Pesticides and other chemicals used in aquaculture can also pollute the surrounding waters, and heavy use of antibiotics to treat and prevent disease in the crowded pens spurs development of ...

Fish farms are known to experience outbreaks of sea lice that make their products unmarketable ... Much like with humans, high densities mean it is easier for diseases to be transmitted.' Although ...

The overuse of antibiotics in fish farming can lead to resistant strains of bacteria, complicating disease management. Researchers advocate for the adoption of biosecurity measures and alternative ...

Salmon Tasmania says recent elevated salmon mortalities in fish farms are a reality for all livestock farmers and are caused ...

Barbed-wire jellyfish (Apolemia uvaria) have invaded two Scottish fish farms, killing nearly 200,000 salmon.

Trapped in densely packed pens, the salmon are unable to escape the relentless stings, leaving them with gaping wounds and immense stress.

Scottish salmon farms lost nearly 10 percent of their fish in 2012 to amoebic gill disease; in Chile infectious anemia has killed an estimated two billion dollars’ worth of salmon since 2007.