Over 70 environmental, animal welfare and community groups spanning 18 countries have criticised the standard.
07.05.2024
ARTICLES BY THE FISH SITE AND UNDER CURRENT NEWS
Environmental groups slam BAP’s latest salmon farming standard as ‘greenwashing.
The Fish Site and Under Current News published articles explaining how more than 70 organizations have called out the industry trade association, Global Seafood Alliance, posing accusations of greenwashing of the industrial salmon farming sector through its latest version of the Best Aquaculture Practices standard.
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1. In the marine waters of the Northwest, these orca whales prey exclusively on fish—and not just any fish: salmon, and preferentially Chinook, the biggest salmon in the Pacific. In this, these orcas (sometimes called Southern Residents) have plenty in common with some of the other longtime native residents of this place: the Lummi Nation.
2. In the Lummi language, the local orcas are called Qwe ‘lhol mechen.
3. When the Lummi first came to this Douglas fir and cedar cloaked land and its glacially carved bays and inlets, the Southern Residents were here to greet them.
