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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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Animal Ethics / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
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News
Oct 20 - 2023
EN Europe

Consultancy's Positive Findings Put Avramar Close to Vital Loan Approval

Undercurrent News

The Mediterranean's largest seabass and seabream farmer is on the verge of securing an important bridge loan from creditor banks following a comprehensive biomass inventory report.
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Investment and subsidies / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Investigative Journalism
Jun 06 - 2024
GR Europe

Fish Farms: The Immediate Threat Of Their Expansion and the Ignorance Of Risk

To BHMA

Overabundance of fish farms is a risk to both the marine environment and the economy. By Christos Logaras

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Tourism / Poros / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Research
Feb 22 - 2023
GR Europe

Flaws and Insufficiencies in Environmental Impact Assessment for Industrial Aquaculture Development on Island of Poros

OZON

OZON's investigation of solid waste resulting from leakage, dumping, and abandonment in the Saronic Gulf by fish farming businesses.
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Inorganic waste (e.g. plastics) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Sea Bream / Sea Bass
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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Poros / Marine fauna / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
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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Poros / Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Tourism / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Investigative Journalism
May 23 - 2024
EN Europe

Wherever produces bass and bream, we're interested': Greek company hunts for acquisitions

Intrafish

Philosofish plans to double revenue through acquisitions and product launches as it sees 'good signs' on Mediterranean bass and bream prices.
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Investment and subsidies / Value chain / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Opinion
Dec 01 - 2023
EN Europe

Article on TVXS on the sustainability of aquaculture in Greece

Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation

Exploring the dilemma between development in Greece of fish farming for economic gain versus environmental and health concerns.
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Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Salmon / Sea Bass / Sea Bream / Marine fauna
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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Tourism / Labor / Legislation / Poros / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Opinion
May 02 - 2024
EN Global

Dark Seas – the muddy truth behind farmed fish

Sustainable Woodstock

Widely unknown to the public, carnivorous fish farming requires and consumes more wild fish than it produces, a fact that directly contradicts the industry’s claim to be the solution to overfishing and feeding the growing population.
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Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Salmon / Sea Bass / Sea Bream / Bivalves
Research
May 22 - 2025
EN Africa

Revealed: UK Supermarket Seabass Linked to Devastating Overfishing in Senegal

DeSmog

Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch. This piece from DeSmog, co-published with The Guardian, comes after a two-year investigation spanning three countries, exposing the connection between these factories and food insecurity and unemployment in west Africa.
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Hunger / Nutrition / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Sea Bass / Sea Bream / Certification schemes
Investigative Journalism
Oct 24 - 2023
GR Europe

Fish farms in Poros: Why the residents don't want them

Solomon

A quarter of the island in the Saronic Gulf is set to be dedicated to fish farming, increasing its activity by 670%. The municipal authorities and residents — who disagree with the plan — fear that the character of the island will change forever. 

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Marine Protected Areas / Investment and subsidies / Tourism / Legislation / Poros / Sea Bream / Sea Bass
Investigative Journalism
Aug 16 - 2021
EN Europe

Ocean Desolation: How Fish Farm Pollution Is Killing Marine Life in Greece

The Ferret

Researchers reported about a “desolation scenario” around sea bream and sea bass farms in Western Greece.
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Biodiversity loss / Marine Protected Areas / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Research
Jul 20 - 2023
EN Europe

Fishing for Profits

Katheti

How New York’s Amerra Capital Came to Dominate Mediterranean Aquaculture.
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Investment and subsidies / Certification schemes / Tourism / Poros / Sea Bass / Sea Bream / Salmon
Opinion
Apr 03 - 2023
EN Europe

Poseidon’s grass

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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Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Marine fauna / Inorganic waste (e.g. plastics) / Tourism / Poros / Regulatory / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
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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Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Marine fauna / Tourism / Legislation / Poros / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Investigative Journalism
Aug 22 - 2023
EN Europe

Greek island's fierce opposition to the uncontrolled growth of fish farming

Le Monde

Designated by the Greek government as a strategic area for aquaculture, Poros could soon see a quarter of its coastline invaded by fish breeding ponds. Local residents are up in arms against the project, which they believe will negatively impact tourism.
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Inorganic waste (e.g. plastics) / Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Marine Protected Areas / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Tourism / Sea Bream / Sea Bass
Documentary Films
Jan 28 - 2023
EN, GR Europe

David vs Goliath: Worldwide Coastal Communities vs Industrial Fish Farms

Katheti

Independent journalist Francesco De Augustinis explores the impact of the Area of Industrial Development of Aquaculture planned for Aetolia-Akarnania in Western Greece, where fish cages will occupy 100 hectares and another 100 hectares will be used for other activities. Inhabitants of the islands and villages protest against the fish farms and any further expansion project. In the past ten years they have watched their sea become contaminated and poor in natural resources. The industrial fisheries at Western Greece have also had an impact on Posidonia meadows, which is now absent or very deteriorated.

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Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Marine fauna / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Legislation / Poros / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Research
Jul 26 - 2021
EN Global

Investing in Troubled Waters

Changing Matters

The material risks of fish mortality and the use of wild-caught fish in feed for the aquaculture sector.
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Animal Ethics / IUUs (illegal unreported and unregulated) / Value chain / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Certification schemes / Salmon / Sea Bass / Sea Bream / Shrimp / Tilapia
Investigative Journalism
Jun 26 - 2023
EN Europe

Saving Poros

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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Tourism / Poros / Investment and subsidies / Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Marine fauna / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Antibiotics / IUUs (illegal unreported and unregulated) / Labor / Regulatory / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Research
Jul 06 - 2020
EN Europe, Asia, Africa

MBA Seafood Watch Gilthead Seabream, European Seabass and Meagre Report

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Following a defined set of guiding principles, Seafood Watch defines sustainable seafood as originating from sources, whether fished or farmed, that can maintain or increase production in the long-term without jeopardizing the structure or function of affected ecosystems.
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Inorganic waste (e.g. plastics) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Marine fauna / Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Biodiversity loss / Legislation / UN: FAO Committee on Fisheries / Sea Bream / Sea Bass
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