{"id":39782,"date":"2024-02-09T06:56:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T05:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/?p=39782"},"modified":"2024-02-14T13:43:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T12:43:27","slug":"laxathjod-a-salmon-nation-a-documentary-about-the-struggle-to-protect-icelands-crystal-clear-waters-and-wild-salmon-from-industrial-salmon-farms-in-open-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/laxathjod-a-salmon-nation-a-documentary-about-the-struggle-to-protect-icelands-crystal-clear-waters-and-wild-salmon-from-industrial-salmon-farms-in-open-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"\"Laxa\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 - A Salmon Nation\", a documentary about the struggle to protect Iceland's waters and wild salmon from industrial fish farms."},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The new documentary highlights the environmental cost of salmon fishing. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The sportswear company, Patagonia, releases its new documentary,&nbsp;<strong><em>Laxa\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 - A Salmon Nation<\/em><\/strong>The report on the fight to protect Iceland's pristine waters and wild salmon from industrial salmon farms in open water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Laxa\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 | A Salmon Nation | Patagonia Films\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rfLBmMK1SAg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The campaign calls on the Icelandic government to show leadership in Europe by banning open water salmon farms along its coastline.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 27-minute documentary tells the story of a country united by its lands and waters, and the power of a community working to protect the nature and wildlife that have helped forge the nation's identity. It will be premiered at a public event in Reykjavik and online, as part of an international campaign to raise awareness of the damage caused by open water farms to wild fish, natural environments and farm animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Since my first trip to Iceland in 1960, we have seen wild salmon stocks dwindle and now, if the salmon farming industry is allowed to continue on the same path, wild species will be consigned to history and unspoilt nature will be ruined. This has already happened in the UK and Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Iceland, as elsewhere, the economy revolves around nature, not the other way around. If we destroy nature, we will destroy our economy. It will take vision and leadership to reverse the damage, but we know it can be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fighting for a better future for Iceland<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The farmed salmon industry is growing in the fjords of Iceland, where huge sea cages in open water house millions of farmed fish. These cages allow disease and pollution free flow into the immediate environment, where wild salmon and sea trout struggle to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new aquaculture bill, which is being drafted for approval this year, could immediately establish greater environmental regulation and stricter animal welfare standards for open-water salmon farms in Iceland, with a transition to a total ban in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch of&nbsp;<em>Laxa\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 - A Salmon Nation<\/em>&nbsp;follows the publication of the draft bill, to which Icelanders have responded through a public consultation period. This process has broken records in Iceland with over 300 comments, the largest number of public comments in history, including statements from Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and CEO Ryan Gellert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NGOs fighting to protect Iceland's waters and wild salmon stocks, including organisations funded by Patagonia,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/iwf.is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Icelandic Wildlife Fund (IWF)<\/a>&nbsp;y&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nasf.is\/en\/about_nasf\/#:~:text=The%2520North%2520Atlantic%2520Salmon%2520Fund,Atlantic%2520salmon%2520and%2520marine%2520biodiversity.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">North Atlantic Salmon Fund (NASF)<\/a>have expressed their deep concern about the current draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J\u00f3n Kaldal of the Icelandic Wildlife Fund commented:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"<em>The draft aquaculture bill lacks the ambition to promote a better future for Iceland. It allows excessively high mortality rates and provides for too light penalties for offenders. It also relies too heavily on industry self-reporting, which in the past has led to companies withholding information or disseminating inaccurate data. The Icelandic government must go further to address the current shortcomings of the draft bill in the final bill\".<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The problem of salmon farms in Europe<\/strong><br>&nbsp;<br>Outside Iceland, the farmed salmon sector is booming throughout Europe, particularly in Norway, Scotland and Ireland, driven by predominantly Norwegian business interests. Global salmon consumption is three times higher than in 1980 (source:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\/industries\/farmed-salmon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\/industries\/farmed-salmon<\/a>). As production grows, so does consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/A-SALMON-NATION_STILLS_13_1.6.1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/A-SALMON-NATION_STILLS_13_1.6.1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/A-SALMON-NATION_STILLS_13_1.6.1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/A-SALMON-NATION_STILLS_13_1.6.1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/A-SALMON-NATION_STILLS_13_1.6.1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/A-SALMON-NATION_STILLS_13_1.6.1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Since 2019, when the global campaign was launched&nbsp;<em>Artifishal<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgreenmedialab.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D4b6c5703a7db7b122fb3f1204%26id%3Dbd1bf1c39a%26e%3Dd274cf7dbe&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw15pB4cQvwxxVjNR-FHTgK3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a>Patagonia's Laxa\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 - A Salmon Nation, the company has raised the alarm about the endangerment of wild salmon due to the threats posed by ocean farms and hatcheries. Five years later, with Laxa\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 - A Salmon Nation, Patagonia is calling on the Icelandic government to show leadership in Europe by banning new open ocean sea cage salmon farms and phasing out existing ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to supporting IWF and NASF in Iceland, Patagonia supports several NGOs across Europe in their local campaigns against open water salmon farms, through partners.&nbsp;<br>as Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgreenmedialab.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D4b6c5703a7db7b122fb3f1204%26id%3Dc560519278%26e%3Dd274cf7dbe&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw3h58yaY4ll6YgdbdVHE5Tm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a>y&nbsp;<\/em>Wild Fish through grants from 1% for the Planet<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgreenmedialab.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D4b6c5703a7db7b122fb3f1204%26id%3Da385de0855%26e%3Dd274cf7dbe&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AOvVaw2euW94B7MLoEBdQOPpCYNA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">.<\/a><br>&nbsp;<br>The campaign against salmon farms is supported by public personalities, such as the artist and musician Bj\u00f6rk, who is donating the profits from her latest song,&nbsp;<em>Oral<\/em>a collaboration with Spanish artist Rosal\u00eda, to support the cause. Oral can be heard on&nbsp;<em>Laxa\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 - A Salmon Nation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/A-SALMON-NATION_STILLS_14_1.7.1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/A-SALMON-NATION_STILLS_14_1.7.1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/A-SALMON-NATION_STILLS_14_1.7.1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/A-SALMON-NATION_STILLS_14_1.7.1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/A-SALMON-NATION_STILLS_14_1.7.1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/A-SALMON-NATION_STILLS_14_1.7.1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Support the campaign, sign the petition and enjoy&nbsp;<em>Laxa\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 - A Salmon Nation<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eu.patagonia.com\/gb\/en\/iceland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sportswear company Patagonia is releasing its new documentary, Laxa\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 - A Salmon Nation, about...","protected":false},"author":954,"featured_media":39784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"hide","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3002,3008],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-39782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad","category-ecologia-medio-ambiente"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/HERO_IMAGE_A-SALMON-NATION_STILLS_6_1.3.1.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Caratula-Podcast-Maldita-Montana_1500x1500_72pp-p_.jpg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/feed\/podcast\/maldita-montana","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"mFohGLkFzo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/laxathjod-a-salmon-nation-a-documentary-about-the-struggle-to-protect-icelands-crystal-clear-waters-and-wild-salmon-from-industrial-salmon-farms-in-open-waters\/\">\u00abLaxa\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 &#8211; A Salmon Nation\u00bb, un documental sobre la lucha para proteger las aguas de Islandia y el salm\u00f3n salvaje frente a las piscifactor\u00edas industriales.<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/laxathjod-a-salmon-nation-a-documentary-about-the-struggle-to-protect-icelands-crystal-clear-waters-and-wild-salmon-from-industrial-salmon-farms-in-open-waters\/embed\/#?secret=mFohGLkFzo\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;\u00abLaxa\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 &#8211; A Salmon Nation\u00bb, un documental sobre la lucha para proteger las aguas de Islandia y el salm\u00f3n salvaje frente a las piscifactor\u00edas industriales.&#8221; &#8212; Traves\u00eda.\" data-secret=\"mFohGLkFzo\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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