The rich, everywhere in the world, will continue to seek wild-caught though. (While they publicly rail against the poor eating wild-caught. Such is how the wheels turn.).
It’s bad for the salmon (in terms of animal welfare) and it’s wrecking the local ecosystems. It’s not any sort of panacea.
We need to stop destroying ocean ecosystems, not just shift the damage around. Overfishing of wild stock, habitat destruction through bottom-trawling and intensive fish farming all need to be properly looked at.
Both of these things can be true.
You don’t get to push away the environmental damage these things cause because you like a fish fillet and won’t hear otherwise.
All I’m saying (and what conservationists are saying) is that if we carry on down this path we’re going to destroy the ocean ecosystems, and if we don’t want that we should stop. You seem to be replying indignantly that we are going to carry on regardless. OK, well that’s the choice humanity faces, isn’t it?
Alternatives are definitely good, and yes, it will be easier to move people away from destructive practices with them in place.
My annoyance is that sometimes things are necessary regardless of their being an alternative, and saying "Herp derp unless you have a solution then shut up" isn't very helpful (I'm not accusing you of this).
It's not wrong to state "we have a serious problem, if we don't change course things are going to get bad" without having all the answers to changing that course.
Sometimes things that are necessary arent done.
> "Herp derp unless you have a solution then shut up" isn't very helpful
Saying something is necessary when it wont be done without a replacement isnt very helpful either.
> They are starting to work, in some countries, where it has been realised that these things are incompatible with sustainable fisheries.
My understanding is that China is by far the biggest culprit when it comes to bottom trawling and they will not stop without an alternative way to feed 1.4 billion people seafood.
Of course its right to point out the problem but I think it is also necessary to go beyond that. The problem will not be fixed without a solution, and eat less seafood unfortunately is not on the table.