PLEASE PASS (ON)
THE OCEAN-FARMED SALMON.
Foodies and world-renowned chefs agree:
this industrialized fish doesn’t belong on any table.

It's driving
WILD ATLANTIC
salmon to extinction
Farming salmon in the ocean is a leading cause of decline and collapse in wild Atlantic salmon populations.

It pollutes the ocean,
and your plate
99% of Atlantic salmon on the market is less clean, less transparent, and less nutritious than you've been led to believe. And the sea cages dump pesticides and other toxic chemicals into surrounding waters.

It’s raised in harmful
SEA
CAGES
These cramped cages, with water clouded by chemicals and fecal matter, are inhumane. No wonder between 2012 and 2022, approximately 865 million ocean-farmed salmon died prematurely.

It creates food
INSECURITY
Feeding one ocean-farmed salmon takes more than 400 smaller wild fish – and these could be feeding vulnerable people in low-income countries instead.
There's a simple way you can help: take ocean-farmed salmon Off the table.

Join our chefs and help save a species.
Click on each chef to learn why they no longer serve ocean-farmed salmon.

Choosing not to serve ocean-farmed salmon is a simple act of honesty—one that protects marine life and teaches our communities that where our food comes from matters.
Alice Waters, Chef and Owner of Chez Panisse, San Francisco, CA

Refusing ocean-farmed salmon is not just about saying no — it’s about reimagining a food future that is ethical, sustainable, and alive with possibility.
Dominique Crenn, Chef and Owner of Atelier Crenn, San Francisco, CA

At Mamattuk, we’ve decided to remove all open-net farmed salmon from our menu. As an Indigenous-owned business, our commitment to environmental stewardship guides every choice.
CEO Andy Turnbull, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Canada

Chefs influence what we eventually begin to consume on our dining room tables. Open-net pens in the ocean in British Columbia are detrimental to our wild salmon. We have something
Chef Robert Clark, Chief Culinary Officer of Organic Ocean, member of the Order of Canada

Having worked in the seafood industry for 20 years I have first-hand experience with farmed salmon. I will not eat or serve it and I support a full change to land based salmon.
Cheff Scott Brown, Hallifax, Canada

I stopped using farmed salmon in my restaurants in 2013, and since then we have been working to prevent the creation of new breeding areas around the world.
Francis Mallmann, Chef and Restaurant Owner, Argentina

Choosing not to serve ocean-farmed salmon is a simple act of honesty—one that protects marine life and teaches our communities that where our food comes from matters.
Alice Waters, Chef and Owner of Chez Panisse, San Francisco, CA


Refusing ocean-farmed salmon is not just about saying no — it’s about reimagining a food future that is ethical, sustainable, and alive with possibility.
Dominique Crenn, Chef and Owner of Atelier Crenn, San Francisco, CA


At Mamattuk, we’ve decided to remove all open-net farmed salmon from our menu. As an Indigenous-owned business, our commitment to environmental stewardship guides every choice.
CEO Andy Turnbull, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Canada


Chefs influence what we eventually begin to consume on our dining room tables. Open-net pens in the ocean in British Columbia are detrimental to our wild salmon. We have something
Chef Robert Clark, Chief Culinary Officer of Organic Ocean, member of the Order of Canada


Having worked in the seafood industry for 20 years I have first-hand experience with farmed salmon. I will not eat or serve it and I support a full change to land based salmon.
Cheff Scott Brown, Hallifax, Canada


I stopped using farmed salmon in my restaurants in 2013, and since then we have been working to prevent the creation of new breeding areas around the world.
Francis Mallmann, Chef and Restaurant Owner, Argentina

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