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Agustina Copello

Washington State Poised to Permanently Ban Commercial Net Pen Aquaculture
Washington State Poised to Permanently Ban Commercial Net Pen Aquaculture 1500 828 GSFR

Washington State recently garnered international attention for its successful removal of all polluting and hazardous commercial net pens from Puget Sound. Now, the state is on the verge of prohibiting…

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Chile | Protected areas without salmon farms
Chile | Protected areas without salmon farms 1302 827 GSFR

On October 17th a powerful video lit up Times Square in New York exposing that 420 salmon farms operate within protected parks and reserves in Chilean Patagonia.

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Iceland | We draw the line to protect the Fjords
Iceland | We draw the line to protect the Fjords 3456 2234 GSFR

On Saturday, October 12th, Icelandic organisation VÁ Felag held a protest meeting in Seyðisfjörður against the proposed sea pen farming in the fjord. 

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Pink Bombs
Pink Bombs 1057 820 GSFR

French NGO Seastemik released a report and a platform debunking the myth that the salmon farming industry contributes to global food security and human health by providing Omega-3s. 

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Feeding global aquaculture
Feeding global aquaculture 940 659 GSFR

“The salmon farming industry is not a food production system, it is a food reduction system.” This new study suggests that the global fish farming industry uses as much as…

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Salmon-farming industry has to take protecting biodiversity seriously to guarantee stable future
Salmon-farming industry has to take protecting biodiversity seriously to guarantee stable future 1500 960 GSFR

Over 70 scientists and conservationists from around the world sent an open letter to world leaders, warning about the threat of industrial salmon farming in open-net pens in Chile’s protected…

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Australian retailer’s shareholders reject proposal to stop sourcing Tasmanian salmon
Australian retailer’s shareholders reject proposal to stop sourcing Tasmanian salmon 1225 817 GSFR

At Woolworths’ annual general meeting in Sydney, shareholders voted against a proposal to stop selling salmon from the harbor. Chairman Scott Perkins said the company is waiting on government study…

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Hidden costs of farmed salmon: Protecting Maine’s waters from industrial aquaculture
Hidden costs of farmed salmon: Protecting Maine’s waters from industrial aquaculture 1760 1088 GSFR

Conservation Law Foundation filed a notice of intent to sue Cooke Aquaculture for violations of the Clean Water Act at its Maine operations. In Maine, Cooke grows over one million…

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Fish Farming Industry is Using ‘Misleading’ Figures to Downplay its Role in Overfishing, New Research Finds
Fish Farming Industry is Using ‘Misleading’ Figures to Downplay its Role in Overfishing, New Research Finds 1068 597 GSFR

A new study suggests that the global fish farming industry uses as much as 307 percent more wild fish than previously reported, and carnivorous fish such as salmon and trout…

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‘What the hell is happening’: calls for answers after 10% of Tasmanian salmon die in Macquarie Harbour fish farms
‘What the hell is happening’: calls for answers after 10% of Tasmanian salmon die in Macquarie Harbour fish farms 620 372 GSFR

A government document published after a request by the Neighbours of Fish Farming, suggest that 1,150 tonnes of fish died in farms in the vast harbour on the state’s west…

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