Most Saturdays, I try to wake up early, maybe go for a walk around the neighborhood, and then crash on the sofa for an hour or two and watch a few longer-form YouTube videos… all before the rest of the family gets out of bed. It’s a bit of an adult version of the Saturday morning cartoons I used to enjoy as a kid, just with a lot less Smurfs and Frosted Flakes involved.
This past weekend, Patagonia introduced me to the concern surrounding open-net salmon farming off the coast of Iceland in their film, Laxaþjóð | A Salmon Nation.
The film’s story line aims to create awareness of the negative impacts that industrial fish farms are creating not only on the previously pristine waters, but also to the local, wild Atlantic salmon populations. It’s a very difficult, but extremely important and time-sensitive watch.
If you’d like to add your voice to the North Atlantic Salmon Fund‘s petition urging the Icelandic government to ban open-net salmon farming, you can view and sign it here.