In a little more than 50 years, the population of wild North Atlantic salmon has plummeted by 75%. Today, it is estimated that fewer than 60,000 exist in and around Iceland. Unless we do something soon, we may be condemning what Icelandic environmentalist and wild fish advocate Orri Vigfússon has called the “king of fish” to extinction.

Half of all global fish catch could be ground into fish feed under FAO growth plans – new report warns
A new report from the Changing Markets Foundation reveals that the FAO’s target to grow aquaculture by 75% by 2040 risks pulling tens of millions of tonnes of nutritious wild fish out of oceans and into industrial fish feed every year – and reveals that key safeguards disappeared from FAO guidance meant to prevent this outcome.

