If you step on a nail will you also protect the next person's liberty to do so too?
@@KameKame27 Overly sensitive much? Just because EVERY country has had issues in its history, doesn't mean it's ok to ignore CURRENT issues all over the world. You got way too offended over something so miniscule.
People that react so sensitively like you just prove how insecure & ultra nationalistic you are. If I got that upset every time someone on the internet even referenced the US, I'd be crying constantly. Get over yourself.
I actually cooked your tilapia-and-cauliflower-rice pot today for the first time! I bought my tilapia at Kroger (Atlanta) and all I can find was "from China." This video was so timely because I was actually remembering what you were saying but couldn't remember the website. Thank you so much for all of the useful knowledge you share - I truly think you are helping to save the planet and I hope you know how much you are appreciated!
Thank you Adam, for finding the people trying to do the right thing, and also putting out truly usable information! I learned a lot today.
The effects of open-pen salmon farming are catastrophic in Norway. Wild fish have caught parasites (such as g. Salaris and sealice) which have completely destroyed stocks and rivers throughout the country - both of sea trout and salmon. The industry is in the multi-billions, however, so lobbyism, corruption and false advertising has halted any form of meaningful change. A short while ago, wild atlantic salmon officially entered the red level of the endangered species list, and numbers of wild spawning fish are decreasing so quickly that in a few years these beautiful animals will be extinct. I'm not even going to mention the effects on the fjord ecosystem, apart from the fact that toxic and chemical waste are carelessly dumped through these open pens, killing, mutating and ruining the marine wildlife of the fjords, leaving the most toxic farmed fish you can eat to be sold in your supermarkets.
Boycott farmed atlantic salmon. Eat wild caught fish (not salmon) or other more sustainable types of farmed fish.
Your comment makes zero sense, you say "a short while ago, wild atlantic salmon officially entered the red level of the endangered species list", and then say "eat wild caught", when speaking about atlantic salmon. So you want people to push fisherman to catch endangered species?
@@rdizzy1 I didn't say eat wild caught salmon. I said eat wild caught, as in wild caught fish in general.
The goal is for fish farming to be moved onto land - or at the very least push towards closed pens. The best way for ordinary people to help the cause is to not buy any open pen-farmed fish - hopefully forcing the industry to create more sustainable solutions. Once fish come marked as closed pen or land-based farm, buying those alternatives will also send a pretty clear message.
@@rdizzy1 although in hindsight I see how clumsily worded that was...
@@sondresterb3613 I understood 😁
You guys need to try integrated aquaculture with seaweed and shellfish in conjunction with salmon, also reduce stocking levels.
Protecting the sea in the form of restaurant/consumer education is something I'd love to become a part of!
I always love the more scientific and practical take that this channel has.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium is awesome. I've been there numerous times (one of the few benefits of living in the Central portion of California where there is little to do but to elsewhere, like Monterey).
Fun fact: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home was filmed there, partly.
there be whales Captain
Never thought I'd see "California" and "little to do" in the same sentence...
@@slofty As someone from the Central Valley (the deep agricultural section) of California, little to do abounds. Not all of us are coastal dwellers and Sierra Nevada and Cascades mountain inhabitants. In counties like Merced and Madera little to do is common.
@@smwillia I guess it would be boring not being a wannabe street thug or a tweaker lol.
I visited earlier this year after they reopened after the long Covid closure. Even with tickets with times assigned, it was complete chaos. If the fire marshal was there, he would have closed the whole place down. That visit was the quickest one ever there.
The insect protein and fungus mix food has also become part of the aquarium fish hobby. It came around like almost 7 or so years ago just around the time I became serious in the aquarium hobby. Back then most fish food were derived from fish, shrimp/shellfish and a mixture of spirulina.
Good contrast to Seaspiracy, especially with their claim that farm fishing isn't sustainable. Nuance helps make decisions.
This is really interesting, adam.. And i'm glad you're passionate about it.
As a person who grew up in a fishing/lobstering family in NS, I spent my summers working on a salmon farm. I really believe what was said, the placement of the farm is crucial. The farm i worked on was in ~20 fathom of water, which was sheltered, and great circulation. We used to conduct tests pretty much daily on surrounding conditions. For instance, we would do what were called 'mort dives' - French for death dives, why it was called that, i don't know, where we'd scuba down and pick out dead salmon (i ate a LOT of salmon at that time, since many of them were 'fresh' dead that day) - and we'd do soil samplings and testing in the surrounding area. It was very efficient, and that particular site worked very well.. That being said, one year, there was a parasite that wiped out every salmon in the farm - roughly 400,000 salmon all different sizes and ages.
The feed was what we really couldn't control, what was actually in the food we were providing.. Who knows what was in that crap.. But (no pun intended) I shoveled tons and tons and tons of it in a circular motion around the pens for 14-16 hours a day...
Interesting topic, and of much debate.
If you want a sustainable protien source that is extremely healthy, mussels can be great for the ecosystem they're grown in because they are filter feeders. They can clean the water in the ecosystem. I've been adding them into my diet more as they're relatively cheap. They're $9 per kg where I live. chicken is $10-12 per kg, and salmon is $30 per kg :") . I love making them with green lentils, lemon and/or white wine, parsly or thyme, garlic and shallots. Also in a tomato based sauce with bread is amazing 🤤
Edit : I completely understand if they aren't available in your area, my comment was more for ppl who can find them but might not have tried them bc of the taste. I live in Australia so I'm surrounded by ocean. At coles/woolies they sell them sealed in a bag of water, so they are alive to preserve freshness. They stay alive in the fridge for about a week. If you can't find them, smaller fish like sardines are also delicious 😊
Dollars and kg in the same sentence and I'm barely surprised by it anymore, what is happening! But maybe you're Canadian : )
I would eat mussels every single meal If they were local. Unluckily for me, I live a few hundred kilometres away from the nearest coast and most of the sweet water around the city is more dangerous than straight mercury. Meat just ends up being cheaper by quite a bit.
Any of the good fish become prohibitively expensive if you leave far from the sea/big bodies of unpolluted water.
Lake Michigan begs to differ. There's an invasive mussel outbreak and it's over filtering the water killing the old mussels, preventing fish from reproducing and releasing botulism into the lake 😩
I've never had them
back home (Egypt) I loved to eat another type of local shell fish (mussels are not native to Egypt so I never bothered buying them because they won't be fresh and would be relatively expensive)
saw them at Costco a few weeks ago but I already had exceeded my budget so didn't get any, the next time I go to Costco I'd definitely get some
@@kidayuki9884 yes but those aren’t mussels people eat, they’re called zebra mussels and they got in the great lakes by ships ballast water
Yus! Just... yes to all of this. Good to see all of it highlighted. I switched to farmed sustainable rainbow trout and tiny fish a very long time ago and was very sad when I moved to an area where they aren't available. I hope to see more of the sustainable species being handled well in the future so i can get them more than just when I visit my parents... also the fish farm you spoke with should probably get chickens to eat the fish waste. Fish waste fed chickens produce phenomenal eggs and are generally very healthy, then when the chickens are no longer good at laying, they can be used to feed the fish. Circle of life it! I suspect we will be introducing more species into farms to help with disease and parasites as well in the future.
Well I'm sure the siblings will improve the operation with new knowledge over time. Great idea for sure though. I suppose the scale isn't big enough for it be a waste. At first I too was surprised they didn't use the leftovers but if they only do about 20ish fish a day then it really isn't that much, esp if they don't process all of it themselves.
Hands down, this is one of my favorite videos of yours. So much information and care put into such a digestable and fun episode. I'll be very happy to keep Seafood Watch in my bookmarks forever :))
My grandfather was a commercial fisherman out of Gloucester. I'm sure he would have chosen a barn over the boat damn near any day. My father was the first one out of the family to take a job ashore because "fish don't have calendars and you don't know if they're gonna be in the same place next week ,next month, or next year." Many jokes about marking the bottom of the boat with an X to "mark this spot" - which only works if they use the same boat next time. Great content, Adam!
Im gonna be the one to appreciate Adam today, its cool he does all this work and interviews and such just to make a interesting, very informative and useful. Thanks Adam
Yep, his journalism background is really shining in videos like this.
seeing that fish feed fortified with yeast really shows the continuity of this channel
Happy to see the spotlight on little old Pennsylvania :) Miss my homestate
I love your videos about these topics. You come from a genuine position of caring about the environment and sustainability without preaching.
Even though I’m from different part of world, I am really proud of what these young people were able to accomplish. Future is bright. Greetings from Slovakia 🇸🇰
Adam should do more videos on how ocean pollution such as microplastics affects fish and therefore our diet!
I know there's an old video about plastic in our food by him although I haven't watched it yet.
I work at a fish market, and I've just learned more about fish farming, and sustainability vs wild, in 15 minutes than I have in the past year at my job.
This was really heartwarming. It's good to see you being conscientious, and supporting the youth of today. You're doing good stuff, Adam.
Love that dude has the confidence to rock a mullet in 2021! 🤘🏿
The “Brits call it a grill” meme is so ubiquitous in Adam’s videos that he doesn’t even bother calling it a broiler for his American audience anymore xD
I can just imagine new viewers being like, "oh, I guess he means the broiler."
Adam, this might get buried I just wanted to say a big thank you for your videos. They are super in-depth and I can tell you are really passionate about the subjects that you touch on. They are well researched and are super insightful. Thank you so much for your work!
thank you so much for putting videos like this out, Adam. sustainability is so important for people to understand, and you do a great job laying out how nuanced stuff can be.
as a sustainability (and chemistry) major in progress, i say thank you, and please keep helping to educate the public on this vital and essential subject.
Very glad you picked up this topic, and thank you for providing us with an effective tool to be more sustainable
Tyler... Great job. Keep doing what you're doing, it's working, you're good at it and you're going to make a f-ing difference my man.
Just rewatching this video and remembered I was rooting for Tyler. Here it goes again. Great job Tyler.
Thanks for this video! I've shared it with loads of friends already - very relevant to a lot of the conversations we're having. It's one of your best!
As much as I a good Missourian am skeptical of anything coming out of California, these guys at seafood watch seem like good folks. This is the awesome thing about this channel, I’m glad you shared it with us Adam!
That is so cool! I love trout and i love how they're really trying to do it safely for the environment!
One of my favorite videos you’ve ever made Adam! Well researched and has great social impact (also very interesting!)
Adam, go to any eyeglass center and get your glasses FITTED, so you can stop adjusting them.
DIY version: heat gun on the Bend where it meets your ears, tighten the radius, bend slightly inward, and start the bend SLIGHTY closer to the frame.
My wife seems to know more trivia about salmon than seems reasonable for a person, wishes to inform you that there are pink and king salmon that adapted to live in the great lakes that are also freshwater salmon, and you better not hate her for being a big fish nerd. I second this.
I really love that Adam has turned to the educational format, rather than only cooking/recipe vids. These videos are all so interesting and educational!
With these more scientific videos you've definitely set yourself apart from other food youtubers and I think that's really cool
I love your deeper dives. This was excellent.
This is much more useful information than the information we gain from school.
Kudos to Cora and Clayton, and gotta say he is rockin’ that mullet! Business in the front, party in the back!
Rainbow trout are the best. They are EZ to raise and they taste good. Most trout are raised by state's department of game and wildlife. They get stocked into lakes and streams of anglers to catch.
adam is a really good educator, im always learning shit on this channel.
Yeah, he was a journalist at one point and a college professor at another, that combination really shows in high quality videos like this.
This has to be one of Adam's best ad segways :)
I’ve been to Monterey aquarium multiple times. These people have changed my perspective over the years in what I buy and how often.
I neither knew about Seafood Watch nor the fact that fish can be "ranched". Much appreciated Adam, thank you
One of the best videos I've seen you do Adam, 👍
videos like these are the reason you are one of the youtube greats. please keep up the amazing work.
Motivates me to add more trout into my family's diet
What really made me realize how badly overfished the world is was getting into history and realizing throughout most of history fish was considered peasant food because of how plentiful it was and how easy it was to catch. There was no "prestige" in eating it. The little shits practically jumped into our mouths they were so plentiful. A typical medieval peasant meal would be, by our standards today, quite healthy and fancy. Fresh caught salmon, a freshly baked loaf of dark, whole grain bread, and pea soup. Now salmon is a middle class white people thing and our poorest people eat instant ramen, boxed mac and cheese with imitation cheese product, hot dogs, fast food, etc.
lobster was also considered "peasant food" previously, now people pay a month's wages for it.
Salmon would be seasonal and location specific (if you weren't by a river where they run, you wouldn't get salmon). A more likely food fish for medieval peasants would be pike, chub, perch or roach/rudd (carp didn't really make an appearance until the end of the period) but these would generally be farmed and sold because natural stocks don't last long when there are hungry mouths to feed. It all sounds much nicer than it actually was, the real diet for most peasants was famine and poverty with a side helping of of disease and squalor. They'd have killed for a calorie dense, flavoursome meal like ramen and basic amenities like clean water
Imagine at one point in the future instant ramen, hot dogs, fast food, etc. end up end up being a middle class thing and the poorest people eat soylent green
To be fair, their "quite healthy and fancy" meals would have been 80-90% of their total yearly income. The reason our poorest today eat food which comparatively seems like a lower quality, is because advances in manufacturing and mass production have made it so the poorest need to only spend 20-30% of their income on food. IF they spent the same percentage of their income as pre-industrial peasants did, they would be eating far better than them even today.
In maritime southeast asian coastal settlements, fish was their rice. It was the staple food you then eat with other dishes. These days, fish are expensive even on the coast.
Thanks for the Seafood Watch tip and for spreading the knowledge. I took to the internet and found a local trout farm that I plan on making a visit to. They have tours which should give me an opportunity to ask them about their feed and watch their process.
This video was, just like all the others, amazingly good! Thank you Adam!
I'm from Thailand and you will always hear how shrimp farm destroys the land. Fortunately, people are becoming aware of this and one of the biggest old shrimp farm was turned into a mangrove forest which benefits a lot of wildlife.
I learned a lot about fish farming pros and cons from reading “Four Fish” by Paul Greenberg. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in seafood sustainability
And that's going into my reading list
I would like to see more about aquaponics. The same waste fish produce, plants eats, and vice versa. That's a possible solution for hunger and pollution. I'm also very interested in the sustainability information online
In the village where my uncle lives they have a biogas power plant. Waste heat is used to heat water for fish, waste from fish is used as nutrition for hydroponic cultivation of vegetables. That's what I call sustainability. 🙂
Permaculturists have the saying "waste is an unused resource". Sounds like your village is taking good advantage of their resources and thats a treat!
Gotta love all the talk about sustainable farming. It just goes to show the beauty of human ingenuity. Hopefully the closer we get with “nature” the closer we can get to solving some of our other problems.
Fucking love you man, keep rocking!
Real questions I never asked, but am glad to know the answers of. Basically Adam's channel.
Top tier food journalism here.
Mr Adam, I am serious when i write this. I love your videos, and I love the contrst between your home cooking videos, and these informative ones. I think your cooking videos are the best that I have seen on youtube for home cooks, like myself. You dont overcomplicate stuff, you use common sense. I also diagree with some of the stuff you do, notably when it comes to seasoning the food. I think that is just a sign that your videos are right for me. Merry Christmas to you Adam, and your family!
Gotta appreciate him for not having any ads in his videos (aside from his sponsors)
That man's mullet is glorious
I lovvvve the Monterey Bay Aquarium! I try to visit them once a year. My wife took me for my birthday last summer.
As an eco-conscious pescatarian, the seawood watch app is so useful!
Young Mr. Reed has a diabolical hair style. Love it!
The 90s glasses actually suit you adam!
Great video! I learned so much
And what a great resource seafood watch is to use moving forward.
I respect how you never push an opinion on your viewers!
I used to love “Atlantic Salmon” sold here in the U.S., until I found out they have to be fed an additive to give their flesh the salmon color. If they didn’t do that, no one would eat them. Besides that, they are fed grains (soy, corn). They grow much bigger and fatter for their age. Unfortunately, grain fed fish produce more omega 6 fatty acids than omega 3. This is bad for the human health as it causes inflammation. When you buy wild caught salmon, it’s much thinner and has far less fat, but it is healthy fat. The fatty farmed salmon is juicier but not good for you. Wild caught has better flavor but you have to be careful when you cook it otherwise it’s dry. Ever since I saw the flesh of farmed salmon that had not been treated with additives for color I can not stomach it.
Looking forward to that 101 things to do with delicious farmed trout video.
I'm from the south and that mullet is a sign of why the sister owns the business.
Up to 80% of Pacific N.W. salmon are hatchery raised. Some hatchery salmon species spend half of their life living in a pen, eating the same feed as "farm raised" salmon. Calling these fish wild is a crime. All hatchery fish should be marked, and labeled free range at best.
Tell them Florida would love to have them. We love our fish and if they can make it and keep our tourists happy we will be happy
i remember the Good Eats episode a million years ago where alton brown talked about the same problem with the idea of farming the big tuna; he likened it to trying to farm lions, where you'd have to like raise entire herds of antelopes just to feed the lions
Kudos to , young sis and bro choosing such a wonderful line of work.
He has grown his Poseidon beard just for this video
liking the beard adam!
I was actually checking out Warby this week for some glasses, glad I finally get to use one of your codes!
Lovely video, Adam 👏🏻 I really enjoy it when you talk about sustainability and food. Wishing all the success to those kids 👌🏻
great mullet on the guy!