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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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News
Sept 04 - 2012
EN Europe
Record Algae Blooms Linked to Fish Farms
The Fish Site
IRELAND - Record toxic algae blooms continue to close shellfish harvesting in the south west of Ireland are caused in part by the waste from fish farms. The local action group set up to oppose the expansion of fish farming, Save Bantry Bay, has drawn attention to the fact that fish farms are responsible for far more nitrogen and phosphorous in our coastal waters than sewage from major towns.
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Research
Jun 01 - 2010
EN Europe
Fishy Formula - Why the European Strategy Does Not Add Up to Sustainable Aquaculture
Food & Water Europe
The proposed benefits of increased food production via open water aquaculture (increased food production and job creation) are challenged by the darker side of the practice, including environmental damage, endangerment of wild populations, rampant use of antibiotics and harmful chemicals, job instability, and reliance on fish meal from wild populations. Investment in more sustainable forms of aquaculture, such as land-based recirculating aquaculture, small-scale shellfish aquaculture, and artisanal fishing and tourism would better serve communities.
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Research
Dec 01 - 2007
EN Global
Challenging the Aquaculture Industry on Sustainability
Greenpeace
Against a continuing background of diminishing and over–exploited marine resources, aquaculture has been widely held up as a panacea to the problem of providing a growing world population with ever-increasing amounts of fish for consumption. With the expansion of the industry, however, the tendency has been for methods of production to intensify, particularly in the production of carnivorous species. This has resulted in many serious impacts on the environment and human rights abuses. This report examines some of the serious environmental and social impacts that have resulted from the development and practice of aquaculture and which are reflected across the global industry.
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News
Oct 25 - 2023
EN Europe
Litter Free Fish Farming Initiative
Katheti
An analysis by independent consultants Poseidon Aquatic Resource Management Ltd. reveals that a 2015 Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment (SEIA) for aquaculture development on Poros contains significant flaws and insufficiencies.
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Research
Sept 14 - 2023
EN Europe
87% of Poros Opposes Expansion of Fish Farming
Katheti
The survey, conducted in July 2023 by Kapa Research, measured how aware residents were of the plans for the national government to expand fish farms across Greece as well as how much they knew about plans to expand fish farming specifically on the popular tourist island, Poros.
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Research
Jul 20 - 2023
EN Europe
Investigative Journalism
Jun 26 - 2023
EN Europe
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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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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Opinion
Apr 03 - 2023
EN Europe
Industrial Fisheries Impact on Western Greece
Katheti
The Areas of Organized Aquaculture Development (ΠΟΑΥ) are zones of exclusive activity of fish farms and other types of aquaculture. They occupy vast sea and land areas. The industrial fisheries impact on Western Greece are significant both in the marine environment and the inhabitants’ quality of life.
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Opinion
Apr 03 - 2023
EN Europe
Katheti
The underwater posidonia meadows are among the most productive marine ecosystems of the Mediterranean. They host more than 1300 species of fauna and flora, among them many fish of fishery importance. It releases valuable oxygen, and therefore limits the effects of climate change. Poseidon’s grass is precious, but under constant threat.
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Opinion
Apr 04 - 2023
EN Europe
No industrial-scale fish farms at Poros!
Katheti
The establishment of industrial-scale fish farms at Poros is a decisive action for the future of the island, with significant effects on its character and the quality of its natural environment.
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Opinion
Oct 07 - 2023
GR Europe
Arcadia Portal
Pan-Arcadian Federation of Greece (P.O.E.) opposition to the proposed expansion of fish farms, given concerns around tourism.
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News
Mar 27 - 2023
GR Europe
AIXMH
On Thursday, March 23, 2023, the request for the cancellation of the Presidential Decree (PD) (sheet no. 25, Issue Four 23/01/2023) was submitted to the Council of State (StE), by the Lawyer of the Municipality of Xiromero, Mrs. Anthi Giannoulou, which concerns the establishment of the Aquaculture Organized Development Area (OAAD) of the Echinacea Islands and Ait/nia.
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Documentary Films
Jun 05 - 2022
EN Europe
HealthySeas
In just over a week, a team of 45 undertook an unprecedented cleanup removing 76 tons of debris from the sea, coastline, and 4 beaches on the Southwest of Ithaca, an island in Greece famous for being the home of King Odysseus and a universal symbol of home yearning.
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News
May 31 - 2023
GR Europe
Euboic SOS!! Occupation of 22,000 marine acres with polluting fish farms from Marmari to Oreus!!
Evia Today
Despite environmental concern, a Draft Presidential Decree is under approval that will institutionalize the establishment of an industrial fish farming zone throughout the Evia.
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News
Jun 05 - 2023
GR Europe
Nafpaktia News
The residents of the Municipality of Doridos started the mobilization against the creation of two new fish farming units in Prasoudi and Mavro Oros in NE.
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Documentary Films
May 11 - 2021
EN Europe
Terrible suffering and high mortalities: dramatic conditions on fish farms in Greece
Eurogroup for Animals
Painful slaughter practices, overcrowded cages and high mortality rates: a new investigation by Eurogroup for Animals’ member Essere Animali shows serious animal welfare issues on fish farms in Greece, the EU’s main producer of sea bass and sea bream.
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News
Oct 19 - 2020
GR Europe
Huge threat to Poros: Fish Farming Industrial Zone is established
Proto Thema
The creation of an Industrial Area for the Organized Development of Aquacultures in Poros is in the final stretch , as the Ministry of the Environment has forwarded the relevant Environmental Study (SEA) to the Municipality.
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Opinion
Feb 01 - 2012
EN Europe
New Legislation Opens the Way for Intensive Aquaculture
Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation
Archipelagos Institute and the Municipality of Patmos have joined forces to strongly oppose the establishment of fish-farms in the seas of Patmos and the surrounding islands and islets. These potentially large scale fish-farms—made possible as a result of the new legislation passed on aquaculture—threaten to damage, if not destroy, the highly diverse and productive coastal ecosystems of the region. Intensive fish-farming—as practiced for the last couple of decades in the Greek seas—has already directly and negatively impacted the health and productivity ofseas in the region, and inevitably causes significant consequences on fisheries and tourism.
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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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