The salmon farming industry may present a front of confidence and optimism, but behind the public relations image is a reality of threat and fear.
The situation in Norway—from which the industry spread to Scotland, Chile, and Canada’s east and west coasts—shows the direction salmon farming is headed. It is not a healthy future.
In Norwegian salmon farms, viral diseases proliferate and sea lice are developing resistance to the pesticide of choice, emamectin benzoate (aka SLICE).
Damage to the native Atlantic salmon may be serious and irreversible.
