Global production of Atlantic salmon in 2020 was 2.71 million tons, 32.6% of fish aquaculture. It is followed by dairy fish with 1.16 million tons, FAO Sofia report Farmed salmon exports totaled ...

A mass escape of 80,000 farmed salmon off the coast of Scotland, which was kept from the public for two years, has increased concerns over the environmental impact of salmon farms. Dale Vince ...

Most salmon farms are located in areas where wild salmon migrate. The floating netcages that confine the farmed fish are usually stocked at high densities to maximize profit, creating conditions ...

The same guidance applied to salmon bought from Frankfurt, Paris, Oslo, Boston, San Francisco and Toronto. The most contaminated fish came from farms in Scotland and the Faroe Islands, Denmark.

The report identified 865 million instances of salmon mortality between 2012 and 2022, that mortality increased throughout the decade. The frequency and scale of mass mortality events among farmed ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Salmon is one of the most popular fish in the US, but farming it can cause all kinds of environmental problems. One California startup is growing salmon filets from ...