Last year, members of CCN shared information on salmon farming in Scotland with environmentalists from Argentina and Chile, to help in their fight against the industry in the Beagle Channel….
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Global salmon farming harming marine life
Thursday, February 11th, 2021Salmon farming is wreaking ruin on marine ecosystems, through pollution, parasites and high fish mortality rates which are causing billions of pounds a year in damage, a new assessment of…
Fish Farm objection for Wester Ross MPA
Thursday, November 5th, 2020Maerl © Graham Saunders/NatureScot Flickr A conservation charity has objected to a planned fish farm in a marine protected area in the Highlands – the Wester Ross MPA. The Scottish…
Argyll fish farm breaks free in storm
Tuesday, August 25th, 2020Image © Corin Smith A fish farm in Argyll containing about 550,000 salmon has broken free of its moorings in Storm Ellen. Owner Mowi said it has temporarily secured the…
Acoustic Deterrents used at over 140 fish farms
Thursday, August 6th, 2020CONCERNS have been raised after figures revealed more than 140 fish farms in Scotland are using controversial noise devices (acoustic deterrents) to scare off seals. Official statistics show scores of…
Farmed salmon deaths at record high
Tuesday, July 14th, 2020The amount of salmon killed by diseases and other problems at fish farms has reached record levels, with death rates quadrupling over the last 18 years, according to an analysis…
Fish farm companies bid to use bee-harming pesticide
Wednesday, March 18th, 2020Scotland’s salmon farming industry is planning to use a toxic pesticide banned in terrestrial agriculture because of dangers to bees, campaigners are warning. They have condemned the secrecy surrounding the…
Scotland’s first open ocean fish farm set to be trialled
Monday, March 9th, 2020Scottish Sea Farms is set to trial what it describes as Scotland’s first open ocean fish farm. The salmon company said it plans to explore the biological and technological implications…
Mass escape from Colonsay fish farm after Storm Brendan
Thursday, January 23rd, 2020Mowi Scotland has reported the escape of 73,600 salmon with an average weight of 1.9 kilograms following damage to a pen at the company’s Colonsay farm during storm Brendan last…
Scottish government defied industry pleas on salmon photos
Thursday, October 24th, 2019The Scottish Government defied concerted pleas by salmon farming multinationals to keep photos of diseased and damaged fish secret, according to internal emails. Instead, ministers decided to regularly publish graphic…
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