Salmon farms may seem like a sustainable solution, but their devastating effects on the environment tell a different story. These overcrowded, artificial enclosures breed disease and parasites like sea lice, which spread to wild salmon populations, threatening their survival. Farmed salmon are pumped with antibiotics and chemicals to combat infections, while massive amounts of waste—uneaten food, feces, and chemicals—pollute surrounding waters, creating dead zones. Escaped farmed salmon interbre