Cooke Aquaculture: The Cruelty Continues

ANIMAL OUTLOOK • May 15, 2026

In 2019, Animal Outlook released the first-ever undercover investigation of a U.S. fish farm, exposing shocking cruelty at Cooke Aquaculture's salmon hatchery in Bingham, Maine. Years later, we returned to the same facility — and found that little had changed. For several months in late 2025, an Animal Outlook investigator working as a Hatchery Technician documented conditions at the vertically integrated aquaculture operation that houses millions of Atlantic salmon. The footage reveals that previously documented problems persist alongside new potential violations of food safety and environmental protocols.