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Investigative Journalism
Sept 30 - 2023
EN Europe

Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm. The impact could be deadly.

The Guardian

Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations.
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Biodiversity loss / Salmon
News
Nov 18 - 2022
EN North America

Washington Bans Fish-Farming Net Pens, Citing Salmon Threat

U.S. News & World Report

Washington has banned fish-farming with net pens in state waters, owned by Cooke Aquaculture, citing danger to struggling native salmon.
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Biodiversity loss / Legislation / Lawsuits / 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
Investigative Journalism
Aug 13 - 2024
EN South America

Salmon Farms in Patagonia Face Growing Opposition

New York Times

The Chilean industry’s expansion has drawn repeated challenges from environmentalists and Indigenous people of the region, and prompted calls for a moratorium. By Lucy Meyer and Casey Ann Smith
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Harmful Algal Blooms / Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Inorganic waste (e.g. plastics) / Marine fauna / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Biodiversity loss / Antibiotics / Salmon
Podcast
Oct 15 - 2024
EN Europe

What to Know About the Salmon on Your Plate

NPR

Norway is the largest exporter of salmon in the world. And while some of those fish are wild-caught, many are raised in 'fish farms'- large cylindrical pens made of nylon in the open water. Sometimes these farmed fish escape, mixing with the local population and causing ecological issues. We see farmed fish in a Norwegian fjord and hear about potential solutions to the problem. By Rob Schmitz, Greg Dixon
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Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Biodiversity loss / Salmon / Closed-pen farming
Investigative Journalism
Oct 14 - 2024
EN Europe

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.

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Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces)
Documentary Films
May 08 - 2017
EN Global

The Fish on My Plate (excerpt)

Frontline PBS

An excerpt from 'The Fish on My Plate' about Norway's salmon crisis. Author and fisherman Paul Greenberg spent a year traveling the world and eating seafood for breakfast, lunch and dinner in an attempt to find out what sort of fish is both good for him -- and good for the planet.
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Biodiversity loss / Salmon
Research
Feb 10 - 2025
EN Europe

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. 

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Certification schemes / Salmon

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