Australian retailer’s shareholders reject proposal to stop sourcing Tasmanian salmon
Conservation Law Foundation filed a notice of intent 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 results before deciding further.sue Cooke Aquaculture for violations of the Clean Water Act at its Maine operations. In Maine, Cooke grows over one million salmon in cages spread across 13 active sites in the state.
Salmon Farming Project: Libertarians Want “Tierra del Fuego to Become an Export Powerhouse”
Following the controversy over salmon farms, a legislator shared details about a proposed law to boost aquaculture production. He clarified, “We don’t want to replicate the Chilean method but instead promote the RAS system.”
‘What the hell is happening’: calls for answers after 10% of Tasmanian salmon die in Macquarie Harbour fish farms
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 coast between September and March.
Researchers find traces of controversial chemical in salmon fillets
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 Marine Research (IMR).
Icelandic salmon farmer suffers fry escape incident
An Icelandic salmon farming company recently experienced a significant fry escape incident due to an open tap in the drain while pumping the fish.
RSPCA Assured suspends three Scottish salmon farms
Sites operated by Mowi, Bakkafrost and Scottish Sea Farms were filmed covertly and footage was released by an animal welfare body.
Shareholders to vote on Woolworths’ salmon farming operations
Shareholders from Woolworths Group are pushing to end the supermarkets salmon farming operations in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania.
Is there such a thing as sustainable salmon?
In this article, the sustainable restaurant association “examines” the sustainability issues surrounding farmed salmon, including advice and insights from experts and businesses in our network, to explore wheter salmon has a place on a sustainable menu
Going to Court for Wild Salmon
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 now in the spirit world.
Feds delay B.C.’s open-net salmon farms closure until 2029, offer five-year renewals
Despite a promise to phae out ocean farms, Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier will allow license renewals for a “responible, realistic, and achievable transition” away from ocean farming.