© Israel Sun/Rex FeaturesFish in the confines of a fish farm, Eilat, Israel.
It's increasingly likely that the fish you eat was farmed not caught wild, according to the latest statistics of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
The group's two-yearly assessment of world fisheries, published today, comes with mitigated good news.
The outlook for wild ocean fish remains gloomy: 80% of all fisheries are at or beyond their maximum yields, and over-fishing continues to climb. Yet the amount of fish available to eat is growing faster than the human population, thanks to a boom in fish farming.
The FAO calculates that, for the first time, fish farms produce half the fish we eat, up from less than a third in 2002. With wild-catch fisheries maxed out, any more increases in fish production will depend on farms.
Comment: The above article and this similar one are great examples of the sleeping press, propagating the global warming signal to the public.