Pure Salmon News Archive
Chilean Trade Association Blocks Environmental Stakeholders from Attending ISA Conference On November 19, SalmonChile, an industry trade association, and Sernapesca, the Chilean national fisheries service, began its two-day workshop on ISA, a highly contagious disease affecting farmed salmon, but barred environmental organizations from participating in the meeting and gaining access to key information. For more information, read a press release.
At Least One Million Farmed Salmon with Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) Slaughtered
Pure Salmon Visits Norway for Marine Harvest AGM
Pure Salmon Campaign representatives accompanied by global allies from Canada and a labor union representative from Chile attended the Marine Harvest annual general meeting in Norway on June 13th.
Click Here to View Photos of the Trip including fact sheets and an audio issue briefing featuring climate experts.
Video Presentation to Cermaq
Watch Alexandra Morton’s presentation for the 2007 Cermaq Annual General Meeting on the impact of salmon farming on the Broughton Archipelago.
Watch Alexandra Morton’s presentation.
Farmed Fish Eating Contaminated Fish Meal
U.S. investigators found that farm-raised fish have been eating fish meal laced with melamine, the same chemical linked to the recent pet food recall and pet deaths. Find out more.
The Bush Administration Introduces an Open-Ocean Aquaculture Bill
The National Offshore Aquaculture Act would allow industry to establish fish farms in ocean waters three to 200 miles offshore. Find out more.
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