From the Amazon to the Atlantic – the hidden link between salmon and soy
17th Nov 25
With COP30 underway, Amelia Cookson reveals how farmed salmon’s appetite for soy is driving deforestation and injustice across the Amazon.
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The power of Poros – Greek communities rising up to resist industrial fish farming
10th Jul 25
In this guest blog, Fay Orfanidou shares how the community on the Greek island of Poros is standing up against industrial fish farming.
Seabass and bream farming is driving global food insecurity and environmental destruction
12th Jun 25
Huge swathes of the Mediterranean have been taken over by industrial-scale seabass and breams farms – boosted by EU and government funding.
Fishy Finances – could your money be propping up ‘Big Salmon’?
1st Apr 25
Uncovering the key findings from our Fishy Finances report – which exposes the industrial salmon farming's biggest financial backers.
Daily Record – Scottish and UK governments blow millions in taxpayer handouts to salmon multinationals
18th Mar 25
A new report has found nearly £17m shelled out in state subsidies to wealthy foreign-owned salmon farming corporations since 2021.
The Fishing Daily – UK and Scottish Governments Accused of Funding Destructive Salmon Farming Industry
13th Mar 25
The UK and Scottish Governments have come under fire for awarding millions of pounds in public money to industrial salmon farming companies.
The Shetland Times – Salmon firm netted £5 million in government handouts
12th Mar 25
Salmon farming companies have enjoyed more funding from the government than they pay in tax.
The Wild Salmon Crisis – Reflections from the Wild Salmon Connections Event
13th Feb 25
Salmon farming is threatening wild salmon populations across the UK. What can we do about it?
Statement on the sourcing of aquafeed for farmed salmon in Scotland and Norway
26th Nov 24
Foodrise's statement on the sourcing of aquafeed for farmed salmon in Scotland and Norway.
Tell Wagamama to Drop Farmed Salmon on World Fisheries Day
21st Nov 24
On World Fisheries Day, join our call for Wagamama to take farmed salmon off its menu to help relieve pressure on wild fish populations.
‘Off The Hook’? – Foodrise’s Response to Wagamama’s Feeble Answers on Farmed Salmon
6th Aug 24
Wagamama have finally revealed that they will be removing Norwegian farmed salmon from their menu, but the battle isn't over yet.
Chris Packham urges Wagamama to remove farmed salmon from menu
18th Jul 24
BBC presenter and naturalist Chris Packham has called on a British restaurant giant to stop serving farmed salmon.
Stop sourcing fish oil from West Africa – international organisations and academics call on the Norwegian government to regulate its salmon farming industry
3rd Jul 24
We sent an open letter to the Norwegian government calling on it to ban the salmon farming industry from sourcing fish oil from West Africa.
When fisheries improvement projects fail to deliver
19th Jun 24
It is time to put a stop to the practice of extracting whole, wild fish in their millions to supply the global feed industry!
Sun, Sea and Suspicious Fish Farms – contrasting impressions from two oceans conferences
7th May 24
In our latest blog, we reflect on two very different experiences at Our Oceans conference in Athens and Seas of Change Summit in Poros.
“No man can be a fisher and lack a wife” – casting light on women’s central role in the fishing industry
8th Mar 24
To celebrate International Women's Day, we explore the history of fishwives and how women play a vital role in the global fishing industry.
Norwegian salmon farms gobble up fish that could feed millions in Africa
27th Feb 24
Norwegian salmon farms are taking huge amounts of wild fish from West Africa, mining the food security of the region, according to a report.
Blue Empire – How your supermarket salmon is impacting communities in West Africa
1st Feb 24
Our new report, Blue Empire, exposes how the expansion of Norway's salmon farming industry is harming communities in the Global South.
The hidden cost of your supermarket salmon
31st Jan 24
Fish sold by major retailers in Europe is harming food security in west Africa.
Urgent Call to Address the Crisis in West Africa
19th Jan 24
We’ve launched a petition, in partnership with Eko and Wild Fish, calling for Wagamama to drop farmed salmon from its menu.
How Fishmeal Factories Put Food Out of Reach for Communities in The Gambia
9th Jun 23
Campaigners urge greater scrutiny of aquaculture, which relies on wild-caught fish as feed.
The healthiest way to eat salmon, the ‘chicken of the sea’
3rd May 23
If this mass-market fish is no longer a luxury but part of a powerful global industry, how should we be buying and eating it?
NGO contacts UK gov’t in view of legal challenge over aquaculture regulation
25th Jan 23
Lawyers representing environmental campaign group Foodrise have written to the UK government
New legal challenge to the “awful business” of salmon factory farming
25th Jan 23
UK government faces threat of legal action over its failure to regulate the growing fish farming industry
