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Canada’s regulation of open-net pen salmon farms challenged by scientists and academics
Canada’s regulation of open-net pen salmon farms has been challenged by scientists and academics for years. Part of the problem stems from the structure of the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), which has the conflicting responsibilities of protecting...
865 million farmed salmon died in mass die-offs in last decade
The popularity of farmed Atlantic salmon on dinner tables worldwide has been a disaster for the king of fish. A 2024 study determined that 865 million farmed salmon have died in mass die-offs in the last decade. The scientists blamed the deaths on several factors,...
Finfish farming “a death producing industry”
In 2010, anthropologists Peter Benson and Stuart Kirsch created a new lens through which to consider the role of corporations in society – specifically the damage caused by some industries and the ways these corporations shape public and government responses to...
“Eating Atlantic salmon from open net salmon farms is the wrong choice for our health and the health of our environment. Responsible consumers should avoid these inhumanely, unsustainably raised fish.”
Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins