Huge spike in herring killed in B.C. salmon farm operations
The Watershed Watch Salmon Society is sounding the alarm on data collected by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) that show an unprecedented spike in wild …
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Escaped Farm Salmon Pose Huge Environmental Threat
Thousands of farmed salmon broke out of a pen in Iceland this past August. This flight follows a 2021 escape when 81,000 farmed fish broke …
Fisheries Department to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.’s coast to protect wild fish
The plight of British Columbia’s endangered wild salmon came first in the decision against renewing licenses for fifteen open-net Atlantic salmon farms in the Discovery …
“It is one of the worst pieces of science I’ve ever seen come out of a government agency,”
In this case, the government agency is Canada’s DFO. A Fisheries and Oceans Canada study found no significant link between sea lice at B.C. salmon …
Ottawa accused of suppressing research on fish-farm virus in B.C.
Conservationists are accusing the federal Fisheries Department of suppressing information about a virus that may be causing heart, skeletal, and muscle disease in farmed salmon …
Truck carrying live salmon overturns, causes free-for-all on the street
A truck carrying live salmon overturned in Chile on Wednesday afternoon, spilling its contents on the street as traffic tried to navigate around the fish …
New Studies Show B.C. Fish Farms Increased Risks For Wild Salmon
Pacific salmon are likely exposed to increased risks from pathogens concentrated in fish farms on the West Coast, two new scientific studies indicate. Young Fraser …
The Fish With the World’s Longest Freshwater Migration
Fishermen and scientists always suspected this mustached fish, highly appreciated for its flesh, was capable of long migrations. The Dorado catfish travels almost 7,200 miles …
Wild fish stocks squandered to feed farmed salmon
Shoppers’ appetite for salmon is causing millions of tonnes of nutritious mackerel, sardines, and anchovies to be wasted as fish feed, according to new research. …
Genetic evidence of farmed straying and introgression in Swedish wild salmon populations
Science says! Escaped farmed Atlantic salmon represent a well-documented and ongoing threat to wild conspecific populations. In Norway, the world-leading producer of farmed salmon, annual …