#salmonfarms — Public Fediverse posts

@Caccabus One of the problems is mass-produced salmon: 147 fish are killed to feed every farmed salmon. As well as fish being mashed up to make fertiliser. We need a new model where fishing is only for food
#SalmonFarms #Ecology

Protecting salmon farming over the environment – Australia’s nature laws take another hit. A bill introduced this week could strip the government’s power to reconsider environment approvals—even when salmon farming is causing harm.

Another step backwards for nature. #ProtectOurOceans #NatureLaws #Auspol #SalmonFarms #MaugeanSkate

https://theconversation.com/protecting-salmon-farming-at-the-expense-of-the-environment-another-step-backwards-for-australias-nature-laws-252814

This might be the best thing you see today. Maybe ever! 🤣

#WilliamShatner #SalmonFarms #WildSalmon #Canada

Global News BC: Advocates, salmon farm industry at odds over B.C. herring deaths https://globalnews.ca/news/10149402/herring-bycatch-bc-salmon-farms/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Environment #SalmonFarms #BCSalmon #herring #Salmon

The continuing adventures of independent scientists in documenting the impact of Atlantic salmon farms on wild Pacific salmon on the west coast of Canada.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2023-0039
#SeaLice #SalmonFarms #ChumSalmon #PinkSalmon #FisheriesPolicy #Canada #DFO #Science #GuerrillaScience

Global News BC: Coalition of First Nations in B.C. backs salmon farm pen closure https://globalnews.ca/news/9900171/first-nations-salmon-farm-pen-closure/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BritishColumbia #salmonenclosure #farmedsalmon #Environment #SalmonFarms #B.C.salmon #FarmedFish #salmonpens #wildsalmon #FishFarms #Politics #Justice #Salmon

#Pesticide safety limit watered down after industry lobbying

Proposed safety limits for a toxic pesticide used on #salmonfarms have been made 23 times weaker after behind-the-scenes pressure from the industry.

Profit before people. Very bad news.

https://theferret.scot/pesticide-safety-limit-industry-lobbying/

#DepartmentOfFisheriesAndOceans is being flooded w/calls for #change after a #ParliamentaryCommittee #examined how the #FederalAgency conducts, interprets & acts on its own science.
#Investigation ended with 49 #recommendations to address #concerns about how #DFO #science is presented to the #FisheriesMinister & public before #important #political #decisions are made — particularly those involving #BritishColumbia #SalmonFarms or commercial #fisheries on either coast.

https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_c4b2fa69-34e7-5bd8-b4f5-29fb164f9ea1.html

#salmonfarms help take pressure off wild stocks, the penned fish do produce a lot of waste which is concentrated at one location. A new farm is exploring a solution to that problem, by raising #salmon and #kelp in adjacent pens.

https://newatlas.com/environment/fish-farm-salmon-kelp/

The head of #Tasmania 's #epa has confirmed the state's largest #fishfarms tried to prevent a report on #antibiotic use in its #fish pens being released because it was 'commercial in confidence'. #salmon #SalmonFarms

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-27/epa-tassal-salmon-farmer-antibiotic-report-release/102026738

How the science behind salmon farms and sea lice became so contentious
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/salmon-farms-science-1.6756824 #Science #SalmonFarms #SeaLice #Canada

Global News BC: B.C. Indigenous coalition opposes Ottawa’s decision to shut down 15 salmon farms https://globalnews.ca/news/9497018/bc-indigenous-coalition-opposes-ottawas-salmon-farms/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CoalitionOfFirstNationsForFinfishStewardship #B.C.SalmonFarmersAssociation #FisheriesMinisterJoyceMurray #Laich-kwil-tachFirstNations #FederalGovernment #OpenNetFishFarms #BCFirstNations #BCsalmonfarms #Perspectives #BCIndigenous #Environment #BCfishfarms #SalmonFarms #Politics

Global News BC: Ottawa to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.’s coast to protect wild fish https://globalnews.ca/news/9496101/ottawa-to-shut-15-salmon-farms-off-b-c-s-coast-to-protect-wild-fish/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #salmonfarmsclosed #DiscoveryIslands #salmonprotection #B.C.fishfarms #Environment #SalmonFarms #salmonfarm #wildsalmon #FishFarms #FishFarm #Fishery #Salmon #Fish

Global News BC: Ottawa aims to reduce size of salmon fishing industry by buying licences https://globalnews.ca/news/9348991/ottawa-reduce-salmon-fishing-industry-buying-licences/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #FisheriesandOceansCanada #commercialfishing #FishingIndustry #salmonindustry #pacificsalmon #Environment #SalmonFarms #FishFarms #Politics #BCSalmon #Salmon #DFO