Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego bans coastal salmon farming
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The legislature in Argentina’s southernmost province of Tierra del Fuego has unanimously approved a bill prohibiting salmon farming.
According to a press release from environmentalist organization Rewilding Argentina, salmon farming concessions being considered in the region would have threatened a biodiversity hotspot containing 50 percent of Argentina s macroalgae forests, which act as carbon sinks, the NGO said. Rewilding Argentina said salmon farming in the region was “threatening not only the environment but also its inhabitants health and economy.”
Greenpeace Argentina celebrated the passing of the bill, which it said made Argentina the first country in the world to prohibit salmon aquaculture.