Monstrous factories are springing up along the African coast, ravaging
local fish populations and boiling them down into oil and powder.

All this is done to feed salmon on overcrowded salmon farms in Europe, so
that big restaurant chains like Wagamama can keep the declining Atlantic
Salmon on the menu.

Tell Wagamama, with its 190+ restaurant chain, to stop serving farmed
salmon.

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Happy New Year John!

Did you know that salmon farms are fed on fish plundered from Africa,
putting millions of people at risk of malnutrition?

That's why a growing number of restaurants and chefs have committed to
simply not serving open-net farmed salmon.

One big name that's missing though is Wagamama, a chain of 190+
restaurants around the world, that's known for its noodle dishes and its
many vegetarian and vegan options.

Wagamama says "we believe in the power of small choices for big change" --
so let's hold them to their own words:

[ [link removed] ]Tell Wagamama to take farmed salmon off the menu.

In a few decades, salmon has gone from a rare luxury to one of the most
available dishes in restaurant menus -- but its popularity comes at a
terrible cost.

The chemical pesticides, fish faeces, and diseases flowing from salmon
farms can have fatal consequences for other marine life.

And it's not just a problem for countries that host the farms. Farmed
salmon are fed fish plundered with devastating consequences from oceans
half a world away. In West Africa, in particular, the demand for these
wild-caught fish causes overfishing and robs local livelihoods.

Wagamama has the power to cut its ties to the salmon farming industry, but
it won't move without a push. That's why we've got to raise our voices
together:  

[ [link removed] ]Tell Wagamama to join the growing movement of restaurants that have
already pledged to get farmed salmon off the menu.

Along with partner organisations, 189,000 Ekō members recently took on the
Australian salmon industry for shooting hungry seals. Ekō members have for
years also supported local protests and investigations into salmon farms
in Scotland, and recently we helped stop a major copper and gold mine in
Alaska that would have endangered the 60 million wild sockeye salmon that
come to Bristol Bay each year.

Wagamama's slogan of "small choices for big change" is nice. Now it's time
they walked the talk:



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Thanks for all that you do,
Eoin and the team at Ekō


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Award winning chefs join the Off the table campaign Off the table
coalition. 26 January 2023.
[ [link removed] ]Fishing for Catastrophe Changing Markets. 30 October 2019.

 

 

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