r/environment • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 1d ago

Modern aquaculture’s invisible cost: its putrid stench. One burden of the West’s aquaculture industry is created in the factories of poor countries, where communities live with foul air, disrupted sleep and the stench of rotting fish.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16102026/aquaculture-fismeal-plants-air-stench/
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u/Zeon2 1d ago

As long as underdeveloped countries compete against each other for developed country business, the "winners" will always be scraping the bottom of the barrel.

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u/xGentian_violet 1d ago

“underdeveloped country” isnt commonly used terminology though

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u/Konradleijon 1d ago

Like any livestock

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u/ToughAd1011 1d ago

That's exactly the problem with offloading production to places with the least oversight just to keep costs low. It's impossible to ignore the human cost when these kinds of decisions destroy daily life for entire communities.