Biodiversity Loss. Chemicals and excess nutrients from food and feces associated with salmon farms can disturb the flora and fauna on the ocean bottom.

11 февр. 2021 г. · Salmon farming is wreaking ruin on marine ecosystems, through pollution, parasites and high fish mortality rates which are causing billions of pounds a year in ...

The build-up excess nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, from fish waste and uneaten feed in surrounding waters can destroy marine ecosystems. It can ...

21 июл. 2022 г. · Salmon in open-net farms die from parasites, disease, and warming waters at a staggering rate. Estimates are that 15 to 20 percent of farmed ...

27 мая 2024 г. · The establishment of salmon farms can lead to habitat destruction, particularly in coastal areas where mangroves, seagrasses, and other ...

Each year thousands of farmed salmon escape into the natural environment, through human error, severe weather and structural issues. In 2016, there were five ...

Farmed fish that escape in to the wild pose a serious risk to wild species. They can spread disease, create unnatural competition and introduce alien species in ...

30 мая 2023 г. · It is also well documented that salmon lice from the salmon aquaculture industry damage other anadromous species, such as sea trout (Salmo ...

Farmed salmon also contain more toxins than their wild counterparts since their feed contains higher toxin levels. The uneaten food, antibiotics, pesticides ...