Closing in on Environmentally Sound Salmon Aquaculture: A Fresh Look at Closed Tank Systems

Published by: David Suzuki Foundation and partners
Authored by: Linwood Pendleton, Josh Whitney, Kim Bonine, Kristin Schmelz, Jay Ritchlin, Theresa Rothenbush, Leah Wahlberg
Partners: Raincoast Conservation Society, Friends of Clayoquot Sound, Conservation Strategy Fund

Biodiversity, Oceans and fresh water species at risk, fisheries and aquaculture, economics, conservation, water systems

This report examines the economic rationale for shifting the environmentally unsustainable open net-cage aquaculture industry (implicated in disease transfer, pollution, harm to wild fish populations and a global net loss of fish used in feed) toward a sustainable, closed-tank model. This report was a joint project of the David Suzuki Foundation, Conservation Strategy Fund, Friends of Clayoquot Sound and the Raincoast Conservation Society.