A comprehensive welfare summary for farmed Atlantic salmon in 2026 assesses progress across all major welfare domains: stunning, lice management, crowding, disease, environmental, and hatchery welfare.
The 2026 salmon welfare summary shows genuine progress across multiple domains, with stunning, lice management, and crowding standards all improving in leading markets. Persistent challenges remain in disease management, environmental welfare in warming seas, and extending standards to all producing countries. The trajectory is positive but the pace needs acceleration to match the welfare needs of the hundreds of millions of fish affected.