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Investigative Journalism
Oct 28 - 2024
EN Asia
Massive fish farming threatens Armenia’s Ararat Valley water system
CivilNet
Landlocked Armenia has become a significant fish producer, generating over 25,000 tons annually—rivaling exports from its coastal neighbor Georgia. Nearly half of this production heads to international markets, primarily Russia. However, this success story masks a growing environmental crisis in the country’s agricultural heartland.
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Opinion
Aug 16 - 2024
EN Global
Fishing the Ocean’s Twilight Zone Comes at a High Cost
Sentient
Though there is no moratorium, fishing the mesopelagic layer remains out of bounds.
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Research
May 15 - 2024
EN Global
Twilight zone fishing: Can we fish the ocean’s mesopelagic layer?
Mongabay
Fishing experts are looking for ways to fish in the mesopelagic zone, a layer of water that stretches from 200-1,000 meters (660-3,300 feet) beneath the surface, which has, thus far, remained relatively unexploited. Many challenges stand in the way of making mesopelagic fishing a reality, such as the difficulties of finding and capturing mesopelagic fish, and processing them into usable products. Yet experts are working to overcome these obstacles, with one suggesting that mesopelagic fishing could begin in the next few years. Conservation experts have expressed concern about the possible start of mesopelagic fishing, arguing that it could cause environmental problems.
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News
Oct 22 - 2024
EN Europe
More than 1m farmed salmon die at supplier to leading UK retailers
The Guardian
Mowi Scotland, which supplies Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury’s, blames a rise in sea temperatures for the deaths, while campaigners say expanding farms will make things worse. By Sophie Kevany
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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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Research
Aug 22 - 2021
EN Europe
Review of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Coastal Mediterranean Sea, With a Focus on Greek Waters
MDPI
An analysis of the causes of anthropogenic marine eutrophication in Mediterranean coastal areas, which have given rise to harmful algal taxa that threaten the local ecosystem.
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Research
Nov 08 - 2021
EN Global
Understanding the Conservation Finance Industry
Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements
An introduction to how US conservation organisations have been taken over by big finance. By Dr. Andre Standing
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Opinion
Jul 29 - 2024
EN Global
There’s a New Reason to Save Life in the Deep Ocean
New York Times
Just as we are learning to appreciate the extraordinary service of creatures in the twilight zone, companies that manufacture feed for industrial fish farms, fertilizer and omega-3 supplements are preparing to exploit it. Right now nations are considering authorizing commercial fishing fleets to grind life in the twilight zone into fish meal, fertilizer and plant food. Before they move forward with these plans, it would be wise to hit pause so we can understand how that decision will affect our planet.
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Opinion
Aug 23 - 2024
EN Global
Stories of the Sea: Fishing in the Twilight Zone
Safina Center
By one estimate, it is 'the world’s largest unexploited natural resource with a global biomass of 1 gigaton.' But can the inhabitants of the deep be fished to meet humanity’s food needs? Should they be? Such questions are being asked with greater frequency, as research initiatives in multiple countries have started to explore the feasibility of mesopelagic fishing.
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Interactive / Website
May 01 - 2025
EN Global
Blue Marine Foundation
Blue Marine Foundation is a charity dedicated to restoring the ocean to health by addressing overfishing, one of the world’s biggest environmental problems. Dive into Blue Marine's new virtual reality experience to learn why ocean action is climate action. Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter.
Research
Jul 25 - 2019
EN Global
Pathways to Sustainable Land-Use and Food Systems
FABLE Consortium
The Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE) Consortium is a collaborative initiative, operating as part of the Food and Land-Use coalition, to understand how countries can transition towards sustainable land-use and food systems.
This first report was written collectively by members of the FABLE Consortium to outline initial findings. These include a shared approach towards framing and analyzing integrated strategies for land-use and food systems, an initial set of global targets to be achieved by midcentury, as well as preliminary country pathways for achieving these targets.
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Research
Oct 16 - 2024
EN North America
Phasing out open net-pen salmon farming in British Columbia
Science Advances
Canada has committed to banning salmon open net-pen aquaculture in British Columbia by 2029 and is transitioning the industry to closed containment technologies for salmon farming.
By Charles Mather
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Research
Sept 01 - 2023
EN Global
Analysis of Farmed Seaweed Carbon Crediting and Novel Markets to Help Decarbonize Supply Chains
The Nature Conservancy
Interest in seaweed as a potential nature-based solution to climate change has skyrocketed in recent years. There is significant energy among NGOs, corporations, startups, governments, and others to explore how seaweed can play a role in sequestering carbon and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in supply chains by substituting seaweed for other products, bring us closer to a net-zero emissions future.
In partnership with Bain & Company, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) examined the potential to support significant near-term growth over the next five to ten years in seaweed farming through two analyses:
Through this assessment, TNC’s goals were to inform next steps for its own Restorative Seaweed Initiative, and to provide clear guidance to seaweed farmers, research partners, governments, fellow NGOs, and foundations.
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News
Nov 13 - 2024
EN Europe
Norway’s Atlantic salmon risks going the way of the panda
The Economist
Climate change and fish farming are endangering its future
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Investigative Journalism
Nov 20 - 2024
EN Europe
Scottish salmon farms seek growth despite mounting fish deaths and environmental concerns
Mongabay
Scotland is the world’s third-largest producer of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), after Norway and Chile. The industry is seeking to significantly increase production in Scotland, driven by growing export demand.However, it faces ethical concerns over mounting fish mortality, as well as environmental concerns about pollution, the proliferation of sea lice affecting wild salmon, and opposition from several local communities.Industry members acknowledge the challenge of growing salmon amid rising sea temperatures, but say Scottish salmon farms have made progress in managing sea lice and other health challenges. By Francesco De Augustinis
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Investigative Journalism
Oct 19 - 2024
EN Europe
Should we all stop eating salmon? Why it’s suddenly become endangered
Al Jazeera
Why have Atlantic salmon populations dropped so dramatically in British rivers, and is fish farming a help or hindrance?
By Dwayne Oxford
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Research
Dec 01 - 2023
EN Europe
Monachus monachus, Mediterranean Monk Seal
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
The Mediterranean Monk Seal has rebounded from critically endangered status, but unpredictable threats exist, including disease, toxic algal blooms, cave collapses, pollution, and climate change. Greece supports a growing range of habitat for the monk seal, but the government must prioritize conservation efforts to protect them. Fisheries contribute to the pollution that threatens this species.
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Investigative Journalism
Mar 16 - 2024
EN Global
Why Massive Numbers of Farmed Salmon Are Dying
Time
Salmon farming has expanded rapidly in the past 25 years into a $20 billion-a-year industry. Farmed salmon are advertised as an environmentally friendly and sustainable solution to the need for animal protein for the world’s growing population. But mass die-offs and other controversies have challenged these claims.
By Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins
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Investigative Journalism
Oct 21 - 2024
EN Global
Aquaculture Kills More Wild Fishes Than Previously Thought, Study Finds
Plant Based News
A new study says that the impact of aquaculture on wild fishes* is 'greater than commonly cited,' further undermining the widely held belief that it can be part of a sustainable food system.
By Liam Pritchett
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Investigative Journalism
Oct 24 - 2024
EN Global
Industrial Fishing Undermines World’s Greatest Carbon Sink, Experts Warn
DeSmog
Damage to oceans is releasing vast amounts of CO2, despite efforts to market fish as a sustainable food.
By Sophie Kevany
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Interactive / Website
Oct 01 - 2024
EN, FR Global
Seastemik & Data For Good
PinkBombs is the result of a collaboration between two non-profit organizations, Seastemik and DataforGood.
PinkBombs is here to:
-Alert about one of the biggest threats to the Ocean today: salmon farming.
-Deconstruct the distorted popular perception around salmon consumption.
-Guide companies, States and consumers towards positive solutions.
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