Frankenfish - Farmed Atlantic Salmon

Tribal fishermen scramble to contain a spill of farmed Atlantic salmon in north Puget Sound before they tarnish local waters, shedding light on a global struggle between farmed and wild fish. Annie Crawley worked with the Lummi Tribe, Wild Fish Conservancy, Lummi Island Wild, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife and many others to tell the story of the farmed Atlantic salmon spill into the Salish Sea in August 2017.

The event sparked a movement of people to speak out against Atlantic salmon net pens in the Puget Sound. Although the local government has taken action to remove the net pens, they are still in other parts of our worlds ocean. This film is made to inspire others to choose wild salmon over farmed salmon and create awareness around the impact farmed salmon can have to wild populations.

In 2018 Washington state in the USA banned the farming of Atlantic salmon throughout the state to protect the waterways, indigenous communities and the native Pacific salmon.

The efforts of the tribal fishers of Puget Sound and concerned community members, local authorities and conservationists succeeded in protecting important waters for wild salmon. Collective actions around the world against giant protein producers like Cooke Seafood are ongoing around the globe - search the aquaculture tag on Earthmob to find out more, and how you can help.