Bodies piled up against the edge of the pen, skin flaking off, pink flesh to the sky. From above, a glut of dead fish ripples in time with the waves. This is the scene of a marine horror film—each ...

Huge project by Norwegian-owned Scottish Sea Farms gets go-ahead amid concerns over the environmental cost of fish farming and threat to traditional way of life ...

Norway is the largest exporter of salmon in the world. And while some of those fish are wild-caught, many are raised in "fish farms"- large cylindrical pens made of nylon in the open water. Sometimes ...

Former REC chair Edward Mountain says Scotland’s salmon industry must cut mortalities before expanding further.

Environmental advocates warn mass fish deaths risk becoming "the new normal" ...

Scotland is the world’s third-largest producer of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), after Norway and Chile. The industry is seeking to significantly increase production in Scotland, driven by ...

EACH SUMMER, on the banks of the Orkla river in western Norway, the Grindal Salmon Lodge attracts anglers seeking a bucket-list fish. The season for wild Atlantic salmon, which swim upstream from the ...

At dawn in Tombo, one of Sierra Leone’s largest fishing towns, small-scale fishers begin landing fish from the sea. A portion of the catch is sold at the landing sites, while the rest is taken home to ...

HARDANGERSFJORD, NORWAY - Jørgen Wengaard steers around the rocky islands of a fjord, his boat cutting through the water’s still surface, sending ripples toward silent forested shores. But here in the ...