There are many indications that plastic pipes transporting salmon feed pellets under pressure can be a significant source of pollution. The Norwegian Society for Nature Conservation believes that more than three hundred tonnes of microplastics each year go straight to the sea through wear and tear on feed pipes at Norwegian fish farms, and have...
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A Liberal senator and Salmon Tasmania are calling for the federal government to cut funding to an environmental advocacy legal centre that lobbies for better regulation of salmon farming activities in Macquarie Harbour, the home of an endangered species of skate. They have accused the Environmental Defenders Office of using taxpayer dollars...
As Wimbledon 2024 gets underway, WildFish reported that none of the tournament's menus include salmon. In 2022 WildFish highlighted the fact that Wimbledon was contravening its own food guidelines by sourcing salmon from Loch Duart Ltd, a salmon farming company with a poor record of control over sea lice parasites and high levels of fish...
The expansion of Huon Aquaculture's salmon hatcheries at Whale Point (The Mercury 27 June 2024) means more tonnage of fish in our waterways. While laudible in itself, it is a long overdue and marginal improvement in the industry's operations as a whole.
Canada responds to industry pressure, now plans to ban all open net-pen salmon aquaculture in the province of British Columbia by 30 June 2029 instead of the original government promise to end open net-pen farming by mid 2024. The move serves as both an extension of a 30 June 2024 deadline on salmon-farming licenses in the province and a...
A new poll released by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) shows 76 percent of U.S. voters support expanding open ocean aquaculture in a sustainable, environmentally responsible way. A further 82 percent of surveyed voters said research can help ensure the safety of the seafood we consume.
NOFF has launched a Consumer Information Campaign in metropolitan mainland Australia - starting with central Melbourne where drivers, commuters and shoppers are being greeted with our message at Flinders Street station and on major freeways into and out of the city.
Worldwide call to remove farmed Atlantic salmon and other carnivorous fish from UN sustainable list
Tasmanian-produced video fronts global campaign: the work of Tasmanian video producer, LOWCO, is featured prominently in a new global campaign to remove farmed Atlantic salmon and other carnivorous fish from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation's (FAO) definition of "sustainable" aquaculture.