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The Sea We Breathe
Interactive / Website
May 01 - 2025
EN Global

The Sea We Breathe

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.

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Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Marine Protected Areas / Marine fauna / Climate change
Wild Atlantic salmon at risk of extinction amid ‘devastating’ decline
News
April 14 - 2025
EN Europe

Wild Atlantic salmon at risk of extinction amid ‘devastating’ decline

The Times

Climate change, pollution and parasites caused by farming are among the reasons for decline in wild salmon in Scotland. Figures show an alarming deterioration in Scottish rivers, leading to measures banning anglers from keeping their catches.
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Salmon / Climate change
Norway’s Atlantic salmon risks going the way of the panda
Paywall on this site
News
November 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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Climate change / Salmon
Massive fish farming threatens Armenia’s Ararat Valley water system
Investigative Journalism
October 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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Climate change / Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants)
Industrial Fishing Undermines World’s Greatest Carbon Sink, Experts Warn
Investigative Journalism
October 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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Marine Protected Areas / Climate change / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Legislation / Marine fauna
More than 1m farmed salmon die at supplier to leading UK retailers
News
October 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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Climate change / Animal Ethics / Salmon
Aquaculture Kills More Wild Fishes Than Previously Thought, Study Finds
Investigative Journalism
October 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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Biodiversity loss / Marine fauna / Climate change / Antibiotics / Pesticides / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing
Should we all stop eating salmon? Why it’s suddenly become endangered
Investigative Journalism
October 19 - 2024
EN Europe, Global

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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Biodiversity loss / Climate change / Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Salmon
Phasing out open net-pen salmon farming in British Columbia
Research
October 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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Legislation / Climate change
PinkBombs!
Interactive / Website
October 01 - 2024
EN, FR Global

PinkBombs!

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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Inorganic waste (e.g. plastics) / Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Climate change / Animal Ethics / Omega-3s / Antibiotics / Hunger / Nutrition / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Salmon
Stories of the Sea: Fishing in the Twilight Zone
Opinion
August 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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Climate change / Biodiversity loss / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / UN: FAO Committee on Fisheries
Fishing the Ocean’s Twilight Zone Comes at a High Cost
Opinion
August 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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Climate change / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Animal Ethics / mesopelagic
There’s a New Reason to Save Life in the Deep Ocean
Opinion
July 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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Marine fauna / Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Climate change / mesopelagic / Animal Ethics / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing
Twilight zone fishing: Can we fish the ocean’s mesopelagic layer?
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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Climate change / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / mesopelagic / Animal Ethics
Why Massive Numbers of Farmed Salmon Are Dying
Investigative Journalism
March 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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Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Climate change / Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Biodiversity loss / Animal Ethics / Legislation / Salmon / Pesticides
Monachus monachus, Mediterranean Monk Seal
Research
December 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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Marine fauna / Marine Protected Areas / Climate change / Legislation
Analysis of Farmed Seaweed Carbon Crediting and Novel Markets to Help Decarbonize Supply Chains
Research
September 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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Climate change / Investment and subsidies / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp)
Seafood Is Extremely Vulnerable to Climate Change, Study Finds
Investigative Journalism
July 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
For the Love of the Sea
Documentary Films
July 06 - 2023
EN Europe

For the Love of the Sea

Patagonia Films

In Patagonia Films’ For the Love of the Sea, a family pioneers a movement to revive the Welsh coastline and a fishing industry that locals have depended on for decades. The documentary short follows Câr y Môr, the first community-owned regenerative ocean farm in Wales. Cultivating versatile crops like seaweed with zero-input techniques, the community reveals the powerful ways that the ocean can help fight climate change while nourishing people in more ways than one.

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Small-scale fishers / Wales / Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture / Bivalves / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp) / Seaweed / Climate change
The Perils of Farming Salmon in a Warming World
Investigative Journalism
July 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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Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Climate change / Marine fauna / 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
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
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