Decades of data re-examined: Salmon farms pose minimal risk to wild stocks says study

Peer-reviewed study challenges narrative on salmon farm pathogen risk. A new academic review challenges the dominant scientific and political consensus that open-net pen salmon farming poses a long-term threat to wild salmon stocks. The paper, published in the peer-reviewed journal Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, argues that the evidence for harm from farm-origin pathogens is overstated, … Continue reading Decades of data re-examined: Salmon farms pose minimal risk to wild stocks says study