A salmon farming firm, Wester Ross Fisheries, a subsidiary of Mowi Scotland, has been accused of misleading locals in Loch Broom, Scotland, about plans to install a large feed barge at their fish farm. Residents claimed they were initially told there were no such plans, but it was later admitted at a public meeting that the intention had always been to add the barge.
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.
