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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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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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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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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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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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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Kwakwaka’wakw hereditary chiefs share their motivation for challenging the Feds’ five-year fish farm license extension, including lack of consultation, their inherited obligation to the environment, and precautionary stories from those…
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Tralopyril, a chemical agent used to control the accumulation of algae and other marine organisms on salmon net pens has been discovered in salmon fillets by the Norwegian Institute of…
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