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.
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‘Off The Hook’? – Feedback’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 Feedback 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
Green campaigners issue legal threat over fish farming regulation
25th Jan 23
Environmental campaigners have threatened the government with legal action over its recently published Joint Fisheries Statement
Our survival depends on the ocean
20th Dec 22
This is about our fish, he said. This is about African fish.
Scottish salmon’s unsustainable appetite – Who benefits?
24th Aug 22
The Scottish salmon industry has been given the green light to double the production of salmon by 2030. But at what cost?
What does a farmed salmon eat? Lots of nutritious wild fish…
3rd Mar 22
Salmon are farmed using fish oil and meal made from millions of tonnes of wild-caught fish most of which are food-grade.
Wild fish stocks squandered to feed farmed salmon, study finds
3rd Mar 22
Wealthy nations accused of depriving poorer ones of nutrient-rich food and wasting mackerel, sardine and anchovy stocks.
Swap salmon for sardines to keep 4 million tonnes of fish in the sea
2nd Mar 22
A leading cause of overfishing is, ironically, the demand for fish feed. Over 1/3 of all fish caught worldwide are fed to farmed animals.
Tale of a tiny fish
11th Jan 22
The tale of the disappearing yaboi - a tiny nutritious fish from Senegal.
Should you buy farmed salmon?
14th Oct 21
Feedback estimates that UK farmed salmon consume roughly the same amount of wild-caught fish as purchased by the entire UK human population.
Scottish salmon scandal – where is all the money going?
12th Aug 21
Think Scottish Sea Farms is actually Scottish? Think again...