Fishy Work Podcast Season 2
A podcast about marine ecologies and labouring at sea
1 October 2026
Episode 1 – Aqauculture vs. Fisheries?
Is aquaculture really the solution to the future of seafood?
In the first episode of Season 2 of Fishy Work, we talk with renowned fisheries scientist Daniel Pauly about one of the biggest tensions in today’s aquatic food systems: the relationship between capture fisheries and aquaculture.
The conversation takes us from salmon farming and fishmeal to Senegal, the Gulf of Thailand and Antarctic krill, asking what happens when the growing demand for farmed seafood creates new pressures on wild fish and marine ecosystems.
One of the most striking messages from Daniel is that the question is not simply whether we should be optimistic or pessimistic about the future.
“What matters is what you do.”