“The New Fish” is likely my favorite book on salmon aquaculture. I’ve read about 5 books that either focus a large portion of the book on the topic, or are completely about salmon farming.

If you want to read about the salmon farming industry, with a primary focus on Norway, media surrounding the industry, and the systemic issues of the industry, this would be the book for you!

The writing is concise, engaging, and at times philosophical, which I really appreciate given the topic at hand. I love how they interview and share perspectives from lots of different people. I also particularly like how the labeling of “activist” by the industry has affected researchers and Indigenous people. It’s also important to outline and include the colonial aspect of salmon farming and the negative climate impacts of industry practices.

They don’t end with the message, “get rid of aquaculture altogether”, as that is not realistic nor helpful. The book outlines the issues of the industry, from systemically silencing and scaring critics to the biological issues of farms like lice and viruses. One thing I do wish they had included was a bit about land-based salmon aquaculture or information about improvements in the industry/suggested for the industry. I think this could’ve been a good chapter near the end of the book

Great information, the authors did an Amazon job over the years capturing all this well placed information

I didn't remember requesting this ARC so Im not sure how it ended up in my library. But, I do eat fish from time to time so did open it and skim through. Its definitely not my genre or topic of choice but if someone is interested in fish and science, this would be a perfect read for them! Its always a great reminder that there are books for everyone!