The National Organic Standards Board recently approved a move to allow farmed fish to be labelled “organic”.  In addition, the farmed fish may consume up to 25% wild fish as part of their diet rather than the 100% organic feed that other sectors are required to feed their animals.

Open-net pens used to keep the fish in also pollute the ocean with concentrated fish waste and disease, making a fish farm a less than ideal aquatic environment for the fish that may end up on an organic buyer’s plate.

The Organic Consumers Association is sponsoring a petition to protest these new laws.  Take a moment out of your day to head over there and sign it if you want to keep the organic label truly organic.  Let’s not forget that when one industry is allowed to slide, others will surely follow and pretty soon the organic label won’t have any meaning.

Tags: organic consumers association, organic fish, wild fish

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