A new film from outdoor clothing brand Patagonia attacks the international salmon farming industry, blaming it for reduced natural wild salmon runs, depletion of orca populations and societal issues impacting…
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Scottish salmon firm drops ‘sustainable’ branding
Tuesday, April 9th, 2019A leading Scottish salmon farming company has stopped branding its business as “sustainable”, according to the UK advertising watchdog. Loch Duart, which farms fish in Sutherland and the Outer Hebrides,…
Salmon farms raided in EU competition probe
Friday, February 22nd, 2019Raids have been carried out at several salmon farming sites in Scotland in connection with an EU-wide probe into alleged illegal cartels. Officials visited offices in Shetland, Stirling and Fife…
New Nets Lead to Drop in Seal Culls
Monday, February 4th, 2019A salmon producer has reported seeing a reduction in seal culling after introducing new nets to keep them away from fish. Fish farms are licensed to kill the animals to…
Sea Change: The debate on salmon farming
Wednesday, January 30th, 2019Look into the eye of a salmon, get eye to eye, then ask yourself, do you want this king of fish, this iconic species, this muscular adventurer of the high seas, so symbolic…
Chilean salmon farmers to clean seabed
Thursday, January 24th, 2019Chilean lawmakers are seeking to amend existing legislation to safeguard water conditions in the country’s salmon farming heartland. Failure to comply will result in suspensions. The country’s politicians have approved…
Farmed Salmon Disease Prevention Research
Friday, January 11th, 2019A major research initiative is to be launched to help understand and prevent diseases affecting farmed salmon – including sea lice and gill health conditions. Tens of millions of pounds…
Half the fish at Wester Ross farm die
Tuesday, December 18th, 2018Image © Scottish Salmon Think-tank More than half of the fish at a Scottish salmon farm has been lost due to severe plankton. Wester Ross Fisheries confirmed that…
Rules tightening on Scottish salmon aquaculture
Tuesday, December 4th, 2018
Scottish Fish Farm Image © SEPA After years of regulating with a light touch, Scottish parliamentarians move toward more government oversight of fish farms, explains this piece from Hakai Magazine...
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CCN Statement: Salmon Farming in Scotland
Thursday, November 29th, 2018
Coastal Communities Network members welcome the findings published this week in the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee report on Salmon Farming in Scotland. The Coastal Communities Network (CCN) has been...
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