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Oct 21 - 2024
EN North America

A sea change for Montauk menus, as fishing families work to cut out the middlemen

Newsday

Before a piece of seafood touches a diner’s plate, its journey may span thousands of miles — whether it's salmon caught off Alaska or farmed tilapia from China. Even fresh catch hauled off Montauk can ride a circuitous route back to an East End restaurant. Hoping to shorten that journey, six Montauk fishing families have partnered on a venture to eliminate the industry's middlemen. The fisheries are offering fresh catch to restaurants as part of a growing 'sea-to-table' movement that is upending traditional supply chain norms. By Joe Werkmeister
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Small-scale fishers / Value chain
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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Salmon / Small-scale fishers
Opinion
Aug 26 - 2024
EN North America

Wild sablefish is a better choice than farmed salmon

Seattle Times

Working with fishers who care for the natural resources they harvest has emphasized the importance of choosing sustainable seafood from a conservation-focused fishery, such as sablefish.
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Biodiversity loss / Small-scale fishers / Legislation
News
Nov 14 - 2024
EN North America

Conservation group to sue aquaculture company for allegedly polluting Maine waters

Maine Public

A national environmental group announced Thursday it intends to sue an aquaculture giant for allegedly polluting Maine waters.The Conservation Law Foundation said Cooke Aquaculture's Downeast salmon pens release fish feces, fish food, and pieces of dead salmon, polluting the water column and the ocean floor. By Ari Snider
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Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Small-scale fishers / Salmon
Research
Jun 02 - 2025
EN Global

Social Impacts of Fish Farming

University of Piraeus

  This is an excerpt from a report by the University of Piraeus entitled, ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF G...
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Hunger / Nutrition / Labor / Small-scale fishers
Documentary Films
Jan 27 - 2023
EN South America

Indigenous Kawésqar take on salmon farms in Chile’s southernmost fjords

One Earth

Sixty-seven salmon farms exist within Kawésqar National Reserve in southern Chile, an area that formed part of the Kawésqar Indigenous people’s ancestral lands, and another 66 concessions are under consideration there.
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Marine Protected Areas / Small-scale fishers / Legislation / Salmon
News
Jul 17 - 2024
EN Global

Activists pushing UK restaurant chain Wagamama to drop farmed salmon

Seafood Source

A petition led by Feedback and WildFish and signed by more than 100,000 people is pushing U.K. restaurant chain Wagamama to remove farmed salmon from its menu after the two campaign groups 'revealed damage inflicted by farmed salmon on the environment, wild fish populations, and farmed salmon welfare.' The groups said Wagamama’s use of farmed salmon runs contrary to the restaurant chain’s commitment to the environment.
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Small-scale fishers / Value chain / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Salmon
Research
Nov 15 - 2023
EN Global

Gabon’s Odious Debt-for-ocean Swap: The implications for ocean governance

Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements

The Nature Conservancy's debt-for-ocean swap with Gabon will result in protection for 30% of Gabon's oceans, but brings in question issues of debt justice, ocean governance, and implications for coastal communities. By Dr. Andre Standing
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Investment and subsidies / Marine Protected Areas / Biodiversity loss / Small-scale fishers
Investigative Journalism
Jan 26 - 2022
EN Africa

Fishmeal and fish oil production in West Africa destroys the region’s resources to the benefit of foreign countries

CFFA

In West Africa, there is an increased pressure on small pelagic stocks, including the over-exploited sardinella, due to the expansion of the fishmeal and fishoil industry across the region. To get one kilo of fishmeal, more than 5 kgs of small pelagics are needed. The FAO report explains that recently the catches for human consumption have drastically decreased, 'the industry has been competing with women processors' for access to fish and 'fish has become extremely rare and expensive in local markets.'
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Labor / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / UN: FAO Committee on Fisheries / Small-scale fishers
News
Nov 16 - 2024
EN North America

An environmental group files intent to sue a salmon farmer for pollution off Maine's coast

AP News

Conservation Law Foundation contends Cooke Aquaculture’s salmon farming sites off the Maine coast pollute the state’s bays. By Patrick Whittle
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Salmon / Lawsuits / Small-scale fishers
Investigative Journalism
Dec 10 - 2024
EN Global

The Pushback Against Aquaculture

GRAIN

Fishing communities are leading a global fight to stop the industrial farming of shrimp and fish. They say these farms are toxic for their territories and that the world's food needs can be better met by revitalising wild fisheries and small scale, sustainable aquaculture systems. But they are up against powerful opponents. Industrial aquaculture is a US$300 billion business controlled by large multinational corporations and powerful local businessmen. With the support of governments, they are moving aggressively to not only keep their farms afloat, but to expand production to new territories.

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Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Small-scale fishers / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Hunger / Nutrition / Labor
Research
Apr 16 - 2025
EN Europe

Power structures shaping EU fisheries. How the political economy favours industrial over small scale, low impact fishing

Seas at Risk

The study commissioned by Seas At Risk, Sciaena, Ecologistas en Accion and BUND, shows how the current political economy of fisheries in the European Union favours large scale industrial fisheries to the detriment of small-scale and low-impact fisheries. Small-scale fishers are key players for coastal communities, as they create jobs and are often much more sustainable compared to their larger counterparts.  This sustainability role is critical since fishing is the first driver of marine biodiversity loss. Favouring industrial fisheries rather than small scale and low-impact fisheries is not due to flaws in the current legislation but, rather, to a lack of full implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy which already offers a series of tools to tackle the root problems. NGOs call for a full implementation and enforcement of the Common Fisheries Policy. 

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Small-scale fishers / European Commission / Investment and subsidies / Legislation
Investigative Journalism
Jul 28 - 2024
EN Global

Not every Norwegian feels guilty but many do

BBC

Wealthy Norwegians are increasingly contrasting their comfortable lives with those of people who are struggling, particularly overseas. This includes examining how farming salmon is harming food security in West Africa.
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Labor / Small-scale fishers / Value chain / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Salmon
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News
Nov 22 - 2022
EN North America

Washington ban makes entire US West Coast off-limits for net-pen finfish aquaculture

Seafood Source

An executive order issued by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on 18 November, 2022, will prohibit any net-pen aquaculture on state-owned aquatic lands. The move came in response to the 2017 collapse of a net-pen farm operated by Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada-based Cooke Aquaculture that led to the escape of hundreds of thousands of Atlantic salmon. It does not apply to hatcheries that have an environmental restoration mission or that boost native stocks.
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Legislation / Marine fauna / Hunger / Nutrition / Labor / Small-scale fishers / Salmon
Documentary Films
Aug 11 - 2019
EN (GR subtitles) Australasia

Saving Martha | Keep King Island Fish Farm Free

Patagonia

Tasmania is regarded as one of the wildest, most pristine states in Australia. In recent years however that reputation has been tarnished by the boom of the local salmon farming industry. With environmental regulations struggling to keep pace with the industry’s growth, the marine environments that host the industry have been significantly impacted and in some cases have approached collapse. Increased scrutiny of the industry – aided by the mobile nature of ocean pen farming – has forced operators to find new locations. When the industry set their sights on opening up a new territory on neighboring King Island – adjacent to the world-class waves of Martha Lavinia Beach – they were unaware they were also picking a fight with surfers worldwide.
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Marine fauna / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Small-scale fishers / Tourism / Salmon / Antibiotics
Documentary Films
Jan 26 - 2023
EN South America

Indigenous Kawésqar take on salmon farms in Chile’s southernmost fjords

Mongabay

In recent years, Kawésqar communities have learned new forms of resistance to counter the proliferation of the salmon industry, which is harming the fragile ecosystem of their ancestral territory.
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Marine fauna / Marine Protected Areas / Small-scale fishers / Legislation / Salmon
Investigative Journalism
Nov 06 - 2018
EN Global

Fish Farming at Industrial Scale: A Turkish Case Study

The Conversation

One of the world’s fastest-growing food production industries, aquaculture, is harming the marine environment and people’s lives with intensive fish farms.
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Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Marine fauna / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Small-scale fishers / Value chain
Investigative Journalism
Apr 19 - 2019
EN Europe

Plans to expand Iceland's fish farms risk decimating wild salmon populations

The Guardian

Scientists are warning against new legislation to grow Iceland’s fish farming industry, but industry is pressuring for a go-ahead.
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Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Biodiversity loss / Pesticides / Investment and subsidies / Small-scale fishers / Legislation / Salmon
Documentary Films
Oct 30 - 2019
EN (GR subtitles) North America

Artifishal

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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Marine fauna / Biodiversity loss / Animal Ethics / Small-scale fishers / Salmon / Hatcheries & Fisheries / Dam / Dewilding
Research
Jun 03 - 2013
EN Global

Securing the Livelihoods and Nutritional Needs of Fish-Dependent Communities

Rockefeller Foundation

Starting in June 2012, the Rockefeller Foundation began investigating the pressing problem of the declining health of the oceans due to climate change, overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction, and the effects of this decline on poor and vulnerable people who depend on marine ecosystems for food and livelihoods. The goal was to better understand the nature of the problem and the potential impact of interventions in the fields of fisheries, aquaculture, poverty, and food security.
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Biodiversity loss / Omega-3s / Hunger / Nutrition / Investment and subsidies / Labor / Small-scale fishers / Certification schemes / UN: FAO Committee on Fisheries
Research
Feb 01 - 2024
EN Europe, Africa

Blue Empire

Feedback

This report exposes how the expansion of the Norwegian salmon farming industry has come at the expense of communities and fish populations in the Global South. While salmon producers tout their sustainability credentials, the industry’s inefficient and wasteful use of finite natural resources is driving the loss of livelihoods and exacerbating malnutrition in nations including The Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania. We argue that the Norwegian salmon industry is not so much leading a ‘blue revolution’ as establishing a ‘blue empire’.
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Biodiversity loss / Omega-3s / Hunger / Nutrition / Investment and subsidies / Labor / Small-scale fishers / Value chain / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Certification schemes / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Legislation / Salmon / Krill
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