Aug 28, 2025 | Fish farms, Fishery
This year, for the first time, the catches reached the legal limit of 620,000 tonnes, sparked reactions among the scientific community and NGOs. by Francesco De Augustinis The huge trawlers slowly move forward, a short distance from each other, their...
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...
Nov 20, 2024 | Fish farms, Fishery, Human rights
The industry is seeking to significantly increase production in Scotland, driven by growing export demand. However, it faces ethical concerns over mounting fish mortality, as well as environmental concerns about pollution, the proliferation of sea lice affecting wild...
Oct 29, 2024 | Fish farms, Fishery
Despite a year of interim negotiations, CCAMLR members failed again at the latest meeting to reach agreement on creating any new marine protected areas and rolled back regulation of the burgeoning Antarctic krill fishery. The international body in charge of conserving...
Aug 21, 2024 | FeedVSFood, Fish farms, Fishery
Opposite views among politicians, producers and fishermen at the last FAO summit, which celebrated the overtaking of fish farming over fishing. Can aquaculture be a sustainable answer to feed the growing world population? The latest summit of the United Nations Food...
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...
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