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Fishing the Ocean’s Twilight Zone Comes at a High Cost
Sentient
How mariculture expansion is dewilding the ocean and its inhabitants
Science Advances
Proactive
Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm. The impact could be deadly.
The Guardian
Fish Farms Kill Billions More Wild Fish Than Previous Estimates, Study Finds
Sentient
State lawmakers end net pen fish farming
KING 5 Seattle
Puget Sound fish farm collapse led to the escape of 250,000 salmon into local water. Local Senator Kevin Ranker is fighting to phase out net pens in the area. Cooke Aquaculture Pacific is fighting back.
Washington Bans Fish-Farming Net Pens, Citing Salmon Threat
U.S. News & World Report
Seastemik & Data For Good
What to Know About the Salmon on Your Plate
NPR
The Fish on My Plate (excerpt)
Frontline PBS
Salmon Farms in Patagonia Face Growing Opposition
New York Times
Patagonia
Deep inside a Norwegian fjord, a dream of farming salmon sustainably
NPR
Eide’s closed loop farming system raises the question: Why isn’t the entire industry farming salmon this way? By Rob Schmitz.
What Fish Farming Really Means for the Environment, Animals and People
Sentient
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.
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.
Iceland, Open-Net Fish Farms, and the Final Frontier for Wild Atlantic Salmon
Patagonia
Stop Salmon Farming, For Good (Ullapool Community Event, March 2024)
Stop Salmon Farming for Good
What is wrong with open cage salmon farming in Scotland and what do we do about it? “Stop salmon farming, for good". We want:
• Local communities having the final say on all salmon farm developments and the right to review and amend the planning permissions for all existing salmon farms • An end to the dumping of salmon farm sewage, chemicals, plastic, and parasites in our sea lochs • All government grant funding and subsidies being given to overseas salmon farming corporations to be diverted into our local community action and development groups • Vibrant and diverse local economies that don’t require us to destroy the places we live and in which we have more of a say and share in more of the benefits
The reality gap: An examination of Scottish farmed salmon
WildFish
This report first gives an overview of the various marketing tools used by the Scottish salmon farming industry to represent farmed salmon as a sustainable, healthy and eco-friendly protein choice. It then examines the environmental and welfare performance of Scotland’s seven salmon farming companies, all widely used in the hospitality and retail sectors.