Cooke appeals WA decision to end fish farm leases
Anyone following the termination of aquaculture leases news in Puget Sound probably had Cooke filing suit on their bingo card. Cooke Aquaculture Pacific has filed …
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Gulf of Mexico fish farm would be a tragedy for recreational anglers
A chain-link cage, anchored to the seafloor 130 feet below, with 20,000 almaco jack fish packed like cattle in an oversized bait ball of synthetic …
Little Action as Deadline to Remove Salmon Farms Looms
Eight years ago, the Cohen Commission gave Fisheries and Oceans Canada a deadline to prove salmon farms do not threaten wild sockeye. Despite evidence of …
“Lots of people don’t know that this is happening”
Environmental groups objecting to a Hawaii-based company’s plans to open the first offshore fish farm in the Gulf of Mexico about 45 miles west of …
Industrial Fish Farms Threaten Puget Sound Once More
Prepare to take action. Cooke Aquaculture, Puget Sound’s industrial net-pen operator, is back with big plans to continue profiting at the expense of wild salmon, …
Dead in the Water – Salmon Feedlots As Disease Vectors for Wild Fish
Filmed at Mowi Ireland’s salmon farm at Anny Point in Lough Swilly on Saturday 6 July 2019.
Bloody effluent still spewing from B.C. fish processing plant
A photographer on Vancouver Island is again raising concerns about the practice of dumping effluent containing fish blood from fish processing plants. Tavish Campbell says …
Near Fish Farms, Lobster Catches Plummet
The best fish farm is a healthy ecosystem. Lobster fishers catch fewer market-sized lobsters, and see fewer fertile females, in areas close to fish farms …
Farmed Atlantic Salmon Virus Linked to Disease in Chinook
A virus known to affect farmed Atlantic salmon may cause jaundice and anemia in Chinook salmon, according to research released today by the Strategic Salmon Health Initiative …
Mass Die-Off of Farmed Salmon Linked to Climate Change
Wild fish aren’t the only ones feeling the squeeze from climate change. As warmer, lower-oxygen waters spread, domesticated fish are suffering as well. In Chile, for instance, an algal …