Maine is fortunate to have high tides and high-energy storms that flush wastes from farms.
Divers take samples on the ocean floor and record the quantity of species.
One hundred meters downstream from the pens, no environmental degradation has ever been found, including no algae bloom. Much like a canary in a coal mine, the health of the salmon is the first and best indicator of the quality of the water at a salmon farm. ASM is transitioning to single-year classes of salmon and is not planning any growth in the number of salmon it raises. Creating single-year classes is a routine practice among almost all successful farming businesses. For ASM, the practice involves stocking only a single-year class of salmon at any given site, requiring that the salmon be spread out to more sites.