Scottish salmon producers have accused hundreds of Tory peers of jumping “into bed with extreme eco-activists” after they voted for new powers to shut down fish farms. Trade body Salmon Scotland ...

Wengaard, who’s worked much of his life on salmon farms, is a tour guide here. “This is quite a small fish farm,” he says, climbing out of his boat. “We have two pens with only 15,000 ...

Recent Norwegian studies have shown that the indirect effects of fish farming on wild populations, particularly regarding behavioral and environmental changes, are more concerning than the direct ...

A world-first shareholder resolution spearheaded by environmental groups has failed to push Australian supermarket chain ...

Salmon sometimes escape from the aquaculture farms through nets damaged by severe weather, just being worn down or via poorly secured drains. Once these escapees from the “fish asylum” are in ...

Farmed carnivorous fish eat multiple times more weight in wild fish caught from the ocean than is obtained by farming them, says Hayek. For instance, producing a kilogram of salmon may require 4 or 5 ...

Investment of nearly GBP 1,000 million in fish health and welfare helped to get the best survival rate since 2020.

Levels of 14 toxins were significantly higher in both European and North American farm-raised salmon than in fish caught in the wild. The pollutants, which come under the banner of organochlorines ...

On the demand side, global consumption of seafood is down. Seafood is a relatively expensive protein, and following the ...

The Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey for 2023 displayed a challenging year, confirming the sector had experienced its highest mortality rates since 2001 ...