This makes Washington state the first place in the world to successfully implement a ban on all new commercial net pens, and ...

Farmed salmon that escaped from a cage in Mayo last year are feared to be breeding with their wild cousins and could weaken the species’ chances of survival. An investigation into the break-out last ...

MSPs have stopped short of calling for a ban on any expansion in the controversial salmon farming sector despite "slow ...

Trapped in densely packed pens, the salmon are unable to escape the relentless stings, leaving them with gaping wounds and ...

Farmed salmon swam over 100km in north/south directions migrating upriver with study highlighting ecological implications ...

Romania will set up and operate its first fish farms in the Black Sea this year, as announced by environment minister Mircea ...

Oven-roasted, hot-smoked or topping a jacket potato, trout is winning favour over salmon for its sustainability and delicate ...

Boom in UK’s biggest food export prompts calls to ‘redouble’ efforts to improve regulation as Holyrood inquiry backs closure ...

Increasingly, the welfare of farmed fish has been in the news - with conditions at RSPCA assured salmon farms one of the issues Chris Packham objected to before he resigned as RSPCA president.

Their research is published on the day of the launch of a key Scottish parliamentary report on the state of the salmon farming industry. According to Animal Equality UK, the reported fish ...

A Scottish parliamentary committee has urged the Scottish government to set a one-year timetable to make significant ...

Chefs and home cooks are increasingly turning their backs on farmed salmon and opting for trout, over concerns about ...