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Brigitte Wear

Brigitte is a researcher at DeSmog, covering industrial aquaculture. Her work focuses on revealing conflicts of interest, greenwashing and unethical supply chains of the fish farming sector. She has also worked for Greenpeace France and Seastemik, and her reporting has featured in The Guardian, The Journal, and Premium Times. Contact her at [email protected] and @brigitte-whl.bsky.social.

Articles by Brigitte Wear

Great British Chefs’ Instagram Campaign Accused of ‘Greenwashing’ Unsustainable Farmed Fish
ByBrigitte Wear
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Celebrity chefs’ platform teams up with controversial seafood label, which certifies seafood linked to food insecurity and overfishing in West Africa.
Series: Spotlight on Industrial Aquaculture
uk/School Students Missed 15 Million Teaching Hours Due to June Heatwave
ByBrigitte Wear
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Thousands of schools closed their doors, and a third of all pupils were recorded absent in Wales as temperatures hit 37°C.
Seafood Industry Giants Failing to Tackle Pollution, New Study Finds
ByBrigitte Wear
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More farmed salmon will not necessarily bring better food security, say researchers.
Series: Spotlight on Industrial Aquaculture
Polluted waters around a fish farm. Credit: Shutterstock
uk/‘They Don’t Give A Damn’: Scotland’s Highland Communities Tire of Charm Offensive by ‘Polluting’ Salmon Giant Mowi
ByBrigitte Wear
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Salmon wagons and boat trips for schoolkids distract from environmental damage, say campaigners.
Series: Spotlight on Industrial Aquaculture
Loch Duich salmon farm in Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands. Credit: JOHN BRACEGIRDLE / Alamy
How Ireland’s ‘Mediocre’ Milk Powder Made it Big in West Africa
ByBrigitte Wear
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Polluting dairy industry accused of using “highly unethical” marketing to pass off ultra-processed “poor quality by-products” as milk.
Series: Investigating Ireland’s Influential Ag Lobby
Credit: Pete Reynolds
Enquête : Le bar vendu dans les supermarchés britanniques au cœur d’une surpêche dévastatrice au Sénégal 
ByBrigitte Wear
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Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda et Aldi figurent parmi les grands distributeurs qui commercialisent du poisson d’élevage nourri à partir de captures issues des côtes ouest-africaines
Series: Spotlight on Industrial Aquaculture
Bar d'élevage sur lit de glace. Crédit : Jeff Tucker / Stockimo / Alamy Stock Photo
uk/Revealed: UK Supermarket Seabass Linked to Devastating Overfishing in Senegal
ByBrigitte Wear
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Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch
Series: Spotlight on Industrial Aquaculture
Farmed seabass on ice. Credit : Jeff Tucker / Stockimo / Alamy Stock Photo
Fish Farming Industry is Using ‘Misleading’ Figures to Downplay its Role in Overfishing, New Research Finds
ByBrigitte Wear
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High demand for wild-caught species to feed farmed salmon and other fish is taking nutritious food away from low-income communities in the Global South.
Series: Spotlight on Industrial Aquaculture
Salmon fish farm. Bergen, Norway. Credit: MariusLtu
Enquête : Les initiatives de l’industrie de l’aquaculture visant à promouvoir des pêcheries durables en Afrique de l’Ouest sont entachées de « conflits d’intérêts massifs »
ByBrigitte Wear
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Les responsables de campagne critiquent des programmes volontaires « fortement défectueux », tandis que l’analyse de DeSmog révèle l'absence de représentation de la société civile ou des communautés locales affectées par les dommages causés par l’industrie des farines et huiles de poisson.
Series: Spotlight on Industrial Aquaculture
Un chalutier géant pêchant au large de la Mauritanie, en Afrique de l'Ouest. Crédit Pierre Gleizes / Greenpeace
World’s Biggest Meat and Dairy Companies Spend More on Ads than Cutting Emissions — New Report
ByBrigitte Wear
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Brazilian meat giant JBS invested just 0.03 percent of annual revenues into climate measures, researchers found.
Credit: Andrew Skowron / We Animals Media