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Investigative Journalism
Jul 02 - 2023
EN South America
The Perils of Farming Salmon in a Warming World
Mother Jones
The salmon farming industry presents itself as a sustainable solution to feeding humanity in a warming world. But as learned on a recent trip to Chilean Patagonia, intensive aquaculture practices can produce large negative environmental effects. By Jessica McKenzie
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Investigative Journalism
Mar 18 - 2021
EN Europe
Fish Farms in Mediterranean ‘Paradise’ Blamed for Pollution
The Ferret
The environmental impact of fish farming in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Research
Apr 19 - 2016
EN North America
Aquacultures' Effect on the Environment
UMASS Amherst, Debating Science
Aquaculture has a negative effect on the environment through both sediment and nutrient pollution.
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Research
Dec 01 - 2007
EN Global
Challenging the Aquaculture Industry on Sustainability
Greenpeace
Against a continuing background of diminishing and over–exploited marine resources, aquaculture has been widely held up as a panacea to the problem of providing a growing world population with ever-increasing amounts of fish for consumption. With the expansion of the industry, however, the tendency has been for methods of production to intensify, particularly in the production of carnivorous species. This has resulted in many serious impacts on the environment and human rights abuses. This report examines some of the serious environmental and social impacts that have resulted from the development and practice of aquaculture and which are reflected across the global industry.
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Investigative Journalism
Jun 26 - 2023
EN Europe
Katheti
Paradoxically, it is precisely the pristine nature of Poros that is marking its future: the absence of large production or tourist activities was considered by the Greek authorities a criterion for including the island in a list of allocated zones for the expansion of industrial fish farming.
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Opinion
Apr 03 - 2023
EN Europe
Industrial Fisheries Impact on Western Greece
Katheti
The Areas of Organized Aquaculture Development (ΠΟΑΥ) are zones of exclusive activity of fish farms and other types of aquaculture. They occupy vast sea and land areas. The industrial fisheries impact on Western Greece are significant both in the marine environment and the inhabitants’ quality of life.
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Opinion
Apr 03 - 2023
EN Europe
Katheti
The underwater posidonia meadows are among the most productive marine ecosystems of the Mediterranean. They host more than 1300 species of fauna and flora, among them many fish of fishery importance. It releases valuable oxygen, and therefore limits the effects of climate change. Poseidon’s grass is precious, but under constant threat.
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Opinion
Apr 04 - 2023
EN Europe
No industrial-scale fish farms at Poros!
Katheti
The establishment of industrial-scale fish farms at Poros is a decisive action for the future of the island, with significant effects on its character and the quality of its natural environment.
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Opinion
Feb 01 - 2012
EN Europe
New Legislation Opens the Way for Intensive Aquaculture
Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation
Archipelagos Institute and the Municipality of Patmos have joined forces to strongly oppose the establishment of fish-farms in the seas of Patmos and the surrounding islands and islets. These potentially large scale fish-farms—made possible as a result of the new legislation passed on aquaculture—threaten to damage, if not destroy, the highly diverse and productive coastal ecosystems of the region. Intensive fish-farming—as practiced for the last couple of decades in the Greek seas—has already directly and negatively impacted the health and productivity ofseas in the region, and inevitably causes significant consequences on fisheries and tourism.
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Documentary Films
Jun 08 - 2023
ES (EN subtitles) South America
Corazón Salado: A Journey to Protect the Kawésqar’s Ancestral Waters
Patagonia
Ramón Navarro joins with the Kawésqar—a traditionally nomadic Indigenous community who had their practices stripped from them during the colonization of Chilean Patagonia—in a fight for their homeland and ancestral waters. The salmon industry is creeping deeper and deeper into the region, polluting and destroying its wild and delicate ecosystem. For the locals, the fish no longer bite here, forcing the Kawésqar to stray farther from home to feed and support their families.
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Documentary Films
Nov 04 - 2022
EN (GR subtitles)
LOWCO Au
As more and more countries reject industrial salmon farming, the fish farm multinationals are looking for new locations. As the global net tightens a filthy wave of pens and coastal pollution is heading our way. The international fish farm pariahs are coming.
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Opinion
Jul 29 - 2024
EN Global
There’s a New Reason to Save Life in the Deep Ocean
New York Times
Just as we are learning to appreciate the extraordinary service of creatures in the twilight zone, companies that manufacture feed for industrial fish farms, fertilizer and omega-3 supplements are preparing to exploit it. Right now nations are considering authorizing commercial fishing fleets to grind life in the twilight zone into fish meal, fertilizer and plant food. Before they move forward with these plans, it would be wise to hit pause so we can understand how that decision will affect our planet.
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Research
Oct 16 - 2017
EN Europe
Seagrass mapping in Greek territorial waters using Landsat-8 satellite images
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
Seagrass meadows are among the most valuable coastal ecosystems on earth due to their structural and functional roles in the coastal environment. This study demonstrates remote sensing's capacity to produce seagrass distribution maps on a regional scale. The seagrass coverage maps provided here describe and quantify for the first time the extent and the spatial distribution of seagrass meadows in Greek waters. This information is needed for identifying priority conservation sites and to help coastal ecosystem managers and stakeholders to develop conservation strategies and design a resilient network of protected marine areas.
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Research
Jan 01 - 2007
EN Europe
Monitoring methods for Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows in Provence and the French Riviera
Scientific Reports of Port-Cros National Park
The Posidonia Monitoring Network is an extensive system put in place in 1984 to monitor the health of Posidonia meadows around Provence and the French Riviera. It aims to track the effects of human activity to help shape policies around marine protected areas.
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Research
Dec 01 - 2023
EN Europe
Monachus monachus, Mediterranean Monk Seal
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
The Mediterranean Monk Seal has rebounded from critically endangered status, but unpredictable threats exist, including disease, toxic algal blooms, cave collapses, pollution, and climate change. Greece supports a growing range of habitat for the monk seal, but the government must prioritize conservation efforts to protect them. Fisheries contribute to the pollution that threatens this species.
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Investigative Journalism
Aug 22 - 2023
EN Europe
Greek island's fierce opposition to the uncontrolled growth of fish farming
Le Monde
Designated by the Greek government as a strategic area for aquaculture, Poros could soon see a quarter of its coastline invaded by fish breeding ponds. Local residents are up in arms against the project, which they believe will negatively impact tourism.
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Research
Nov 23 - 2023
EN Europe
Current Issues in Tourism
This article critically analyzes the implementation of marine farms in the Costa Blanca (Alicante), one of the most consolidated Sun and Beach tourist destinations in the Mediterranean. The case study shows that the environmental impact studies and other documentation accompanying these projects do not include tourism aspects, which represents a deficiency that jeopardizes the economic and social sustainability of the projects.
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Research
Jan 01 - 2010
EN Global
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture highlights the major role and challenges facing fisheries and aquaculture worldwide.
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Opinion
Oct 09 - 2024
EN Global
Farmed Salmon Isn’t 'Mediterranean'
Medium
How the world’s healthiest diet is used to prop up a troubling fish. A special guest post by
Rauch Foundation's Eva Douzinas on Paul Greenberg's (The Four Fish) Medium page.
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Documentary Films
Feb 01 - 2010
EN Europe
How I fell in love with a fish
TED Talks
Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love, and the foodie's honeymoon he's enjoyed since discovering an outrageously delicious fish raised using a revolutionary farming method in Spain.
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Research
Sept 01 - 2023
EN Global
Analysis of Farmed Seaweed Carbon Crediting and Novel Markets to Help Decarbonize Supply Chains
The Nature Conservancy
Interest in seaweed as a potential nature-based solution to climate change has skyrocketed in recent years. There is significant energy among NGOs, corporations, startups, governments, and others to explore how seaweed can play a role in sequestering carbon and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in supply chains by substituting seaweed for other products, bring us closer to a net-zero emissions future.
In partnership with Bain & Company, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) examined the potential to support significant near-term growth over the next five to ten years in seaweed farming through two analyses:
Through this assessment, TNC’s goals were to inform next steps for its own Restorative Seaweed Initiative, and to provide clear guidance to seaweed farmers, research partners, governments, fellow NGOs, and foundations.
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