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Investigative Journalism
Oct 24 - 2023
GR Europe

Fish farms in Poros: Why the residents don't want them

Solomon

A quarter of the island in the Saronic Gulf is set to be dedicated to fish farming, increasing its activity by 670%. The municipal authorities and residents — who disagree with the plan — fear that the character of the island will change forever. 

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Marine Protected Areas / Investment and subsidies / Tourism / Legislation / Poros / Sea Bream / Sea Bass
Investigative Journalism
Jun 06 - 2024
GR Europe

Fish Farms: The Immediate Threat Of Their Expansion and the Ignorance Of Risk

To BHMA

Overabundance of fish farms is a risk to both the marine environment and the economy. By Christos Logaras

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Tourism / Poros / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Investigative Journalism
Nov 08 - 2023
EN Global

What Fish Farming Really Means for the Environment, Animals and People

Sentient

Despite the seafood industry’s claims, eating fish may not be as healthy or sustainable as consumers have been led to believe.
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Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Animal Ethics / Legislation / Salmon
Investigative Journalism
Jul 25 - 2023
EN Global

Seafood Is Extremely Vulnerable to Climate Change, Study Finds

Sentient

Over 90 percent of food harvested from marine and freshwater environments is at risk, challenging the idea that “blue food” is more sustainable.
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Climate change / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp) / Salmon / Shrimp
Investigative Journalism
Jul 02 - 2023
EN South America

The Perils of Farming Salmon in a Warming World

Mother Jones

The salmon farming industry presents itself as a sustainable solution to feeding humanity in a warming world. But as learned on a recent trip to Chilean Patagonia, intensive aquaculture practices can produce large negative environmental effects. By Jessica McKenzie
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Inorganic waste (e.g. plastics) / Harmful Algal Blooms / Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Climate change / Marine fauna / Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Antibiotics / Pesticides / Hunger / Nutrition / Investment and subsidies / Small-scale fishers / IUUs (illegal unreported and unregulated) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Legislation / Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) / Salmon
Investigative Journalism
Aug 16 - 2021
EN Europe

Ocean Desolation: How Fish Farm Pollution Is Killing Marine Life in Greece

The Ferret

Researchers reported about a “desolation scenario” around sea bream and sea bass farms in Western Greece.
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Biodiversity loss / Marine Protected Areas / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Investigative Journalism
Mar 23 - 2021
EN Africa, Asia

The Factories Turning West Africa’s Fish Into Powder

BBC

Chinese-run factories are turning huge amounts of The Gambia’s fish stocks into fishmeal for aquaculture. But are they taking too much, too quickly. By Ian Urbina
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Inorganic waste (e.g. plastics) / Harmful Algal Blooms / Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Marine fauna / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Biodiversity loss / Hunger / Nutrition / Investment and subsidies / Labor / Small-scale fishers / Tourism / IUUs (illegal unreported and unregulated) / Value chain / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / UN: FAO Committee on Fisheries / Salmon
Investigative Journalism
Mar 18 - 2021
EN Europe

Fish Farms in Mediterranean ‘Paradise’ Blamed for Pollution

The Ferret

The environmental impact of fish farming in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Marine Protected Areas / Marine fauna / Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Investment and subsidies / Tourism / FAO Committee on Fisheries / Poros / Salmon / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Investigative Journalism
Mar 01 - 2021
EN Africa

Fish Farming Is Feeding the Globe. What's the Cost for Locals?

The New Yorker

In the small coastal country, an exploding industry has led to big economic promises, and a steep environmental price. By Ian Urbina
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Hunger / Nutrition / IUUs (illegal unreported and unregulated) / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Tilapia
Investigative Journalism
Nov 06 - 2018
EN Global

Fish Farming at Industrial Scale: A Turkish Case Study

The Conversation

One of the world’s fastest-growing food production industries, aquaculture, is harming the marine environment and people’s lives with intensive fish farms.
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Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Marine fauna / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Small-scale fishers / Value chain
Investigative Journalism
Jun 26 - 2014
EN South America

As Fish Farms Proliferate, Diseases Do Too

Harvard University, School of Public Health

Aquaculture has become a booming industry in Chile, with salmon and other fish farmed in floating enclosures along the South Pacific coast. But as farmers densely pack these pens to meet demand, diseases can easily pass between fish.
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Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Pesticides / Antibiotics / Salmon
Investigative Journalism
Jun 26 - 2023
EN Europe

Saving Poros

Katheti

Paradoxically, it is precisely the pristine nature of Poros that is marking its future: the absence of large production or tourist activities was considered by the Greek authorities a criterion for including the island in a list of allocated zones for the expansion of industrial fish farming.
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Tourism / Poros / Investment and subsidies / Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Marine fauna / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Antibiotics / IUUs (illegal unreported and unregulated) / Labor / Regulatory / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Investigative Journalism
Apr 27 - 2023
EN Europe

The Mediterranean Monk Seal is Threatened by Poros Fish Farms

Katheti

The existence of top predators in the marine environment is very important for the protection and stability of ecosystems. Consequently, the Mediterranean monk seal is considered an indicator of the marine environment health. Its disappearance also means the beginning of the marine ecosystems degradation.
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Poros / Marine fauna / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Investigative Journalism
Sept 30 - 2023
EN Europe

Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm. The impact could be deadly.

The Guardian

Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations.
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Biodiversity loss / Salmon
Investigative Journalism
Sept 05 - 2019
EN Europe

Iceland, Open-Net Fish Farms, and the Final Frontier for Wild Atlantic Salmon

Patagonia

In the last 20 years, the expansion of salmon farming in open-net pens has led to the loss of half the wild salmon population in Norway. On average, 200,000 farmed fish escape from open-net pens and many of them swim up rivers in Norway and breed with wild stocks, contributing to species decline. According to conservation groups, the same method of farming is also responsible for the collapse in salmon and sea trout populations in the West Highlands and Islands of Scotland. By Mădălina Preda
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Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Biodiversity loss / Legislation / Salmon
Investigative Journalism
Apr 19 - 2019
EN Europe

Plans to expand Iceland's fish farms risk decimating wild salmon populations

The Guardian

Scientists are warning against new legislation to grow Iceland’s fish farming industry, but industry is pressuring for a go-ahead.
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Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Biodiversity loss / Pesticides / Investment and subsidies / Small-scale fishers / Legislation / Salmon
Investigative Journalism
Jun 26 - 2023
EN North America

At sea as on land? Activists oppose industrial farming in U.S. waters

Mongabay

Agribusiness giants and other corporate interests are pushing to expand industrial finfish aquaculture into U.S. federal waters, arguing that it will help feed a growing global demand for seafood and have less environmental impact. They want Congress to pass legislation establishing a federal aquaculture system. Though Congress has not yet acted, a 2020 Executive Order is favorable to the effort. Environmental advocates are fighting against proposed congressional bills, and calling for a reversal of the executive order and a stop to the proposed projects in U.S. federal waters.
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Harmful Algal Blooms / Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Animal Ethics / Pesticides / Antibiotics / Investment and subsidies / Small-scale fishers / Tourism / US: Nat'l Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) / Legislation / Bivalves / Low trophic-level fish / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp) / Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) / Salmon
Investigative Journalism
Jul 28 - 2024
EN Global

Not every Norwegian feels guilty but many do

BBC

Wealthy Norwegians are increasingly contrasting their comfortable lives with those of people who are struggling, particularly overseas. This includes examining how farming salmon is harming food security in West Africa.
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Labor / Small-scale fishers / Value chain / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Salmon
Investigative Journalism
Jul 04 - 2024
EN Africa

Revealed: Industry-led West Africa Fishery Protection Measures Marred By ‘Massive Conflicts of Interest’

DeSmog

Campaigners criticise 'highly flawed' voluntary schemes as DeSmog analysis finds lack of representation from civil society, or impacted communities.
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Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Certification schemes
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Investigative Journalism
Jul 24 - 2024
EN North America

What You Can Learn About Salmon From Its Packaging

Washington Post

Where your fish was caught or farmed is one of the most important pieces of information for gauging sustainability. Fishing and farming practices and regulations can vary widely depending on country.
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Certification schemes / Salmon
Investigative Journalism
Mar 20 - 2024
EN Asia

India Shrimp Rife with Bondage, Hazards, and Stolen Wages

The Outlaw Ocean Project

Recent research by the U.N., industry groups, unions, and labor lawyers indicates wider concerns tied to the treatment of workers across India’s aquaculture industry, which currently supplies almost 40 percent of the shrimp consumed in the U.S.
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Labor / Antibiotics / Shrimp
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