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• Comisión mixta despacha Ley de Pesca y Acuicultura
  (Mixed Commission submits the General Law of Fishery and Aquaculture)
  La Nación - March 10, 2010


• Subpesca No Podrá Renovar Concesiones con Multas Laborales
  (Subpesca will not be allowed to renew aquaculture tenures having labor fines)
  Estrategia - March 10, 2010


• Lakselus gir stans i oppdrettsvekst
  (Lice for suspension of farming growth)
  NRK - March 9, 2010


• Celia Brauer: Recovery of Fraser River sockeye calls for Olympian effort by inquiry
  The Straight - March 8, 2010


• B.C. fish farm ‘not negligent’ in escape
  CBC News - March 8, 2010


• Farmed salmon lice problems exaggerated 'millionfold' (subscription required)
  Intrafish - March 8, 2010


• Lousy Disinformation
  Dissident Voice - March 8, 2010


• Farmed salmon lice problems exaggerated 'millionfold' (subscription required)
  Intrafish - March 8, 2010


• What a week!
  Alexandra Morton - March 7, 2010


• Forecast not looking good for B.C.'s salmon stocks this year
  The Vancouver Sun - March 6, 2010


• ASFB calls for Tesco to act against ‘incompetent’ salmon producers
  Between the Lines blog - March 5, 2010


• Just let me know
  Courier-Islander - March 5, 2010


• Maybe the truth hurts
  Courier-Islander - March 5, 2010


• Public interest is not being very well served
  The Courier-Islander - March 5, 2010


• Wild Salmon Advocates Take Letter to Norwegian King at Olympic Nordic Ski Race
  YouTube - March 4, 2010


• Dirty secrets of farmed salmon: Raising salmon for consumption is wreaking havoc on wild fish populations - perhaps our bodies, too
  News Review - March 4, 2010


• Salmon run concerns
  South Delta Leader - March 4, 2010


• Safe, Sustainable Farmed Salmon?
  Dr Weil - March 4, 2010


• Chile's quake benefits B.C. salmon farmers
  Alberni Valley Times - March 4, 2010


• Plight of Pacific Salmon Uncertain
  NBC News - March 3, 2010


• NGOs win; force release of sea lice data in Canada (subscription required)
  Intrafish - March 3, 2010


• B.C. ordered to release data on farmed fish - Privacy czar tells province to make health files public
  The Times Colonist - March 3, 2010


• Norwegian salmon needs German makeover (subscription required)
  Intrafish - March 2, 2010


• Top Cermaq exec departs (subscription required)
  Intrafish - March 2, 2010


• Federal government urged to protect B.C. wild salmon
  The Globe and Mail - March 2, 2010


• Ministry must release sea lice records, commissioner rules
  The Vancouver Sun - March 2, 2010


• Anger over latest escape of young salmon; call to move fish farms to land-based units
  The Press and Journal - March 6, 2010


• Where are the salmon?
  PCC Sound Consumer - March 2010


• Cermaq: salmon farming foes ‘lack credibility’
  Intrafish - February 25, 2010


• Fending off critics, Cermaq reaches out to Canada Natives
  Intrafish - February 25, 2010


• Salmon-farm expansion draws lawsuit threat
  Times Colonist - February 25, 2010


• Salmon virus tilts scales in favour of British Columbia
  The Globe and Mai - February 24, 2010


• Open-net fish farms deserve blame
  Lillooet News - February 24, 2010


• Endless cycle of Fraser salmon inquiries
  Times Colonist - February 24, 2010


• Recirculating aquaculture systems: The future of fish farming?
  Christian Science Monitor - February 24, 2010


• Government fiddlers
  Courier-Islander - February 24, 2010


• The industrial model of aquaculture is unsustainable
  Telegraph-Journal - February 24, 2010


• More people want farmed salmon out of oceans
  Times Colonist - February 24, 2010


• 'Unlikely' simply not good enough
  Courier-Islander - February 24, 2010


• Ecojustice threatens lawsuit against Ottawa over fish-farm expansion
  The Globe and Mail - February 23, 2010


• Morton: Sea lice becoming drug-resistant
  The Tyee - February 23, 2010


• Fish farms are a result of wild stock decline
  Courier-Islander - February 19, 2010


• Lobster death raises questions
  CBC - February 18, 2010


• Pesticides in bay cause of concern for local fisherman
  Beyond Pesticides blog - February 18, 2010


• Lobster death raises questions: Drug resistant sea lice in eastern Canada raise concerns over drug use
  CBC News – February 18, 2010


• Situasjonen for villaksen er kritisk (The situation for wild salmon is critical)
  Jagt og Fiske- February 16, 2010


• Grieg Seafood chooses lower-risk approach
  Campbell River Mirror – February 16, 2010


• Plague of 'super lice' threatens wild salmon
  Caledonian Mercury – February 16, 2010


• Aquaculture expansion in BC frozen until December 2010
  Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform – February 12, 2010
  
  
• Sea lice issues cause concern
  Courier-Islander – February 12, 2010
  
  
• Why do we still accept fish farms?
  Oceanside Star – February 11, 2010
  
  
• Dette skader norsk omdømme - Både SV og Høyre er bekymret for bråket rundt norsk oppdrett i utlandet
  Dagbladet – February 10, 2010
  
  
• Indianerhøvdinger til sultestreik mot norske laksetopper - Protesterer mot norsk oppdrett under OL i Vancouver
  Dagbladet – February 10, 2010
  
  
• Setter sin lit til Cecilie Fredriksen - Hun skal arve John Fredriksens lakseimperium
  Dagbladet – February 10, 2010
  
  
• Marine Harvest labor dispute to be heard by human rights tribunal (subscription required)
  Intrafish – February 9, 2010
  
  
• Suzuki Foundation twists its facts
  North Island Gazette – February 9, 2010
  
  
• Another moratorium for fish farming
  Campbell River Mirror – February 9, 2010
  
  
• Loblaw focuses on 'sustainable' fish sources
  Ottawa Citizen – February 6, 2010
  
  
• Farmed salmon fighters to beseech Norway's king
  Intrafish - February 5, 2010
  
  
• Wild salmon advocates to leverage Olympics: Pure Salmon Campaign hopes to hand deliver letter to Norway’s King
  Pique Newsmagazine – February 3, 2010
  
  
• Oppfordrer til boikott av norsk laks under OL
  BT - February 3, 2010
  
  
• Vil boikotte norsk laks under OL
  DN - February 3, 2010
  
  
• MSC protesters take B.C. sockeye salmon fight to Paris (registration required)
  Intrafish – February 3, 2010
  
  
• Tuna, aquaculture and social issues hot topics at 2010 Seafood Summit (PDF)
  Seafood Choices – February 2, 2010
  
  
• King Harald should have accepted an invitation to dinner from Indian chieftain Chief Joseph, said the party red
  Sami – February 2, 2010
  
  
• Norway's King to focus on Games, not interest groups
  The Globe and Mail - February 2, 2010
  
  
• Villaksforkjempere i USA klager på norsk markedsføring
  Dagbladet – January 28, 2010
  
  
• Target Eliminates Farmed Salmon From All Target Stores
  PR Newswire – January 26, 2010
  
  
• Presentan reclamo contra el SAG por denegar información sobre antibióticos usados en salmonicultura
  Aqua – December 11, 2009
  
  
• Presentan reclamo contra el SAG por denegar información sobre antibióticos usados en salmonicultura
  Publimetro – December 10, 2009
  
  
• In search of new waters, fish farming moves offshore
  Yale Environment 360 – December 3, 2009
  
  
• Comisión de Hacienda del Senado aprueba concesiones acuícolas a 25 años e hipotecables
  Aqua – December 2, 2009
  
  
• Centros con brote de virus ISA se mantienen en tres
  Aqua – December 1, 2009
  
  
• Katastrofe kan ramme norsk oppdrett: Tror Norge kan bli det nye Chile.
  Dagens Naringsliv – December 1, 2009
  
  
• Lover gigantsatsing mot lakselus: Etter kraftig kritikk fra miljøbevegelsen lover oppdrettsnæringen nå én milliard til kampen mot lakselus.
  NRK – November 30, 2009
  
  
• WWF study warns of salmon escapes
  FIS – November 26, 2009
  
  
• Salmoneros respaldan límites a importación de ovas, pero ven efectos en competitividad
  Mundo – November 25, 2009
  
  
• Salmón chileno sigue siendo en su mayoría de origen noruego
  Aqua – November 25, 2009
  
  
• Hasta 1,7 millón de salmones se escapan de centros anualmente
  Diario Financiero – November 25, 2009
  
  
• Salmon farming fury
  The Irish Times – November 23, 2009
  
  
• Debunking our 'fetish of the fresh'
  The Globe and Mail – November 24, 2009
  
  
• Feds show some guts with fish
  The Times – November 20, 2009
  
  
• Socked: Another inquiry into vanishing stocks
  The Economist – November 19, 2009
  
  
• Fish being wiped out to feed farm animals, study says
  Vancouver Sun – November 18, 2009
  
  
• Mener oppdrettsnæringen tømmer havene for fisk
  NRK – November 12, 2009
  
  
• Kritisk film om norsk oppdrettsnæring
  TV2 – November 11, 2009
  
  
• Vil ha strenge regler for oppdrett
  NRK – November 9, 2009
  
  
• Harper orders judicial inquiry into collapse of B.C. salmon runs
  Vancouver Sun – November 6, 2009
  
  
• Investigador estima "indispensable" cierre de importación de ovas
  Aqua – November 5, 2009
  
  
• Saumons d'élevage : du bio dans le bassin ?
  TSR – November 3, 2009
  
  
• ISA Strikes Again
  The Shetland News – October 31, 2009
  
  
• The great escape: 60,000 salmon on loose
  The Scotsman – October 28, 2009
  
  
• Investigation: How sushi gets to Pret
  The Daily Telegraph – October 25, 2009
  
  
• Investigation: How farm fishing boom in Chile threatens eco disaster
  The Daily Telegraph – October 25, 2009
  
  
• 40,000 fish escape farm: Gillnetters near Sointula report catching Atlantic salmon
  Times Colonist – October 24, 2009
  
  
• Nytt dødsfall ved Fredriksen-anlegg i Chile
  Norwatch – October 22, 2009
  
  
• Confirman muerte del tripulante de lancha a motor “Doña Amelia” que se volcó en Calbuco
  Radio Bio-Bio – October 21, 2009
  
  
• Offshore fish farm plans require staff to live at sea
  The Scotsman – October 7, 2009
  
  
• Quel saumon dans votre assiette ? Le sauvage cache bien son jeu !
  TSR – October 6, 2009
  
  
• Aquaculture Tenures, the pending discussion (in Spanish)
  La Tercera - September 29, 2009, 2009
  
  
• Marine Harvest sued for seizing salmon
  FI S – September 18, 2009
  
  
• Fraser River sockeye fry had little chance because of fish farms
  Times Colonist – September 7, 2009
  
  
• Rules Guiding Fish Farming in the Gulf Are Readied
  The New York Times – September 3, 2009
  
  
• How Farm-Raised Salmon Are Turning Our Oceans Into Dangerous and Polluted Feedlots
  AlterNet - September 2, 2009, 2009
  
  
• Consequences of the "Chilean Miracle": The Salmon Farms and the Privatization of the Sea
  CIP Americas Program - August 21, 2009
  
  
• Overleverte protestbrev til kongen
  NRK TV - August 18, 2009
  
  
• Millions of missing fish signal crisis on the Fraser River
  The Globe and Mail - August 13, 2009
  
  
• Justice, in the wake of ISA
  FIS - July 29, 2009
  
  
• Investigation the origin of the ISA virus
  Fish Farming Xpert - July 29, 2009
  
  
• Chile opens books on salmon antibiotic use
  IntraFish - July 29, 2009 (Subscription Required)
  
  
• Arrate critica proyecto que busca "privatizar el mar"
  El Mercurio - July 28, 2009
  
  
• Wal-Mart Stops Buying Chile Salmon on Virus Outbreak
  Bloomberg - July 13, 2009
  
  
• Doble estándar de firmas noruegas (English version)
  Olach - July 9, 2009
  
  
• Norway fish farms thrive under ecologists' watchful eye
  AFP - June 22, 2009
  
  
• Tangled lines: Fish farms and anglers bait each other
  Living Scotsman - June 20, 2009
  
  
• Cermaq bøtelagt for å ha sparket gravid
  Dagbladet - June 18, 2009
  
  
• Redningen for oppdrettsnæringen: Oppdrett av laksefisk er en sammenhengende suksesshistorie og er i dag vår nest største eksportnæring. Men medaljen har en stygg bakside, med store skader på miljøet både i Norge og internasjonalt.
  Bergens Tidende - June 15, 2009
  
  
• Sinte chilenere i Norge
  Ukeavisen Ledelse - June 5, 2009
  
  
• Observations on closed containment fish farm in Norway
  Ah-Kwa-Mish First Nations - May 29, 2009
  
  
• Marine Harvest Is Warned That New Acuaculture Law Will Not Resolve Environmental Crisis of Salmon Farming Companies
  Oceana - May 28, 2009
  
  
• De døde for norsk oppdrett: I gjennomsnitt omkommer tre chilenere årlig på jobb for de norskeeide oppdrettsgigantene Marine Harvest og Cermaq
  Dagbladet - May 27, 2009
  
  
• Marine Harvest pressured to green its practices
  FIS - May 27, 2009
  
  
• Salmon companies quizzed
  IntraFish - May 27, 2009 (Subscription Required)
  
  
• Norwegian politicians sucked in to sob story-again
  FishFarmingXpert - May 27, 2009
  
  
• Urfolk i Saltkjeen
  Hordaland Folkeblad - May 26, 2009
  
  
• Anti-farmed salmon campaigners get hearing in Norwegian parliament
  Seafood News - May 26, 2009 (Subscription Required)
  
  
• Calls on Marine Harvest to reform environmental performance
  Grow Fish - May 26, 2009
  
  
• Group urges Marine Harvest to reform practices
  Seafood Source - May 26, 2009
  
  
• Invitasjon til filmvisning - Truer norsk grådighet villaksen i Canada?
  Naturvernforbund - May 26, 2009
  
  
• Har tru på lukka oppdrett
  Hordaland Folkebald - May 26, 2009
  
  
• Pure Salmon Campaign Calls on Marine Harvest to Reform Environmental Performance
  Pure Salmon Campaign - May 25, 2009
  
  
• Kjære Norge, hjelp oss!
  IntraFish - May 25, 2009 (Subscription Required)
  
  
• Ut mot oppdrett
  Mandag - May 25, 2009
  
  
• Exigen a salmonicultora elevar estándares ambientales
  Invertia - May 22th, 2009
  
  
• Complaint to OECD on Cermaq
  HF - May 20, 2009
  
  
• Help us save the wild salmon in Canada
  Naturvernforbund - May 20, 2009
  
  
• Exigen a salmonera noruega elevar los estándares ambientales que aplica en Chile
  Mundo Acuicola - May 20th, 2009
  
  
• Vil ha felles miljøstandarder for lakseoppdrett - SVs Heikki Holmås vil ha felles miljøstandarder med land der norske laksegiganter beskyldes for miljøødeleggelser.
  TV 2 Nyhetene - May 20, 2009
  
  
• Vil ha felles miljøstandarder - Heikki Holmås (SV) vil ha felles miljøstandarder med land der norske laksegiganter beskyldes for miljøødeleggelser
  Lofot Tidende - May 20, 2009
  
  
• Tyr til propaganda - Oppdrettsgiganten Marine Harvest beklager utspillet til oppdrettskritiker Alexandra Morton, som har truet med aksjoner mot dem
  Finnmarken - May 20, 2009
  
  
• Laksebransjen taler med to tunger - Norske lakseprodusenter følger én miljøstandard i Norge og en annen i utlandet
  E24 - May 19, 2009

• Snakker med to tunger om laksen - Norske lakseprodusenter følger én miljøstandard i Norge og en annen i utlandet
  Stavanger Aftenblad/Lofotposten - May 19, 2009
  

• Lakseoppdretterne taler med to tunger
  Naturvernforbund - May 19, 2009

• Da ville vi sett mindre sykdom på laks - Mange fra Chile og Canada hevder at norske lakseprodusenter snakker med to tunger
  Hegnar - May 19, 2009

• Lakseoppdretterne taler med to tunger - Norske lakseprodusenter følger én miljøstandard i Norge og en annen i utlandet
  E24/Sunnmørsposten - May 19, 2009
  
  
• Borten Moe vil ha svar - Lederen i næringskomiteen på Stortinget, Ola Borten Moe (Sp), lover å se nærmere på påstandene om oppdrettsnæringen
  Fremover - May 19, 2009
  
  
• Refser regjeringen - Høyres miljøtalsmann Peter S. Gitmark forlanger at staten som eier tar oppdrettskritikerne på alvor
  Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad - May 19, 2009
  
  
• Vil ikke ha egne miljøkomiteer - Verken Cermaq eller Marine Harvest ser noen grunn til å opprette en egen miljøkomité, slik Pure Salmon Campaign krever
  Firdaposten - May 19, 2009
  
  
• Vurderer aksjoner mot lakseoppdrettere - Oppdrettskritiker og biolog Alexandra Morton truer med aksjoner mot norske oppdrettsgiganter i Canada
  Stjørdalens Blad - May 19, 2009
  
  
• Innklager Cermaq til OECD
  Naturvernforbund - May 19, 2009
  
  
• OECD complaint (PDF)
  
  
• KAFN urge Cermaq to embrace the spirit and intent of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  KAFN - May 19, 2009
  
  
• Vurderer aksjoner mot lakseoppdrettere - Oppdrettskritiker og biolog Alexandra Morton truer med aksjoner mot norske oppdrettsgiganter i Canada
  Rogaland Avis - May 19, 2009
  
  
• Vil ikke ha egne miljøkomiteer - Verken Cermaq eller Marine Harvest ser noen grunn til å opprette en egen miljøkomité, slik Pure Salmon Campaign krever
  Rogaland Avis - May 19, 2009
  
  
• Borten Moe vil ha svar
  Siste - May 19, 2009
  
  
• Refser regjeringen
  Jarlsberg - May 19, 2009
  
  
• Pure Salmon Campaign targets Cermaq
  Seafood Source - May 19, 2009
  
  
• En Noruega expondrán precariedad laboral y ambiental de las salmoneras
  OLACH - May 19, 2009
  
  
• Expondrán en Noruega precariedad laboral y ambiental de las salmoneras
  El Mostrador - May 19, 2009
  
  
• En Noruega expondrán situación laboral y ambiental de las salmoneras
  Mundo Acuicola - May 19, 2009
  
  
• NGO meets with salmon producers
  IntraFish - May 19, 2009 (Subscription Required)
  
  
• International focus on major problems with farmed salmon industry
  Friends of the Earth Norway - May 18, 2009
  
  
• Pure Salmon Campaign Urges Cermaq to Protect Wild Salmon, Relocate Salmon Farms
  Pure Salmon Campaign - May 18, 2009
  
  
• Pure Salmon Campaign Urges Cermaq to Protect Wild Salmon, Relocate Salmon Farms
  PR Newswire - May 18, 2009
  
  
• Scottish sustainable aquaculture campaigner to join delegation to Norwa
  Sea Trout Group - May 14, 2009
  
  
• Pew Environment Group: FDA must crackdown on unapproved drug use by salmon farms
  Pew Environment Group - April 23, 2009
  
  
• U.S. FDA Reports Show Unapproved Chemicals Used by Largest Chilean Salmon Farms
  Pure Salmon Campaign - February 5, 2009
  
  
• Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council Vote to Allow Fish Farms in Federal Waters
  Pure Salmon Campaign - January 28, 2009
  
  
• Aquaculture is harming the environment
  Rochester, Minn. Post-Bulletin - November 25, 2008
  
  
• BC Premier Gordon Campbell Asked to Protect Wild Salmon (PDF)
  Pure Salmon Campaign -November 7, 2008
  
  
• A Seafood Snob Ponders the Future of Fish
  New York Times -November 15, 2008
  
  
• Organic definition for fish flounders
  Chicago Tribune - November 15, 2008
  
  
• Facing Deadly Fish Virus, Chile Introduces Reforms
  New York Times - September 4, 2008
  
  

• Chile Salmon Industry Faces Mounting Criticism in Magallanes
  
  
• Global Assessment of Closed System Aquaculture Report Released
  
  
• Statement: Study Shows Sea Lice from Salmon Farms May Lead to Collapse of Regional Wild Fish Stocks
  
  
• Letter: 33 groups urge Marine Harvest to remove salmon farms to protect wild fish (PDF)
  
  
• No Salmon Farms Near Wild Salmon
  
  
• Statement: On the Resignation of Marine Harvest CEO Atle Aide
  
  
• Slaughter of at Least One Million Farmed Salmon Contaminated By ISA
  
  
• Statement: On The Potential Outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) in Chilean Salmon Farms
  
  
• Statement: On New Chilean Government Initiatives to Combat Sea Lice
  
  
• Statement: On the FDA Banning Imported Farmed Fish from China
  
  
• Statement: On NOAA's Aquaculture Summit
  
  
• Closed Containment as a Solution and Pure Salmon Trip to Pressure Marine Harvest Highlighted in Recent Canadian News Broadcast
  
  
• Environmental, Labor and Social Problems With Salmon Farming in Chile Highlighted in Recent News Broadcast
  
  
• Marine Harvest Ignores Shareholder Resolution, Refuses to Reform Company's Executive Compensation Policies
  
  
• Chilean Labor Unions Unite, Protest Substandard Industry Practices
  
  
• Cermaq Ignores Shareholder Resolution, Refuses to Clean Up Its Act
  
  
• Farmed Fish Eating Contaminated Fish Meal
  
  
• The Bush Administration Introduces an Open-Ocean Aquaculture Bill
  
  
• Fifty-one sea lions die at a Canadian fish farm
  
  
• Marine Harvest CEO Divests Fully from His Company
  
  
• USDA temporarily excludes farmed fish from "organic" standards
  
  
• Groups Praise Committee Recommendation to Exclude Farmed Salmon From Organic Standards
  
  
• American Consumers Being Misled by "Organic" Salmon Sold in the U.S.
  
  
• Crystal Violet: Marine Harvest and AquaChile named
  
  
• FTC Finds Farmed-Salmon Ad Misleading
  
  
• Free or Farmed, When Is a Fish Really Organic?
  
  
• National Organics Standards Board Meets to Discuss Standards for Organic Aquaculture
  
  
• Americans Leery Of Potential USDA Organic Label For Farmed Seafood
  
  
• Co-Authors of Farmed Salmon Study Discuss Findings
  
  
• National Academy of Science finds Sea Lice from Salmon Farms have Devastating Effects on Wild Salmon
  
  
• Label Coloured Farmed Salmon, Group Urges
  
  
• Wild Salmon put at Risk as a Million Farmed Fish Escape
  
  
• Flaws Found During Russian Inspection of Norwegian Seafood Producers
  
  
• There Is Growing Community Opposition to a Salmon Farm in Nova Scotia's Port Mouton Bay
  
  
• Did you know this . . . . Organic seafood, there's no such thing!
  
  
• UK's Office of Fair Trading to Investigate Merger of Pan Fish and Marine Harvest