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Investigative Journalism
Nov 04 - 2024
EN Global
Land-based salmon farming: How do flow-through systems stack up against RAS models?
IntraFish
So far, irrespective of technology, all early land-based producers have struggled to reach the originally intended production volumes, an aquaculture executive told IntraFish. By Hanna Gezelius, John Fiorillo
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Investigative Journalism
Feb 28 - 2019
EN Global
Food & Power
The world is eating more farmed fish, and global grain traders intend to control the fish feeding business much as they control the feeding of other farm animals.
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Investigative Journalism
May 31 - 2023
EN Global
The Future of Fish Farming Is On Land
Economist
New systems cut pollution and allow fish to be raised anywhere in the world.
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Investigative Journalism
Oct 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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Podcast
Sept 26 - 2024
EN Global
How to Maximize Aquaculture: Growing More Seafood Through Science
NOAA Fisheries
Scientists are using an ecosystem approach to aquaculture, growing multiple seafood products together in a sustainable system.
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Investigative Journalism
Jul 21 - 2022
EN Global
3 Reasons to Avoid Farmed Salmon
Time
Today, wild salmon are an endangered species, gone from most rivers in the U.S. There are many culprits, from polluted waterways and habitat destruction to overfishing and climate change. In the last 20 years, however, a new threat has emerged: floating feedlots on the ocean known as open-net salmon farms. The $20-billion-a-year farmed salmon industry is the world’s fastest growing food producer, and it has made farmed Atlantic salmon the most popular fish on dinner tables North America. But at what cost?
By Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins
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Research
Jan 01 - 2023
EN Europe
Rethinking EU Aquaculture: For People, Animals and the Planet
Compassion in World Farming
Why the EU aquaculture industry should move away from intensive fish farming, towards extensive systems that are more sustainable and better for the environment.
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Investigative Journalism
Jul 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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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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Investigative Journalism
Jun 26 - 2023
EN North America
At sea as on land? Activists oppose industrial farming in U.S. waters
Mongabay
Agribusiness giants and other corporate interests are pushing to expand industrial finfish aquaculture into U.S. federal waters, arguing that it will help feed a growing global demand for seafood and have less environmental impact. They want Congress to pass legislation establishing a federal aquaculture system. Though Congress has not yet acted, a 2020 Executive Order is favorable to the effort. Environmental advocates are fighting against proposed congressional bills, and calling for a reversal of the executive order and a stop to the proposed projects in U.S. federal waters.
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Opinion
Aug 11 - 2024
EN Global
Too Much of Our Seafood Has a Dark Secret
New York Times
Explores the factors a consumer should consider when purchasing seafood.
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Research
Jan 01 - 2018
EN Global
The Dangers of Industrial Ocean Fish Farming
Friends of the Earth
Many people opt for seafood over terrestrially-raised meat because they want better nutrition, a more humane option, and a smaller environmental impact. However, not all seafood is created equal. Much of our available seafood has been mass-raised and harvested in indus- trial ocean farms, pumped with agricultural drugs and pesticides, and provided feed comprised of overfished
species, GMOs, and filler ingredients such as corn. In other words, the salmon on your plate could very well be unhealthy, inhumane, and unsustainable.
Thankfully not all seafood production methods are bad, and you can continue to feel good about the fish you eat. There are many sustainable ways to produce seafood, including land-based recirculating farms, ocean-based farms utilizing entire water columns, and even some wild-caught fisheries.
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