Should Kona kampachi be off aquarium's Seafood Watch list?

U.S. farmed yellowtail is exclusively produced by Kona Blue Water Farms near the Big Island of Hawaii and marketed as “Kona kampachi.”

Native Hawaiians say the farm is causing negative environmental and cultural impacts, reports The Californian.

Kanaka Council Moku O Keawe Leader Kale Gumapac and Food & Water Watch staff attorney Zach Corrigan will hold a press conference Saturday at the aquarium to deliver a Kanaka Council letter urging the removal of U.S. farmed yellowtail from the card.

Native Hawaiians claim Kona Blue's open-ocean fish farm releases large amounts of fish feed, some containing chicken protein and land-based grains, into open waters and into the diets of wild fish that gather around the cages and eat the excess food, the report said.

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