The New Fish

“A searing indictment of the externalities and inequities inflicted by a profit-obsessed aquaculture industry – and a clarion call to protect, restore – and cherish - the Earth’s life-giving natural systems.” --  Joseph Bogaard, executive director, Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition

In a prizewinning five-year investigation, authors Simen Sætre and Kjetil Østli produced a comprehensive evaluation of the detrimental effects of salmon farming. From lice to escapees, from concentrated sea-pen waste in the fjords through which wild salmon swim to the fact that salmon farming causes a net reduction of protein reaped from the ocean, the results don’t look good. Recent victories, such as the banning of net-pen fish farms in the waters of Washington State, are an indication that we are awakening to the environmental price of engineered fish. But will it be soon enough?

"A chilling account for anyone interested in food, the environment, and the consequences of toying with nature."—Robert O’Harrow, contributing writer, The Washington Post

“A fast paced and engrossing read you can’t put down. And when you do? It will leave you pissed off and newly mission driven. -- Anne Shaffer, PhD, Coastal Watershed Institute