X
.png)
The Icelandic government has drafted the new Aquaculture Bill. Add your voice to help shape the future of Iceland's fjords and wild salmon.
Sign the Petition
IT'S TIME TO TAKE A STAND.
Fjords Are Public Waters: Iceland pays the price of pollution. Norwegian corporations take the profit.
Wild Atlantic Salmon Are at Risk: Sea cages threaten the species, already in decline.
Iceland Can Lead: This bill can set a global standard for modern aquaculture.
Wild Atlantic Salmon Are at Risk: Sea cages threaten the species, already in decline.
Iceland Can Lead: This bill can set a global standard for modern aquaculture.
See What You Can Do
Why This Moment Matters.
This bill is Iceland’s opportunity to lead the transition to safer, modern systems of salmon farming. Decisions made in this bill will shape Iceland’s coast, economy, and reputation for decades.
A growing coalition of Icelandic landowners, scientists, business leaders, and international partners support a phase-out of the sea cages damaging Iceland’s fjords.
We need your voice to shape the Aquaculture Bill. Sign the petition.
A growing coalition of Icelandic landowners, scientists, business leaders, and international partners support a phase-out of the sea cages damaging Iceland’s fjords.
We need your voice to shape the Aquaculture Bill. Sign the petition.
Make Your Voice HEARD
IT'S TIME TO ENACT RESPONSIBLE LAWS
AROUND SALMON FARMING IN ICELAND.
LISTEN
TO THE PEOPLE.
2,300
in response to the CURRENT PROPOSED aquaculture bill.
58,885
PETITION SIGNATURES TO BAN sea cages.
3,000
ICELANDERS AND A CARAVAN OF FARMERS PROTESTED ON the STEPS OF PARLIAMENT.
111
PROMINENT OPEN LETTER SIGNATURES CALLED ON PARLIAMENT TO BAN sea cages.
500,000+
VIEWS OF 1 SOCIAL POST BY NASF AND PATAGONIA CALLING ON PARLIAMENT TO LISTEN.
listento the science.
Everywhere sea cages salmon farms operate, wild salmon populations decline, and the marine environment is degraded. Do not repeat this catastrophe in Iceland.
READ THE OPEN LETTER
25%
is all that remains of the wild North Atlantic salmon population. Declines are greatest near industrial-scale salmon farms.
865 M
farmed salmon died prematurely in mass mortality events in the last decade, according to a peer-reviewed study in the scientific journal Nature.
90%
of the fish caught off the coast of West Africa for aquaculture feed could instead be eaten by people.
500,000
tons of small fish are caught off the coast of West Africa every year for aquaculture feed. It takes more than 1kg of wild-caught fish ground into fishmeal to produce 1kg of farmed salmon.
200,000
farmed salmon in an open-net pen produce as much waste as a city of 65,000 people.
5 icelandic
truths.
Business leaders of Iceland oppose sea cages. This open letter was published on April 4th and May 2nd, 2024.
Read the open letter
about sea cages.
An overview of the toxic practice that 65% of Icelanders oppose*
Quite simply, fish farming companies are profiting at the expense of Iceland’s pristine nature.
Salmon farms populate their sea cages with up to 200,000 lab-harvested Atlantic smolts that are intensively bred to grow fatter and mature faster than wild salmon..
Salmon farms populate their sea cages with up to 200,000 lab-harvested Atlantic smolts that are intensively bred to grow fatter and mature faster than wild salmon..
Explore the issue
seen and
heard.
PROTECTED BY LAW
PROUD OF NATURE
IT’S NOT TOO LATE