← on nowLGR-003 · v0.1.0 · model · estimate How many farmed fish are killed every second, every day, every year?
farmed fish · many species
killed by humans
124 billion
a year
3,929
a second
339 million
a day
born to be killed
160 billion
a year
5,070
a second
438 million
a day
alive right now, in the queue: about 183 billion (rate × 540 days). average time left: 270 days.
method fishcount.org.uk estimate of farmed finfish killed per year, tonnage divided by species mean weights.
- most die by suffocation, on ice.source: fishcount.org.uk
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=farmed%20fish" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · farmed fish"></iframe>
or the whole broadcast, every channel, the same for everyone:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?embed=1" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · on now, everywhere"></iframe>
how this number is built
- method
- fishcount.org.uk estimate of farmed finfish killed per year, tonnage divided by species mean weights.
- range
- 78–171 billion/yr
- confidence
- estimate
- weakness
- mean weights per species are themselves estimates; hatchery-to-harvest survival varies widely.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-003 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0