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Topic: Marine Protected Areas
Thousands Of Tasmanians Petitioners Want Salmon Farms Out
News
November 26 - 2024
EN Australasia

Thousands Of Tasmanians Petitioners Want Salmon Farms Out

The Greens

Thousands of Tasmanians are demanding the government stops multinational salmon corporation Petuna from installing fifty open-net pens off Yellow Bluff in Storm Bay. The Tasmania community are concerned about the threat industrial aquaculture operations pose to the diversity of these wild marine waters. By Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP 

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Salmon / Legislation
An environmental group files intent to sue a salmon farmer for pollution off Maine's coast
News
November 16 - 2024
EN North America

An environmental group files intent to sue a salmon farmer for pollution off Maine's coast

AP News

Conservation Law Foundation contends Cooke Aquaculture’s salmon farming sites off the Maine coast pollute the state’s bays. By Patrick Whittle
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Salmon / Lawsuits / Small-scale fishers
Environmental group says it will sue Cooke over Maine salmon farms
News
November 15 - 2024
EN North America

Environmental group says it will sue Cooke over Maine salmon farms

IntraFish

Environmental group The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) said this week it plans to sue Canadian seafood group Cooke, alleging the group's 13 salmon farming sites in Maine are in violation of US environmental regulations. By Rachel Sapin
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Salmon / Legislation / Lawsuits
Government throws money at fish endangered by salmon farming that drew attention of Woolworths shareholders
News
November 12 - 2024
EN Australasia

Government throws money at fish endangered by salmon farming that drew attention of Woolworths shareholders

Proactive

The Australian Government has committed an additional $28 million to improve water quality in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour, aiming to safeguard the endangered Maugean skate, whose only known habitat lies within this unique ecosystem. The fate of the skate was brought to public attention by Woolworths shareholder activists who questioned the supermarket giant’s support of Tasmanian salmon products from farms in the harbour that have eroded the skate’s key habitat. By Susanna Nelson
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Marine fauna / Legislation / Salmon / Skate / Dewilding
Retailer rules out Tasmanian salmon ban – for now
News
November 04 - 2024
EN

Retailer rules out Tasmanian salmon ban – for now

Fish Farmer

By Robert Outram
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Legislation / Salmon / Skate
What does the future of salmon farming look like in B.C.?
Investigative Journalism
October 03 - 2024
EN North America

What does the future of salmon farming look like in B.C.?

The Narwhal

The last open-net pen salmon farms in B.C. have until July 2029 to figure out a different way of doing business. Environmental advocates say the shift is long overdue but the industry warns the timeline is impossible. By Shannon Waters. This story is a collaboration with the newspaper The Guardian.
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Marine fauna / Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) / Salmon / Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants)
With Dams Removed, Salmon Will Have the Run of a Western River
Investigative Journalism
August 27 - 2024
EN North America

With Dams Removed, Salmon Will Have the Run of a Western River

New York Times

The nation’s largest dam removal project is nearly complete after a lengthy campaign by Native tribes to restore the river at the California-Oregon border.
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Legislation / Salmon
Balancing protection and production in ocean conservation
Research
April 15 - 2024
EN Global

Balancing protection and production in ocean conservation

Nature Portfolio

With the acceleration of the global biodiversity and climate crises, the need to protect and sustainably manage ocean resources has never been greater. However, the science needed to integrate ocean protection (through marine protected areas and OECMs) and sustainable production in the blue economy (particularly pelagic fisheries) remains underdeveloped and contested. The scientific divide and the knowledge gaps still remaining have created serious real-world challenges for practitioners seeking to reconcile protection and production approaches, and is hindering progress in achieving global conservation targets. Here, we identify the vital science necessary to bring together the 'twin pillars' of protection and production, integrating mutually reinforcing meaningful protections at scale, while also driving management of production systems to internationally accepted sustainability standards. The research community must rapidly develop this new horizon of ocean science – particularly in pelagic ecosystems - to aid countries and practitioners in achieving global conservation and sustainable development targets. By John N. Kittinger, Randi D. Rotjan, Quentin Hanich, Brendon Pasisi, Constance Rambourg
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Marine Protected Areas / Marine fauna / Animal Ethics / Investment and subsidies
Gabon’s Odious Debt-for-ocean Swap: The implications for ocean governance
Research
November 15 - 2023
EN Global

Gabon’s Odious Debt-for-ocean Swap: The implications for ocean governance

Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements (CFFA)

The Nature Conservancy's debt-for-ocean swap with Gabon will result in protection for 30% of Gabon's oceans, but brings in question issues of debt justice, ocean governance, and implications for coastal communities. By Dr. Andre Standing
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Small-scale fishers / The Nature Conservancy / Debt for ocean
The Financialization of Marine Conservation: The Case of Debt-for-Ocean Swaps
Research
October 01 - 2023
EN Global

The Financialization of Marine Conservation: The Case of Debt-for-Ocean Swaps

Society for International Development

Several concerns exist about debt-for-ocean swaps, opaque transactions from the perspective of debt justice and the democratic and equitable governance of marine resources. Debt-for-ocean swaps illustrate the pace at which financialization has transformed international approaches to conservation and the risks that this brings. By Dr. Andre Standing
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The Nature Conservancy / Debt for ocean
Corazón Salado: A Journey to Protect the Kawésqar’s Ancestral Waters
Documentary Films
June 08 - 2023
ES (EN subtitles) South America

Corazón Salado: A Journey to Protect the Kawésqar’s Ancestral Waters

Patagonia

Ramón Navarro joins with the Kawésqar—a traditionally nomadic Indigenous community who had their practices stripped from them during the colonization of Chilean Patagonia—in a fight for their homeland and ancestral waters. The salmon industry is creeping deeper and deeper into the region, polluting and destroying its wild and delicate ecosystem. For the locals, the fish no longer bite here, forcing the Kawésqar to stray farther from home to feed and support their families.
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Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Marine fauna / Climate change / Pesticides / Antibiotics / Small-scale fishers / Tourism / IUUs (illegal unreported and unregulated) / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Legislation / Salmon
Contracorriente
Documentary Films
May 26 - 2023
ES, EN, GR South America

Contracorriente

Guido De Paula

Without a law to prohibit the salmon industry in Tierra del Fuego, Antártida and Islas del Atlantico Sur (TFAIAS), Argentina, one of the world’s most untouched places was in danger: the Beagle Channel. 'Contracorriente' illustrates the effects of salmon farming and the crucial need to safeguard these pristine waters. The documentary was screened for the local community to inform them about the impending threat – their government had just signed a deal with a salmon company. Thanks to this film and other efforts, Tierra del Fuego achieved a remarkable feat: becoming the first location to ban open-net salmon farming, making Argentina the pioneer country to do so, even before it could take root. (From Global Salmon Farming Resistance, thegsfr.com )

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Salmon / Legislation
B.C. First Nations reject continued fish farming in the Broughton Archipelago
News
March 08 - 2023
EN North America

B.C. First Nations reject continued fish farming in the Broughton Archipelago

Saanich News

Three First Nations announce their call on region’s last 7 fish farms through consent-based processes.
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Legislation / Salmon
Indigenous Kawésqar take on salmon farms in Chile’s southernmost fjords (1)
Documentary Films
January 27 - 2023
EN South America

Indigenous Kawésqar take on salmon farms in Chile’s southernmost fjords

One Earth

Sixty-seven salmon farms exist within Kawésqar National Reserve in southern Chile, an area that formed part of the Kawésqar Indigenous people’s ancestral lands, and another 66 concessions are under consideration there.
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Marine Protected Areas / Small-scale fishers / Legislation / Salmon
Indigenous Kawésqar take on salmon farms in Chile’s southernmost fjords
Documentary Films
January 26 - 2023
EN South America

Indigenous Kawésqar take on salmon farms in Chile’s southernmost fjords

Mongabay

In recent years, Kawésqar communities have learned new forms of resistance to counter the proliferation of the salmon industry, which is harming the fragile ecosystem of their ancestral territory.
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Marine fauna / Marine Protected Areas / Small-scale fishers / Legislation / Salmon
Save Papay
Documentary Films
December 31 - 2022
EN Europe

Save Papay

Chris Rutterford

Papa Westray is at risk from a new a massive new industrial fish farm in the bay of East Moclett. Changes are already seeing in the environment from current nets. The new fishfarm is planned for the as yet untouched East side of the island, it is a direct threat to the island’s pristine lagoon. The heart of what makes this Orkney island so special, a true jewel in the North.
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Marine fauna / Legislation / Salmon
Washington Bans Fish-Farming Net Pens, Citing Salmon Threat
News
November 18 - 2022
EN North America

Washington Bans Fish-Farming Net Pens, Citing Salmon Threat

U.S. News & World Report

Washington has banned fish-farming with net pens in state waters, owned by Cooke Aquaculture, citing danger to struggling native salmon.
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Biodiversity loss / Legislation / Lawsuits / Salmon
ExCo Refuse Salmon Farming in Falklands
News
April 08 - 2022
EN South America

ExCo Refuse Salmon Farming in Falklands

FITV

The Executive Council of the Falkland Islands refused salmon farming in the islands last week. A review of aquaculture development was considered by ExCo, with recommendations attached to the paper not approved.
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Biodiversity loss / Legislation / Salmon
Falklands refuses to authorize salmon farms on an industrial scale
News
April 02 - 2022
EN South America

Falklands refuses to authorize salmon farms on an industrial scale

MercoPress

The Falkland Islands Executive Council has resolved that large-scale aquaculture, including salmon farming, will not take place in the Falklands, based on considerations included in an international document on best practices for such farming, as well as options for the regulatory framework.
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Legislation / Salmon
Iceland, Open-Net Fish Farms, and the Final Frontier for Wild Atlantic Salmon
Investigative Journalism
September 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
Safeguarding Marine Protected Areas in the Growing Mediterranean Blue Economy
Research
May 01 - 2019
EN Europe

Safeguarding Marine Protected Areas in the Growing Mediterranean Blue Economy

PHAROS4MPAS

Recommendations for aquaculture https://pharos4mpas.interreg-med.eu
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UN: Environment Programme EU Commission on Fisheries / Legislation / Bivalves / Sea Bass / Sea Bream / Tilapia
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