Fish farming with antibiotics under scrutiny

As was the case with chicken and beef, the fish industry is now being targeted for the overuse of antibiotics at fish farms. Misuse could protmote bacterial resistance leading to the evolution of resistant strains of bacteria in humans as well as the fish themselves.

Why do they have to use antibiotics on fish? For the same reasons they use them in mass-produced domesticated animal farms. The premises are dirty, fetid environments that are a breeding ground for disease and pathogens. Fish are not meant to be bred in farmed environments where the water is contaminated with waste and chemicals, they are overfed grain foods and animal byproducts that is completely different from their natural diet, and the fish are in such great numbers and in such close quarters that they can barely swim. As this is not a natural environment, the fish are more prone to disease and sickness.

Choose wild caught whenever possible until the farmed fish industry cleans itself up, literally!

Steve