#Act4 FarmAnimals According to a recent report, no other animal farming uses less antibiotics than Norwegian aquaculture: In 2019, Norwegian salmon farms have near eliminated the use of antibiotics. Norwegian salmon farming sees continued drop in antibiotics use 12 October 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals What is fish welfare? Why is it that we accept the high mortality rate in salmon production? And is it okay to sacrifice cleaner fish in order to save our treasured salmon? Salmon Group took a closer look at these and other frequently asked questions about fish farming and joins the discussion on fish welfare in fish farming aiming to contribute to improving the entire industry also in this area by publishing their first report on fish welfare in fish farming. Industry joins the discussion on fish welfare in fish farming and publishes report 12 October 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Dyrevenalliansen is proud to announce that Norwegian retailer and long time-collaborator Rema 1000 - retaining approximately one third of the chicken sold in the Norwegian grocery market and is one out of three major Norwegian supermarket companies - has been awarded the Good Chicken Award by Compassion in World Farming Good Chicken Award to Norwegian retailer Rema 1000 29 June 2020 Dyrevernalliansen
#Act4 FarmAnimals The first version of the Havfarm, the huge ship-shaped salmon farm built in China for Norwegian farmer Nordlaks, has been loaded on to a specialist vessel ahead of its long journey to Europe. Norway continues to push aquaculture into bigger, more intensive systems 8 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals New research suggests that cleaner fish are nine times less effective at removing sea lice from salmon in pens surrounded by lice skirts, possibly due to the increased depth the salmon swim at in such pens. Deep concerns over cleaner fish strategy 16 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals At present, 50 million cleaner fishes are used annually in Norway alone, with variable success in experimental and industrial contexts. Effect of cleaner fish on sea lice in Norwegian salmon aquaculture 24 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Recorded losses of cleaner fish from Norwegian fish farms run at about 40 per cent. A large proportion are also lost without being recorded first. Every year, 50 million cleaner fish die in Norwegian fish farms 3 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Norwegian company has been awarded a grant under Innovation Norway’s Environmental Technology program of MNOK 10 to develop, pilot and test a closed cage for fish farming. Norway: salmon producers respond to lice and waste crises with more intensive cage systems 3 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Researchers find that growth-stunted farmed salmon show chronic serotonergic activity and do not respond to acute stress — a state that could be interpreted as depression. Farmed salmon may be depressed, says study 3 February 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Suspiciously high mortality levels of Norwegian juvenile salmon were found in the report produced by Dyrevernalliansen and the Norwegian Veterinary Institute earlier this month. DYREVERNALLIANSEN: New report reveals high mortality of hatched salmon in Norway 16 September 2019 Dyrevernalliansen
#Act4 FarmAnimals Each year, the City of Oslo buys food for almost NOK 200 million. Now, the Environmental Green Party (MDG) wants Oslo to commit to purchasing so-called animal-safe food. Norwegian Greens ask City of Oslo to buy animal-friendly labelled food 29 August 2019 Dyrevernalliansen
#Act4 FarmAnimals Dyrevernalliansen will contribute to an ambitious project aiming to improve animal welfare in the aquaculture industry, launched by the Norwegian Seafood Federation. Contribution to Seafood Federation welfare project 12 April 2018 Dyrevernalliansen
