The North Atlantic Salmon Fund (NASF) and the Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) have awarded five Greenland salmon fishers 5,000 Danish krone each, about $1,000 Canadian, for their participation in a new citizen science project. All licensed fishermen who submitted catch reports and included a scale sample and fin clip from at least one fish were… Read more »
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Farmed salmon factories pump microplastics into Iceland‘s clean waters (and on the consumer‘s plate)
This shocking video from environmentalist Veiga Grétarsdóttir sheds light on the massive microplastic pollution coming from open net pen fish farms. According to Veiga‘s observations, up to 1,5 tons of micro plastics are released into the Westfjords of Iceland each year from fish farms. 64.000 plastic bottles! To put this into perspective, 1,5 tons… Read more »