In the wild, fish are on their own, chasing food, avoiding predators, and the numbers you catch depend on currents, seasons, and luck – it's a lot of uncertainty, so efficiency can be low. In a well‑designed aquaculture farm, you control feed, water quality, and stocking density, so you can get a higher, more predictable yield per unit area. The engineered setup is more efficient in terms of output per square meter, but the wild ocean offers diversity and resilience that no farm can match.

Sounds like the sea is just doing its own math, whether it’s drifting out or staying in a tank. The trick is to respect the numbers, not chase them.