Salmon-friendly farming?
However, the belief that salmon is one of the most welfare-friendly farmed foods may be based on a number of misconceptions. While consumers are able to see animals when they are farmed on open land, salmon cages are underwater and the animals are out of sight of the public. It may be tempting to think that as salmon are farmed in water they are reared in a natural manner, but in fact this intensive system denies their migratory instincts and exposes them to a variety of stresses.
LIBBY ANDERSON
Advocates for Animals
Queensferry Street
Edinburgh