Everybody Loves Atlantic Salmon-Here's the Catch,Diver in Fish Farm Pen

Paul Nicklen

National Geographic

A diver descends through the 80,000 adult Atlantic Salmon. Due to the high demand by buyers, fish farmers pack the fish in their pens as tightly as possible. This allows for the transfer of diseases but primarily it creates the perfect habitat to breed sea lice which have been shown by scientists to wipe out entire runs of wild fish. Also, over 500,000 farmed salmon escape every year in Norway alone. Scientists have shown that these salmon are reproducing in the wild, ultimately lowering the gene pool of wild salmon.

Paul Nicklen, "Everybody Loves Atlantic Salmon-Here's the Catch,Diver in Fish Farm Pen," in POYi Archive, Item #33676, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/33676 (accessed November 23, 2024).