Fish Farm News And Science: March 2018

"Most models to predict human exposure to pollutants typically focus on people in relation to their local environment. Dr. Ng's model compared a variety of factors to find the best predictor of PBDEs in farmed salmon, including pollutants inhaled through gills, how the fish metabolized and eliminated pollutants, and of course, the concentration of pollutants in the feed.

She says, "We found that feed is relatively less important in areas that already have high concentrations of pollutants in the environment. However, in otherwise clean and well-regulated environments, contaminated feed can be thousands of times more significant than the location of the farm for determining the PBDE content of salmon fillets."" Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-07-fishy-chemicals-farmed-salmon.html#jCp.

Here is a news story about the paper: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16348136.farmed-salmon-may-contain-chemical-linked-with-development-problems-in-children/.

Most models to predict human exposure to pollutants typically focus on people in relation to their local environment. Dr. Ng's model compared a variety of factors to find the best predictor of PBDEs in farmed salmon, including pollutants inhaled through gills, how the fish metabolized and eliminated pollutants, and of course, the concentration of pollutants in the feed.
She says, "We found that feed is relatively less important in areas that already have high concentrations of pollutants in the environment. However, in otherwise clean and well-regulated environments, contaminated feed can be thousands of times more significant than the location of the farm for determining the PBDE content of salmon fillets."

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-07-fishy-chemicals-farmed-salmon.html#jCp

383. Another Exec Jumps Ship to On-Land - Norway: https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2018/07/02/norwegian-salmon-execs-behind-plans-for-europes-largest-land-based-farm/. "Managing director of Salmon Evolution is former regional manager at SalMar for Rommsdal and Sunnmore, Ingjarl Skarvoy, 28,800MT.

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