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Apr 08 - 2022
EN South America

ExCo Refuse Salmon Farming in Falklands

FITV

The Executive Council of the Falkland Islands refused salmon farming in the islands last week. A review of aquaculture development was considered by ExCo, with recommendations attached to the paper not approved.
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Biodiversity loss / Legislation / Salmon
News
Apr 02 - 2022
EN South America

Falklands refuses to authorize salmon farms on an industrial scale

MercoPress

The Falkland Islands Executive Council has resolved that large-scale aquaculture, including salmon farming, will not take place in the Falklands, based on considerations included in an international document on best practices for such farming, as well as options for the regulatory framework.
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Legislation / Salmon
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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Animal Ethics / Legislation / Octopus
News
Jul 08 - 2021
EN South America

Argentina becomes first country to ban open-net salmon farming due to impact on environment

Independent

Similar fish farming techniques have caused plagues of sea lice and ecological crises in Scotland, Norway and Chile.
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Legislation / Salmon
Research
May 14 - 2025
EN Europe, Asia

National Aquaculture Legislation Overview - Turkey

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

The National Aquaculture Legislation Overview (NALO) consist of a series of comparative national overviews of aquaculture laws and regulations from the top 40 aquaculture producing countries, and have been prepared in collaboration with the FAO Development Law Service. The preparation of the overviews is primary based on FAOLEX, a legislative database containing the world's largest electronic collection of national laws and regulations on food and agriculture, following a standard template. FAO endeavours to ensure, through consultation and verification process, the accuracy of the information contained in the NALO fact sheets. However, certain NALO fact sheets have been published on the basis that the information contained therein will be corrected if need be at the request of the competent national authorities. NALO fact sheets are updated on a regular basis, every 2/3 years.
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UN: FAO Committee on Fisheries
News
Oct 18 - 2024
EN North America

National Seafood Month: Fish farming crowds out wild salmon

Public News Service

October is National Seafood Month and the fish on your plate might not be coming from where you think. The U.S. imports 90% of the seafood it consumes. Offshore fish farming has come to dominate wild harvest in recent decades, with farmed salmon making up 80% of global salmon supply. By Eric Tegethoff
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Legislation / Salmon
News
Jun 30 - 2021
EN South America

Argentina Becomes First Country to Reject Salmon Farming

Patagonia

The Provincial Legislature of Tierra del Fuego in Argentina unanimously approved a bill today that bans salmon farming in marine cages.
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Legislation / Salmon
News
Nov 15 - 2024
EN North America

Environmental group says it will sue Cooke over Maine salmon farms

IntraFish

Environmental group The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) said this week it plans to sue Canadian seafood group Cooke, alleging the group's 13 salmon farming sites in Maine are in violation of US environmental regulations. By Rachel Sapin
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Salmon / Legislation / Lawsuits
Interactive / Website
Jan 01 - 2024
EN Global

Sea Around Us

University of British Columbia, University of Western Australia

The Sea Around Us is a research initiative at the University of British Columbia and the University of Western Australia. By performing catch reconstructions, the program assesses the impact of fisheries on the marine ecosystems of the world and offers mitigating solutions to a range of stakeholders.
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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
Research
Jan 18 - 2025
EN Europe

Follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

In 2023, the RAI Committee agreed to undertake a follow-up inquiry into salmon farming at the earliest opportunity and this inquiry commenced in April 2024. The RAI Committee's inquiry focused on the implementation of the main recommendations made by the REC Committee, spread across four key themes:

  • fish health and welfare;
  • environmental impacts;
  • interactions between wild and farmed salmon; and
  • salmon farm consents and planning.
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Animal Ethics / Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Legislation / Salmon / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces)

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