Thieving sea lions break into salmon farm and gorge on feast of fish
Dozens of thieving sea lions in western Canada have spent the last few weeks gorging on fish after brazenly slipping into an industrial salmon farm …
Dozens of thieving sea lions in western Canada have spent the last few weeks gorging on fish after brazenly slipping into an industrial salmon farm …
Open-net fish pens are the perfect breeding grounds for the parasites, which feast on the mucus, skin and flesh of wild salmon, causing infection and …
Shoppers’ appetite for salmon is causing millions of tonnes of nutritious mackerel, sardines, and anchovies to be wasted as fish feed, according to new research. …
Science says! Escaped farmed Atlantic salmon represent a well-documented and ongoing threat to wild conspecific populations. In Norway, the world-leading producer of farmed salmon, annual …
Booooooooo! The Washington state Supreme Court unanimously upheld permits that will allow Cooke Aquaculture Pacific to farm steelhead trout in net pens in Washington waters. …
When wild Atlantic salmon breed with escaped farmed salmon, their descendants grow faster and mature at a younger age, undermining the ability of the species …
Two aquaculture-origin Atlantic salmon were among seven adult fish collected on Nova Scotia’s Gaspereau River this year for breeding at Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Coldbrook …
Norway is to introduce new traps to protect wild salmon after experts warned they could become endangered as a result of contact with their farmed …
The Swinomish Tribe has joined as a friend of the court in a lawsuit to block permits that allow steelhead farming in a commercial net-pen …
This can’t be good for the local environment. It was announced that an incident had occurred at Grieg Seafood slaughterhouse at Simanes in Alta, Norway …