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Investigative Journalism
Sept 09 - 2017
EN Global

Antibiotic resistance in fish farms is passed on from fish food

Economist

The discovery of fish food as a source of resistance genes migrating into oceanic bacteria is worrying, and the researchers sauy more work is needed to determine if these resistance traits can find their way into the human food chain.
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Antibiotics
Documentary Films
Feb 02 - 2024
EN Global

What's So Bad About Open-Net Fish Farms?

Patagonia

What’s the most responsible seafood you can eat? Marine biologist and climate activist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson breaks it down. First, try to eat low on the food chain—sardines, anchovies and other tiny fish. Certain farmed seafood is also a better choice, like oysters, scallops, mussels, clams and seaweed, all of which live off seawater, nutrients and sunlight. The one to avoid? Atlantic salmon, which is often farmed in pens near coastal bays and can be rampant with toxic waste and insecticides. That’s why it’s so important to buy local, support responsible harvesting and get your seafood from people who are fishing with communities and ecosystems in mind.
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces)
Investigative Journalism
Feb 18 - 2024
EN Europe

Formaldehyde Used 200 Times By Fish Farm Industry

The Ferret

A toxic pesticide that causes cancer was used by fish farms nearly 200 times over a three year period, despite fears the chemical could harm the marine environment. By Billy Briggs

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Salmon
Interactive / Website
Nov 30 - 2024
EN Europe

Exposing the Reality of Salmon Farming

Salmon Media Hub

A definitive source for unfiltered documentation of the environmental and welfare impacts of industrial salmon farming, providing free, high-quality visual evidence to journalists, researchers, and advocacy groups working to expose the true cost of farmed salmon.

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Salmon / Animal Ethics / Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Inorganic waste (e.g. plastics) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Marine fauna
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
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
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
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)
Investigative Journalism
Nov 08 - 2023
EN Global

What Fish Farming Really Means for the Environment, Animals and People

Sentient

Despite the seafood industry’s claims, eating fish may not be as healthy or sustainable as consumers have been led to believe.
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Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Animal Ethics / Legislation / Salmon

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