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Oct 17 - 2024
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Aquaculture Could Harm Animal Welfare or Protect It, Depending on What Species the Farms Raise
Food Manufacturing
Billions of individual animals are being farmed without basic information to ensure minimal welfare standards. By Becca Franks and Chiawen Chiang, New York University.
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News
Sept 30 - 2024
EN North America
Why did Newsom sign an octopus farming ban in California? Here's why
NBC Los Angeles
Although octopuses may not be part of an average Californian’s meal plans, supporters of the new law said octopus farming is inhumane.
By Helen Jeong
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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
Sept 25 - 2024
EN Europe
Scottish salmon farm cleared tonnes of dead fish before inspection, charity says
The Guardian
Footage taken by Animal Equality UK before MSPs’ visit was a daily procedure, says Scottish Sea Farms.
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News
Sept 29 - 2024
EN North America
Newsom signs bill to ban octopus farming in California
Los Angeles Times
The new law makes it illegal to raise and breed octopuses in state waters or in aquaculture tanks based on land within the state. It also prevents business owners and operators from knowingly participating in the sale of an octopus — regardless of its provenance — that has been raised to be eaten by people. By Susanne Rust
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News
Oct 25 - 2024
EN North America
California becomes second US state to ban octopus farming
Seafood Source
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill banning octopus farming into law, making it the second U.S. state after Washington to prohibit the practice. The Oppose Cruelty to Octopuses (OCTO) Act prohibits octopus farming operations throughout the state. It also bans the sale of farmed octopuses in California. The bill received unanimous approval from the state senate and overwhelming support in the state assembly.
By Nathan Strout
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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
Nov 19 - 2024
EN North America
Watershed Sentinel
The majority of Atlantic salmon sold in BC tested positive for PRV. This means millions of Atlantic salmon along the BC Coast were shedding a foreign, pathogenic, highly contagious waterborne virus into the Pacific Ocean. I wanted to know which companies’ farms were infected. By Dr. Alexandra Morton
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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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News
Sept 15 - 2024
EN Europe
First large-scale UK onshore salmon project at risk over ‘factory farm’ claims
The Guardian
Animal rights campaigners win a judicial review over pioneering £120m scheme at Grimsby port.
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Research
Oct 16 - 2024
EN Global
How mariculture expansion is dewilding the ocean and its inhabitants
Science Advances
The world’s oceans are largely free from intensive farming, but momentum to intensify and expand mariculture—the cultivation of aquatic organisms in the ocean—is growing. Despite optimism that mariculture will create economic and nutritional benefits for humans, it can also generate a host of risks, including environmental degradation, harms to wildlife integrity and welfare, captivity effects, and shifts in how humans view the nonhuman world. Collectively, we refer to these four types of risks as 'dewilding.' In this systematic review, we searched Scopus and Web of Science for recent literature documenting mariculture’s dewilding impacts to organize and collate this evidence under one unified framework. We find that mariculture’s dewilding impacts are consistently documented, though often in isolation, and that captivity and conceptual dewilding impacts are recognized as potential harms far less than impacts on the environment and wildlife. Future work examining mariculture’s dewilding impacts will be paramount to guiding human decision-making and activity going forward.
By Becca Franks, Chiawen Chiang
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Investigative Journalism
Nov 01 - 2024
EN Global
Fish Farms Kill Billions More Wild Fish Than Previous Estimates, Study Finds
Sentient
Touted as a more environmentally friendly solution, the reality of fish farms is more harmful.
By Sophie Kevany
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Research
Apr 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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Investigative Journalism
Oct 28 - 2024
EN Europe
Anti-fouling agent sparks concerns
Fish Farmer
A new environmental toxin has been found in farmed salmon in Norway, but for the moment the authorities are keeping an open mind on what action to take because the amounts are so small.
By Vince McDonagh
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News
Nov 14 - 2024
EN Europe
Scottish Parliament nearing conclusion on salmon-farming sustainability inquiry
Seafood Source
Scotland’s salmon-farming industry has overcome a lot of challenges over the past few years, but more work is needed to ensure it remains sustainable and prioritizes animal health and welfare into the future, according to Scotland Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform, and Islands Mairi Gougeon. By Jason Holland
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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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Documentary Films
Oct 30 - 2019
EN (GR subtitles) North America
Patagonia
Artifishal is a film about people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. It explores wild salmon’s slide toward extinction, threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature.
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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 24 - 2024
EN Global
Fish farming was supposed to be sustainable. But there’s a giant catch.
Vox
A groundbreaking study suggests your farmed shrimp and salmon might have a much bigger environmental toll than previously thought.
By Kenny Torrella
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Research
Oct 16 - 2024
EN Global
Aquaculture could harm animal welfare or protect it, depending on what species the farms raise
The Conversation
The rapid growth in aquaculture means that billions of individual aquatic animals are now being farmed without basic information that could help ensure even minimal welfare standards. Our newly published study shows that these welfare risks are not uniform: Aquaculture is likely to have severe effects on welfare for some species, but negligible impacts on others.
By Becca Franks, Chiawen Chiang
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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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