Petition · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DEFRA Pursue UK Wide Monitoring & Publication of Farmed Salmon Safety & Welfare
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624 signatures
What the petition asks
We call on DEFRA to pursue collaboration with devolved administrations to monitor and publish a comprehensive annual UK Farmed Salmon Safety & Welfare Report collating data from various regulators and organisations.
This should include information about residues (including drugs, PCBs, heavy metals, PFAS, microplastics), pathogens, and welfare indicators (mortality, sea-lice, stocking density) in salmon. The £1.5 bn UK farmed salmon industry is the one of the fastest-growing food sectors, yet, in our view, equivalent data transparency associated with the chicken, beef or egg industries is lacking.
We believe millions of fish die prematurely from disease, parasites & warming waters, and farmed salmon can contain far higher levels of PCBs, pesticides & antibiotics than wild fish. We think that UK wide reporting is needed.
We believe millions of fish die prematurely from disease, parasites & warming waters, and farmed salmon can contain far higher levels of PCBs, pesticides & antibiotics than wild fish. We think that UK wide reporting is needed.
Timeline
| 6 Mar 2026 | Petition opened for signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
624
Status
Open for signatures
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened
6 Mar 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.