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Environmental impacts of new Avon fish farm unclear
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (280+ words) Wild Fish is disappointed that Wiltshire Council did not undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment "Screening" for a new intensive salmon farm on the Hampshire Avon. The council's reasoning is that the fish farm already existed, was licensed, and simply consisted…...
Farmed salmon: the real traitor
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (603+ words) BAFTA-winning The Traitors has quickly become a cultural phenomenon. Celebrity and civilian versions of the TV show fill the UK's winter evenings with gripping displays of deceit and deception. But the show's real traitor is hiding in plain sight. An…...
Leading chefs join call to take salmon Off The Table
3+ week, 6+ day ago (470+ words) Angela Hartnett OBE and Luke Holder have joined Off The Table'and signed an open letter urging fellow chefs to remove farmed salmon from their menus.' In a joint statement, the high-profile duo encouraged "all chefs to take farmed salmon off…...
Can the government face up to Scotland's salmon decline?
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (530+ words) Timing can be awkward. In the first week of June, Scotland will host the annual meeting of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization " an international inter-governmental body established in 1983 to conserve wild Atlantic salmon. It momentarily puts the village of…...
Barriers and the law
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (602+ words) The streams and rivers of the UK form a network of interconnected highways for migratory fish. But from time immemorial, we have been creating barriers to manage water, create sources of energy, drive machines or even to trap fish. In…...
Wild Fish calls for government action on veterinary medicines
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (322+ words) Today, Wild Fish has joined environmentalists, academics and veterinary professionals in writing an open letter to the Environment Minister, Baroness Hayman of Ullock, to warn that two pesticides commonly used in pet flea and tick treatments " fipronil and imidacloprid " are…...
The Underwater Awakening: How Spring Ignites our Freshwaters
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (633+ words) At this time of year, the signs of spring are hard to miss. The air is filled with the sound of barking foxes and chirping birds, while the landscape shifts into a vibrant green as trees and hedges sprout. But,…...
Update: Wild Fish Court of Appeal outcome
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (290+ words) The Court of Appeal has just given its judgment in our case of Wild Fish v Buckinghamshire, Wilson Homes and Anglian Water, standing by the ruling of the High Court overall, but clarifying that the sewage capacity plans for a…...
Wild Fish Publishes new Veterinary Medicines Report
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (221+ words) Wild Fish will be appearing at a tribunal hearing (HSE v ICO & Wild Fish) on 12 March to fight for access to information on harmful plant protection products (PPPs) used by farmers." PPPs include chemicals such as insecticides, weedkillers and fungicides…...