‘An environmental and welfare disaster’: British salmon loses its organic status
For Unilever, the vast multinational that pioneered salmon farming, it was a triumph after years of experimenting with how to cage fish, battle against diseases and cope with the wild weather.
Key points
- The first haul of farmed salmon in Britain was a relatively modest 14 tonnes, produced off the west coast of Scotland near Fort William in 1971.
- By 1976, it had expanded into three Scottish sites producing 116 tonnes of fish each year.
This week the Soil Association withdrew certification from organic salmon after 20 years.
Unilever had spotted in the 1960s that farming salmon, which until then was caught wild and remained a relative luxury, would create a mass market, lower costs and provide steady profits.
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