Factory Farmed Salmon Full of Disease and Hazardous Chemicals

Mortalities on fish farms appear to be on the rise, likely due to sea lice and infectious diseases that plague the captive fish.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Record levels of mortalities were uncovered on Scottish fish farms in 2017 — 25,000 tons amounting to an estimated 15 million to 20 million farmed salmon, which is a mortality rate of 26.7%

• The mortalities appear to be on the rise, increasing from 5,000 tons in 2002 and 10,000 tons in 2011

• The Scottish Parliament's Environment, Climate Ch…