Study: Fishing Industry a Bigger Polluter than Previously Known (University of California, Merced)

(Source: University of California, Merced) Many studies have shown that raising cattle and pigs for food is hard on the environment, and fish has long been considered a better alternative. But the work of UC Merced graduate student Brandi McKuin indicates that because of emissions, fishing for large fish like tuna warms the climate just as much as raising pork, pound for pound. McKuin's work suggests that despite a shift toward 'cleaner' practices, the fishing industry is a far greater contributor to climate change than previously thought, and that shift could have its own...