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

#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/

🇳🇴 **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

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/