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Antarctic krill fishery closes months early amid increasing fishing pressure

Aug 31, 2026 | Factory farming, FeedVSFood, Fish farms, Fishery

The krill fishery in the Southern Ocean has closed more than three months early after reaching its annual catch limit of 620,000 metric tons – a precautionary quota established to prevent overfishing Francesco De Augustinis On Aug. 12, for the second year in a...

Nitrogen, Drought, and Extreme Heat: The Effects of Intensive Livestock Farming in the Po Valley

Jul 14, 2026 | Climate change, Factory farming

The high concentration of livestock farms in Italy’s Food Valley and the impacts during the heatwave. by Francesco De Augustinis The landscape passing by outside the car window is repetitive: one large livestock building after another—intensive pig farms, cattle...

Mass salmon deaths hit Scottish farms as government investigates

Feb 14, 2025 | Factory farming, Fish farms

Hundreds of thousands of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) died on fish farms in Scottish waters in the final months of 2024. In January, a parliamentary committee concluded an inquiry into the industry, saying it was “disappointed” by the lack of progress on...

NGOs and scientists ask FAO to stop promoting salmon and other carnivorous fish farming

Jun 12, 2024 | Factory farming, FeedVSFood, Fish farms, Fishery, Human rights

On World Ocean Day over 160 groups and experts wrote to FAO, criticizing the support to “destructive” aquaculture industries. On World Oceans Day, a group of more than 160 non-governmental organizations, communities and individual researchers submitted an...

Norwegian salmon farms gobble up fish that could feed millions in Africa: Report

Feb 28, 2024 | Factory farming, FeedVSFood, Fish farms, Fishery, Human rights

Norwegian salmon farms are taking huge amounts of wild fish from West Africa, mining the food security of the region, according to a report from the U.K.-based NGO Feedback. Norwegian salmon farms are taking huge amounts of wild fish from West Africa, mining the food...

Is Avian Flu Already Endemic? Here’s What Scientists Know

Jul 10, 2023 | Factory farming, One Health

Will avian influenza cause the next global pandemic? Scientists suspect highly pathogenic avian influenza may already be endemic in the Americas and Europe. With more and more news stories cropping up about new strains of avian flu, it’s difficult to know exactly how...