Aquaculture and Wild Atlantic Salmon and Sea Trout It is beyond doubt that wild Atlantic salmon and sea trout can suffer from the presence of open pen salmon aquaculture, due primarily to a combination of harm from sea lice infestations and interbreeding with farm escapees. These problems have severely impacted individual populations of wild salmon and sea trout. It is for this reason the Atlantic Salmon Trust remains strongly opposed to unsustainable open pen aquaculture. The Atlantic Salmon Trust recognises…
As part of the aftermath of Storm Brendan it was recently disclosed that 73,600 salmon, averaging 1.9 kg, escaped when… More