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The world gets more seafood from aquaculture than wild catch (ourworldindata.org)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

The Nori you eat with sushi is farmed, but quite a lot of aquafulture goes to the production of Carrageenan. That is used in tons for things from milk and meat products, to sex lubes, and toothpaste.