To fuck or to cook?

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Why would farmed be bad from an environmental standpoint? Do salmon farms (whatever that means) produce waste like hog farms do? Or are they ruining existing ecosystems?

Both. They can be significant point sources for waste. There is also a fear, documented, I think, to some degree, that escapees could mate with the wild population and cause a whole mess o' problems. I think all of the mainstream conservation groups that have addressed it say no eat the farmed salmon.