1) Sea lice – factory salmon farms are infested with parasites and spread sea lice to wild salmon and sea trout

2) Escapes – a recent scientific paper published by the Royal Society concludes that mass escapes from farms can lead to extinctions in wild salmon

3) Wastes: Salmon farms discharge untreated wastes directly into pristine marine waters thereby using the sea as an open sewer

4) Unsustainable: far from saving wild fish, salmon farming is a drain on depleted marine resources and is inherently unsustainable

5) Listeria – One in ten smoked salmon are contaminated with listeria which can cause meningitis, blood poisoning and still births in pregnant women

6) Insanitary and filthy – the US FDA have refused over 200 cases of Irish, Scottish, Chilean and Norwegian salmon for being ‘insanitary’ and ‘filthy’

7) Fatty – Farmed salmon contains more fat than wild salmon (up to ten times fattier in some cases)

8) Chemicals – Factory farmed salmon are dependent upon a cocktail of toxic chemicals to control diseases and parasites

9) Artificial colourings – farmed salmon contain synthetic pink dyes such as Astaxanthin and Canthaxanthin (E161g)

10) Contaminants – farmed salmon can contain DDT, chlordane and dioxins and can be up to ten times more contaminated with PCBs than wild salmon

For the more details on the “Ten Reasons” including web-links and further information: http://www.salmonfarmmonitor.org/pr201203notes.shtml