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Sea Cages are in Bad Company

Here’s why salmon farming qualifies as a harmful industry

Sea cages prioritize profit over environmental protection, harming marine ecosystems and weakening wild salmon populations through interbreeding.
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Displacing Nutrition: The Role of Salmon Aquaculture in Global Inequality

How industrial ocean farming diverts resources from low-income countries and contributes to devastating overfishing at sea

The production of fish feed given to farmed salmon depletes small fish vital to diets in developing countries and strains marine ecosystems.
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