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Investigation: Scottish Salmon 2023
Monstrous sea lice and jellyfish invasions found blighting Atlantic salmon farms during an unprecedented marine heatwave in the Scottish Highlands.
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Monstrous sea lice and jellyfish invasions found blighting Atlantic salmon farms during an unprecedented marine heatwave in the Scottish Highlands.
Join Viva! as we tour the UK, warning fish-eaters that they may be getting more than they bargained for when buying fish… a side of lice!
More than half the fish on our supermarket shelves are reared on intensive fish farms! But what lurks beneath the surface?
Search for ‘images of prawns’ on any search engine. Almost everything that comes up will present prawns in the context as something to be eaten. You’ll find them skewered, boiled or fried. It’s hard to find even a single image of a prawn who is alive. It clearly represents the predominant way in which we view prawns and shrimp; not as living creatures, but as food for humans.
Since 2013, the Scottish salmon farming industry has accrued ‘hidden’ costs amounting to £3.3 billion and is ‘wreaking ruin on marine ecosystems’.
