Salmon farms generate export income and support jobs ( a relatively limited number), but just a reminder that they are bad. Bad for the animals and bad for the environment (with pollution and escapees being implicated fin the decline in our wild fish)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/26/millions-of-salmon-deaths-scottish-farms-apha-ico

https://www.theferret.scot/weak-salmon-farm-watchdog-100-investigations-and-just-two-warning-letters/

#Salmon #FishFarming #Scotland #Environment ##Pollution #AnimalWelfare #Holyrood #Regulation

Millions of salmon deaths at Scottish farms disclosed after watchdog’s ruling

Animal and Plant Health Agency forced to release reports showing scale and cause of deaths on some fish farms

The Guardian
Last days of the cormorant: 10 EU countries want open season on fish-eating bird

Europe spent nearly half a century working to bring the aquatic avian species back from the brink of extinction. Now it wants it shot.

POLITICO

#Sustainability #Fishing #FishFarming #Krill

From 2022.

Depleting a basic food chain species to feed farmed fish to protect ocean fish reserves.
Ok...

https://www.theferret.scot/antarctic-krill-fishing-boosted-fish-farming/

Antarctic krill fishing boosted by fish farming

Fishing companies are hoping to “double” their catches of krill — tiny animals that sustain the Antarctic Ocean — to feed the fish farming industry. An international investigation for The Ferret has also discovered that current levels of krill fishing are worrying scientists and environmentalists. They fear impacts on penguins, seals, whales

The Ferret
A UK tribunal ruled Soil Association must share its "organic" salmon farm inspection reports with WildFish. 🐟 https://veganfta.com/articles/2026/02/11/organic-salmon-greenwashing-exposed-as-tribunal-orders-release-of-farm-reports/ #fish #fishfarming #salmon #organic #organicfish

🇳🇴 **Norway opens up for larger offshore aquaculture areas** 🌊🐟

New rules. Bigger sea areas.
One licence. One full impact study.
Stricter demands on operators.

Offshore fish farming is moving into a new phase.

👉 Read more 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4ttn9x6x

#Norway 🇳🇴 #OffshoreAquaculture #FishFarming #SeafoodIndustry #BlueEconomy #Aquaculture #Regulation #FishBreak

Scotland’s coastal waters are at risk. There's mounting evidence of the damage caused by industrial salmon farming, including a quarter of fish dying before they reach your plate, pollution to our seas, and threats to wild salmon.

A parliamentary report found that Scotland's marine ecosystem faces "irrecoverable damage" from an expansion in fish farming, with one in five farms failing to meet statutory environmental standards.

https://greens.scot/ProtectScotlandsWaters

#FishFarming #environment

Protect Scotland’s Waters – Pause New Salmon Farms

Protect Scotland’s Waters – Pause New Salmon Farms -

Scottish Greens

Mangistau Region Aims to Replace Up to 60% of Kazakhstan’s Salmon Imports

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/mangistau-region-aims-to-replace-up-to-60-of-kazakhstans-salmon-imports/

🐟🤦‍♂️ Ah, another Pulitzer-worthy exposé on farmed seafood—because clearly, the fate of the universe hinges on fish in tanks. 🐠🌍 Let's dive into the deep end of this tired topic and swim in circles until we all care. 🙄
https://nautil.us/the-problem-with-farmed-seafood-1243674/ #PulitzerPrize #fishFarming #seafoodExposé #environmentalImpact #tiredTopics #HackerNews #ngated
The Problem with Farmed Seafood

The Problem with Farmed Seafood: We’re decimating the ocean to feed farmed fish. But an innovative solution has surfaced.

Nautilus
After the calamitous news last week that 75,000 farmed #salmon had escaped in #scotland, I wrote this Conversation article exploring why this is such bad news and what it means for wild salmon: https://doi.org/10.64628/AB.y9pdrhurg
#Environment #Aquaculture #FishFarming #Fish #Pollution #Genetics
Almost 75,000 farmed salmon in Scotland escaped into the wild after Storm Amy – why this may cause lasting damage

Scientists warn escaped farmed salmon could interbreed with wild fish, further endangering Scotland’s fragile populations.

The Conversation