Green Around the Gills

Probe launched following death of Highland fish farm worker

"Leave Our Farms Alone" Demand Mowi. Here's What They're Hiding & Why Mowi Want the Public to Keep Away!

Fighting Mowi's Legal Action Over Filming at Salmon Farms

Caught on Camera - Mowi's Reckless Breaches of Health & Safety in Loch Alsh

Posted at 11:17 AM | Permalink

Daily Record: "Dead In the Water: Salmon farms must act quickly after graphic images showing death and disease emerged"

Today's Daily Record: "Horrific images showing four tons of diseased dead salmon burned in an incinerator at a Scots fish farm have sparked outrage from campaigners" @Daily_Record @rspcaassured @ChrisGPackham @marksandspencer @scotseafarms @ciwf @scotgp https://t.co/HkrEYBgahi
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 30, 2023

The Daily Record reported (30 May 2023):

Download the Daily Record article as a PDF online here

Watch video footage online here - including:

Another of Scotland's dirty little secrets, salmon farming.

Why on earth does the @scotgov / @HumzaYousaf allow it to persist?https://t.co/ea4kVxv1M8
— Feargal Sharkey (@Feargal_Sharkey) May 30, 2023

An Editorial comment was also published in the Daily Record (30 May 2023):

"Industry bosses can wring their hands & complain that the activists who embarked on covert filming at this facility are picking out the worst cases to make their case against salmon farming. But the camera doesn’t lie" @Daily_Record https://t.co/I6Yu2WpXbx @scotseafarms
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 30, 2023

Download the Daily Record editorial comment as a PDF online here

Watch more video footage online here

Download a press release (30 May 2023) online here

The Herald: "Net Gain: Attacked by activists, MSPs and micro jellyfish, fish farmers argue their cause"

Leaked Videos Expose Welfare Nightmare of RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon

64% Mortality at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Nevis - as sold by M&S as "responsibly sourced"?! (& ASC-certified as 'responsible')

74% Mortality Reported by RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms (Supplier to M&S) in Loch Nevis - soon to be ASC-certified as 'responsible'!

8,000 tonne shortfall for Scottish Sea Farms (Norskott Havbruk) due to "biological challenges"!

Scottish Scamon: Piscine Reovirus, skin lesions/boils & "hanging" salmon in Loch Creran (sold by M&S as "responsibly sourced" & certified via RSPCA Assured)!

Salmon Farming is Criminal - breaches of welfare laws by RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms!

The Times: "Scottish salmon supplier to M&S cleared over welfare claims"

Video: Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) is a Sham, Scam & Consumer Con - Stop Salmon Farming Now!

The Times: "RSPCA investigates Scottish salmon supplier to M&S over lice accusations"

RSPCA Assured "now investigating" welfare abuse at Scottish Sea Farms in the Sound of Mull & Loch Creran!

Video Exclusive: Secret Filming Exposes Horrific Welfare Abuse Inside RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Farms

Photos of Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms

M&S Irresponsibly Sourced Scottish Salmon (as greenwashed by RSPCA Assured)!

Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) Report "Biological Challenges" (i.e. Deaths & Disease)!

Anyone for M&S’s Virus-Laden Scottish Salmon (don’t worry, it’s “responsibly sourced” & RSPCA Assured)?!

It’s Official: Infectious Salmon Anaemia Back to Haunt Scottish Salmon - reported to the World Organization for Animal Health for the first time since 2012!

ASC-Certified/Audited Mass Mortalities Pile Up at Lousy Mowi & Scottish Sea Farms!

Dead in the Water - Scottish Salmon's Mortality Mountain Piles Ever Higher in 2021!

ISA hits Scottish Sea Farms owner SalMar in Norway - how many hidden cases are lurking on salmon farms in Scotland?

Bullshit Called on M&S's "Responsibly Sourced" Scottish Salmon!

Ecohustler sticks it to "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon sold by M&S!

Breaking News: ISA reported at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms on the Isle of Mull

Damning Disease Report for RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Spelve

Fish Farmer: "RSPCA Assured lifts Loch Spelve suspension"

RSPCA Sponsored Welfare Abuse of Salmon Farms - A Guide to Getting Away with Mass Murder (Theriocide)!

Video Scoop: RSPCA Assured Diseased Salmon from M&S

Herald On Sunday: "Scottish M&S supplier blames seals for salmon wounds as RSPCA Assured status is suspended"

RSPCA Suspends Spelve Salmon Farm & 'Urgently Investigates' M&S Supplier Scottish Sea Farms!

Secret Filming Exposes RSPCA ‘Abused’ Scottish Salmon - Welfare Complaint Filed Against M&S Supplier Scottish Sea Farms

2.2 Million Missing Mortalities at Scottish Sea Farms?

The Killing Farms - Scottish Salmon's Horror Story Continues!

BBC Countryfile features lice-infested RSPCA Assured salmon!

Leaked Email: Staff Cuts at Scottish Sea Farms Compromise Fish Welfare

Welfare Warning for Scottish Salmon - stormy waters & prolonged periods of pain forecast!

Herald: "Scottish salmon found in ‘sickening’ conditions across Scotland as sea lice problem escalates"

Video Exposes Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured salmon farm sourced by M&S 'Lochmuir'

Caveat Emptor - M&S's Fake 'Lochmuir' Scottish Salmon (sourced from Norwegian-owned Scottish Sea Farms)

"Over 50" Lice Per Fish at Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Kishorn

Photo Dossier of Diseased, Deformed & Abused Scottish Salmon

Scottish Government rejects industry pleas on sick salmon photos

REVEALED: Legal Threats to Prevent Publication of Damning Photographs

Posted at 07:32 AM | Permalink

Video Exclusive: RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon fresh from Loch Linnhe!

Here's video footage shot at Shuna Point salmon farm operated by RSPCA Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) - exclusive supplier to M&S - in Loch Linnhe in May 2023:

Another of Scotland's dirty little secrets, salmon farming.

Why on earth does the @scotgov / @HumzaYousaf allow it to persist?https://t.co/ea4kVxv1M8
— Feargal Sharkey (@Feargal_Sharkey) May 30, 2023

Download a press release (30 May 2023) online here

Photo Horror of M&S Supplier Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms)!

The Herald: "Net Gain: Attacked by activists, MSPs and micro jellyfish, fish farmers argue their cause"

Leaked Videos Expose Welfare Nightmare of RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon

64% Mortality at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Nevis - as sold by M&S as "responsibly sourced"?! (& ASC-certified as 'responsible')

74% Mortality Reported by RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms (Supplier to M&S) in Loch Nevis - soon to be ASC-certified as 'responsible'!

8,000 tonne shortfall for Scottish Sea Farms (Norskott Havbruk) due to "biological challenges"!

Scottish Scamon: Piscine Reovirus, skin lesions/boils & "hanging" salmon in Loch Creran (sold by M&S as "responsibly sourced" & certified via RSPCA Assured)!

Salmon Farming is Criminal - breaches of welfare laws by RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms!

The Times: "Scottish salmon supplier to M&S cleared over welfare claims"

Video: Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) is a Sham, Scam & Consumer Con - Stop Salmon Farming Now!

The Times: "RSPCA investigates Scottish salmon supplier to M&S over lice accusations"

RSPCA Assured "now investigating" welfare abuse at Scottish Sea Farms in the Sound of Mull & Loch Creran!

Video Exclusive: Secret Filming Exposes Horrific Welfare Abuse Inside RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Farms

Photos of Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms

M&S Irresponsibly Sourced Scottish Salmon (as greenwashed by RSPCA Assured)!

Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) Report "Biological Challenges" (i.e. Deaths & Disease)!

Anyone for M&S’s Virus-Laden Scottish Salmon (don’t worry, it’s “responsibly sourced” & RSPCA Assured)?!

It’s Official: Infectious Salmon Anaemia Back to Haunt Scottish Salmon - reported to the World Organization for Animal Health for the first time since 2012!

ASC-Certified/Audited Mass Mortalities Pile Up at Lousy Mowi & Scottish Sea Farms!

Dead in the Water - Scottish Salmon's Mortality Mountain Piles Ever Higher in 2021!

ISA hits Scottish Sea Farms owner SalMar in Norway - how many hidden cases are lurking on salmon farms in Scotland?

Bullshit Called on M&S's "Responsibly Sourced" Scottish Salmon!

Ecohustler sticks it to "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon sold by M&S!

Breaking News: ISA reported at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms on the Isle of Mull

Damning Disease Report for RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Spelve

Fish Farmer: "RSPCA Assured lifts Loch Spelve suspension"

RSPCA Sponsored Welfare Abuse of Salmon Farms - A Guide to Getting Away with Mass Murder (Theriocide)!

Video Scoop: RSPCA Assured Diseased Salmon from M&S

Herald On Sunday: "Scottish M&S supplier blames seals for salmon wounds as RSPCA Assured status is suspended"

RSPCA Suspends Spelve Salmon Farm & 'Urgently Investigates' M&S Supplier Scottish Sea Farms!

Secret Filming Exposes RSPCA ‘Abused’ Scottish Salmon - Welfare Complaint Filed Against M&S Supplier Scottish Sea Farms

2.2 Million Missing Mortalities at Scottish Sea Farms?

The Killing Farms - Scottish Salmon's Horror Story Continues!

BBC Countryfile features lice-infested RSPCA Assured salmon!

Leaked Email: Staff Cuts at Scottish Sea Farms Compromise Fish Welfare

Welfare Warning for Scottish Salmon - stormy waters & prolonged periods of pain forecast!

Herald: "Scottish salmon found in ‘sickening’ conditions across Scotland as sea lice problem escalates"

Video Exposes Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured salmon farm sourced by M&S 'Lochmuir'

Caveat Emptor - M&S's Fake 'Lochmuir' Scottish Salmon (sourced from Norwegian-owned Scottish Sea Farms)

"Over 50" Lice Per Fish at Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Kishorn

Photo Dossier of Diseased, Deformed & Abused Scottish Salmon

Scottish Government rejects industry pleas on sick salmon photos

REVEALED: Legal Threats to Prevent Publication of Damning Photographs

Today's Daily Record: "Horrific images showing four tons of diseased dead salmon burned in an incinerator at a Scots fish farm have sparked outrage from campaigners" @Daily_Record @rspcaassured @ChrisGPackham @marksandspencer @scotseafarms @ciwf @scotgp https://t.co/HkrEYBgahi
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 30, 2023

ADDENDUM:

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, May 30, 2023 at 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: Complaint re. Shuna Point salmon farm
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Here's video footage shot at Shuna Point salmon farm in Loch Linnhe on 16 May 2023:

https://vimeo.com/831630382

Is it standard industry practice to spill morts all over the deck of the feed barge prior to incineration (as seen in the video footage)?

Is it a breach of biosecurity procedures to rinse the mort bin in the sea after all the morts have been burned in the incinerator (as seen in the video footage)?

Have inspectors taken any action against Scottish Sea Farms for welfare abuse, mortality disposal breaches and/or biosecurity breaches at Shuna Point salmon farm?

You may have read today's Daily Record: Daily Record: "Dead In the Water: Salmon farms must act quickly after graphic images showing death and disease emerged"

Best fishes,

Don

On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 4:51 AM Don Staniford <[email protected]> wrote:

$camon $cotland visited Shuna Point salmon farm on Tuesday evening (16 May) and during the afternoon we witnessed at least 4 tonnes of morts being uplifted and incinerated. Preliminary video footage is attached to this email.

This site operated by Scottish Sea Farms is in Loch Linnhe north of Oban near Appin - details via:

http://aquaculture.scotland.gov.uk/data/site_details_record.aspx?site_id=FS1354

Standing on the cages, we saw lesions and flanks missing on the sides of salmon - as well as dead cod and wrasse floating dead on the surface of cages. Lice infestation was apparent in the dead fish filmed inside the bins stored on the top deck of the feed barge. Inverlussa's Geraldine Mary was on site lifting up tonnes of dead fish and the Inter Caledonia was moored North of the site.

Further video footage and photos are being uploaded and I can pass on over the coming days - I am still in the field and do not have my laptop but wanted to communicate how urgent the problem is.

Suffice to say that $camon $cotland views the situation as an emergency with the disease disaster and welfare abuse at a critical point. Please visit the salmon farm this week to take samples for disease analysis and gauge the level of the problem.

$camon $cotland believes that Scottish Sea Farms (Norskott Havbruk) - exclusive supplier to M&S - has a huge disease, mortality and welfare problem at Shuna Point salmon farm. We belive that Scottish Sea Farms is in breach of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 (Section 19: unnecessary suffering; and Section 24: ensuring the welfare of animals).

Please visit Shuna Point salmon farm urgencies or all the evidence will have been burned in the incinerator - Scottish Sea Farms is like a serial killer destroying the evidence. And Shuna Point salmon farm is currently a crime scene.

Please intervene now to stop the unnecessary suffering and welfare abuse of hundreds of thousands of Atlantic salmon.

Thanks,

Don Staniford

Director, $camon $cotland

Here's a reply from APHA:

From: SM-APHA-APHA Scotland (APHA) <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 11:49 AM
Subject: RE: Complaint re. Shuna Point salmon farm
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>

Good Morning Mr Staniford,

Thank you for your footage and raising your concerns.

APHA takes potential breaches of animal welfare legislation very seriously and all matters are investigated. Where welfare regulations are breached, appropriate action is taken. We do not comment on individual cases.

Regards

APHA Scotland

From: <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 4:06 PM
Subject: RE: Complaint re. Shuna Point salmon farm
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Don Staniford,

Thank you for the information provided, which the Fish Health Inspectorate will consider and for any further action with regard to aquaculture animal health issues.

Kind regards,

Duty Inspector

Posted at 07:20 AM | Permalink

Photo Exclusive: RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon!

Here's photos shot at Shuna Point salmon farm operated by Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) - exclusive supplier to M&S - in Loch Linnhe in May 2023:

"Industry bosses can wring their hands & complain that the activists who embarked on covert filming at this facility are picking out the worst cases to make their case against salmon farming. But the camera doesn’t lie" @Daily_Record https://t.co/I6Yu2WpXbx @scotseafarms
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 30, 2023

Daily Record: "Salmon farms must act quickly after graphic images showing death and disease emerged"

Photo Horror of M&S Supplier Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms)!

The Herald: "Net Gain: Attacked by activists, MSPs and micro jellyfish, fish farmers argue their cause"

Leaked Videos Expose Welfare Nightmare of RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon

64% Mortality at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Nevis - as sold by M&S as "responsibly sourced"?! (& ASC-certified as 'responsible')

74% Mortality Reported by RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms (Supplier to M&S) in Loch Nevis - soon to be ASC-certified as 'responsible'!

8,000 tonne shortfall for Scottish Sea Farms (Norskott Havbruk) due to "biological challenges"!

Scottish Scamon: Piscine Reovirus, skin lesions/boils & "hanging" salmon in Loch Creran (sold by M&S as "responsibly sourced" & certified via RSPCA Assured)!

Salmon Farming is Criminal - breaches of welfare laws by RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms!

The Times: "Scottish salmon supplier to M&S cleared over welfare claims"

Video: Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) is a Sham, Scam & Consumer Con - Stop Salmon Farming Now!

The Times: "RSPCA investigates Scottish salmon supplier to M&S over lice accusations"

RSPCA Assured "now investigating" welfare abuse at Scottish Sea Farms in the Sound of Mull & Loch Creran!

Video Exclusive: Secret Filming Exposes Horrific Welfare Abuse Inside RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Farms

Photos of Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms

M&S Irresponsibly Sourced Scottish Salmon (as greenwashed by RSPCA Assured)!

Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) Report "Biological Challenges" (i.e. Deaths & Disease)!

Anyone for M&S’s Virus-Laden Scottish Salmon (don’t worry, it’s “responsibly sourced” & RSPCA Assured)?!

It’s Official: Infectious Salmon Anaemia Back to Haunt Scottish Salmon - reported to the World Organization for Animal Health for the first time since 2012!

ASC-Certified/Audited Mass Mortalities Pile Up at Lousy Mowi & Scottish Sea Farms!

Dead in the Water - Scottish Salmon's Mortality Mountain Piles Ever Higher in 2021!

ISA hits Scottish Sea Farms owner SalMar in Norway - how many hidden cases are lurking on salmon farms in Scotland?

Bullshit Called on M&S's "Responsibly Sourced" Scottish Salmon!

Ecohustler sticks it to "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon sold by M&S!

Breaking News: ISA reported at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms on the Isle of Mull

Damning Disease Report for RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Spelve

Fish Farmer: "RSPCA Assured lifts Loch Spelve suspension"

RSPCA Sponsored Welfare Abuse of Salmon Farms - A Guide to Getting Away with Mass Murder (Theriocide)!

Video Scoop: RSPCA Assured Diseased Salmon from M&S

Herald On Sunday: "Scottish M&S supplier blames seals for salmon wounds as RSPCA Assured status is suspended"

RSPCA Suspends Spelve Salmon Farm & 'Urgently Investigates' M&S Supplier Scottish Sea Farms!

Secret Filming Exposes RSPCA ‘Abused’ Scottish Salmon - Welfare Complaint Filed Against M&S Supplier Scottish Sea Farms

2.2 Million Missing Mortalities at Scottish Sea Farms?

The Killing Farms - Scottish Salmon's Horror Story Continues!

BBC Countryfile features lice-infested RSPCA Assured salmon!

Leaked Email: Staff Cuts at Scottish Sea Farms Compromise Fish Welfare

Welfare Warning for Scottish Salmon - stormy waters & prolonged periods of pain forecast!

Herald: "Scottish salmon found in ‘sickening’ conditions across Scotland as sea lice problem escalates"

Video Exposes Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured salmon farm sourced by M&S 'Lochmuir'

Caveat Emptor - M&S's Fake 'Lochmuir' Scottish Salmon (sourced from Norwegian-owned Scottish Sea Farms)

"Over 50" Lice Per Fish at Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Kishorn

Photo Dossier of Diseased, Deformed & Abused Scottish Salmon

Scottish Government rejects industry pleas on sick salmon photos

REVEALED: Legal Threats to Prevent Publication of Damning Photographs

Loch Long Salmon propose experimental farm a mere 850 metres from disease infected neighbour on Loch Linnhe https://t.co/uLtMGzfK6C @ArianeBurgessHI @RhodaGrant @jenni_minto @MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllan @TheGAAIA @TheSoundOfJura @BrendanOHaraMP @HumzaYousaf pic.twitter.com/NWs5W9D2ri
— AFFtheClyde (@AFFtheClyde) June 4, 2023

Posted at 06:29 AM | Permalink

Mail On Sunday: "Salmon farm worker's widow warns lessons not learned over partner's death"

The Mail On Sunday reported (28 May 2023):

The Daily Mail reported (28 May 2023):

Widow whose salmon farm worker partner, 58, was crushed to death in horror accident warns 'others will die' unless firm improves safety standards @MowiScotlandLtd @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/xSJgpeJgeX @A5hlie_Mc @ThompsonsLaw @ScottishHazards @H_S_E @MCA_media @maibgovuk
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 29, 2023

The Press & Journal reported (28 May 2023):

Mowi Whistleblower: "Nothing has changed for the better safety wise....Health and Safety will NEVER be a priority within Mowi whilst Ben Hadfield is MD"

Mowi widow Catriona Lockhart on BBC Scotland's 'Drivetime' hammers Norwegian giant

Mowi hit by £800,000 fine for death of Clive Hendry & media backlash in Scotland!

Norwegian giant Mowi in the dock in Inverness Sheriff Court!

Mowi's 'Corporate Killing' of Clive Hendry in the Crosshairs on International Workers Day

Mowi's "totally appalling levels of safety, COPFS are going to prosecute" (says Maritime & Coastguard Agency in FOI disclosure)

Death of Mowi Worker Clive Hendry Makes International Waves on Memorial Day

The Times: "Woman suing fish farm after partner was crushed"

Mowi Legal Battle Vs Widow of Dead Worker Clive Hendry Looms in Scotttish Court of Session!

Video Shows Mowi Acting Recklessly & Dangerously - a licence to kill?

Mowi has blood on its hands over horrific death of Clive Hendry - how much will Mowi be fined for negligence?

Complaint re. MOWI's reckless behaviour & subsequent fatality in Loch Alsh

Probe launched following death of Highland fish farm worker

"Leave Our Farms Alone" Demand Mowi. Here's What They're Hiding & Why Mowi Want the Public to Keep Away!

Fighting Mowi's Legal Action Over Filming at Salmon Farms

Caught on Camera - Mowi's Reckless Breaches of Health & Safety in Loch Alsh

Posted at 06:30 AM | Permalink

Mowi vs Staniford heads to Oban Sheriff Court (1 & 2 June)!

Scotland is getting SLAPPed! https://t.co/JYMadnPIdK an important case coming up shortly.
— Iain.lawson27 (@ILawson27) May 25, 2023

Read more via:

Posted at 05:03 PM | Permalink

"Widow will fight on over fish farm death" (West Highland Free Press)

The front page of the West Highland Free Press reported (12 May 2023):

The front page of the Press & Journal (10 May 2023) reported on Mowi's health and safety shame:

The headlines in the trade press - at Fish Farming Expert and Intrafish - show how the Norwegian giant places profits before health and safety:

Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots posted on Facebook (11 May 2023):

Listen to Catriona Lockhart - widow of Mowi worker Clive Hendry - on BBC Scotland's 'Drivetime' hammering the Norwegian giant over the corporate killing of her partner:

Scottish salmon farming is inherently irresponsible - here's video footage of when I visited Mowi's Ardintoul salmon farm in November 2019 (three months before Clive Hendry was killed at the same site in February 2020):

On Tuesday evening (9 May) - just a few hours after Norwegian giant Mowi was fined £800,000 over the corporate killling of Clive Hendry - a whistleblower (I've redacted their name to protect their identity but they said they work for Mowi) provided the following information:

This information has now been passed onto the Health & Safety Executive, Marine Accident Investigation Branch, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Marine Scotland and other relevant parties echoeing the call of Mowi widow Catriona Lockhart for a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Clive Hendry:

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, May 11, 2023 at 10:13 AM
Subject: Mowi Whistleblower: "Nothing has changed for the better safety wise....Health and Safety will NEVER be a priority within Mowi whilst Ben Hadfield is MD"
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Directorate of Maritime Safety and Standards Business Unit <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, SM-Defra-Helpline, Defra (MCU) <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

$camon $cotland received the following information on Tuesday (following Mowi's fine for £800,000 over the corporate killing of Mowi worker Clive Hendry in Loch Alsh):

From: [REDACTED}
Date: Tue, May 9, 2023 at 7:34 PM
Subject: Clive Henry death
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>

Just to clarify

Nothing has changed for the better safety wise at Marine Harvest / Mowi.

At the time of Clive's death the Health and Safety department consisted of 3 persons.

Now it only contains one person along with the former Health & Safety Manager retained in a part time self employed basis.

This is due to Ben Hadfield MD only concerned with minimising the amount of full time employees (FTE) within Mowi.

Health and Safety is not his priority!

The MAIB found there was no effective safety management system in place, there still isn't!

Regular man overboard drills are still not conducted throughout the company.

There is no longer an effective training system in place.

In order to save costs new members of staff watch safety and training videos remotely (or to be very blunt, pretend to watch them).

For the PR department of Mowi to say 'we all continue to be deeply affected by Clive's death' is both offensive and insulting.

Health and Safety will NEVER be a priority within Mowi whilst Ben Hadfield is MD.

The whistleblower said they worked for Mowi.

This has been published via a blog:

Mowi Whistleblower: "Nothing has changed for the better safety wise....Health and Safety will NEVER be a priority within Mowi whilst Ben Hadfield is MD"

Tweet via: https://twitter.com/TheGAAIA/status/1656580280042266626

Hopefully this information can feed into the Fatal Accident Inquiry.

Best fishes,

Don Staniford

Director, $camon $cotland

Mowi Corporate Killer dripping in blood John Fredriksen

Mowi widow Catriona Lockhart on BBC Scotland's 'Drivetime' hammers Norwegian giant

Mowi hit by £800,000 fine for death of Clive Hendry & media backlash in Scotland!

Norwegian giant Mowi in the dock in Inverness Sheriff Court!

Mowi's 'Corporate Killing' of Clive Hendry in the Crosshairs on International Workers Day

Death of Mowi Worker Clive Hendry Makes International Waves on Memorial Day

The Times: "Woman suing fish farm after partner was crushed"

Mowi Legal Battle Vs Widow of Dead Worker Clive Hendry Looms in Scotttish Court of Session!

Video Shows Mowi Acting Recklessly & Dangerously - a licence to kill?

Mowi has blood on its hands over horrific death of Clive Hendry - how much will Mowi be fined for negligence?

Complaint re. MOWI's reckless behaviour & subsequent fatality in Loch Alsh

Probe launched following death of Highland fish farm worker

"Leave Our Farms Alone" Demand Mowi. Here's What They're Hiding & Why Mowi Want the Public to Keep Away!

Fighting Mowi's Legal Action Over Filming at Salmon Farms

Caught on Camera - Mowi's Reckless Breaches of Health & Safety in Loch Alsh

Today is Canada's #NationalDayofMourning, a time set aside to recognize and remember those who have been tragically lost or injured due to work-related accidents or diseases. May we all take today as a reminder to renew our commitment to workplace safety today and every day. pic.twitter.com/NIzm5oGZzA
— Mowi Canada West (@MowiCanadaWest) April 28, 2023

Posted at 05:58 AM | Permalink

Mowi Whistleblower: "Nothing has changed for the better safety wise....Health and Safety will NEVER be a priority within Mowi whilst Ben Hadfield is MD"

On Tuesday evening (9 May) - just a few hours after Norwegian giant Mowi was fined £800,000 over the corporate killling of Clive Hendry - a whistleblower (I've redacted their name to protect their identity but they said they work for Mowi) provided the following information:

This information has now been passed onto the Health & Safety Executive, Marine Accident Investigation Branch, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Marine Scotland and other relevant parties echoeing the call of Mowi widow Catriona Lockhart for a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Clive Hendry:

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, May 11, 2023 at 10:13 AM
Subject: Mowi Whistleblower: "Nothing has changed for the better safety wise....Health and Safety will NEVER be a priority within Mowi whilst Ben Hadfield is MD"
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Directorate of Maritime Safety and Standards Business Unit <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, SM-Defra-Helpline, Defra (MCU) <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

$camon $cotland received the following information on Tuesday (following Mowi's fine for £800,000 over the corporate killing of Mowi worker Clive Hendry in Loch Alsh):

From: [REDACTED}
Date: Tue, May 9, 2023 at 7:34 PM
Subject: Clive Henry death
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>

Just to clarify

Nothing has changed for the better safety wise at Marine Harvest / Mowi.

At the time of Clive's death the Health and Safety department consisted of 3 persons.

Now it only contains one person along with the former Health & Safety Manager retained in a part time self employed basis.

This is due to Ben Hadfield MD only concerned with minimising the amount of full time employees (FTE) within Mowi.

Health and Safety is not his priority!

The MAIB found there was no effective safety management system in place, there still isn't!

Regular man overboard drills are still not conducted throughout the company.

There is no longer an effective training system in place.

In order to save costs new members of staff watch safety and training videos remotely (or to be very blunt, pretend to watch them).

For the PR department of Mowi to say 'we all continue to be deeply affected by Clive's death' is both offensive and insulting.

Health and Safety will NEVER be a priority within Mowi whilst Ben Hadfield is MD.

The whistleblower said they worked for Mowi.

This has been published via a blog:

Mowi Whistleblower: "Nothing has changed for the better safety wise....Health and Safety will NEVER be a priority within Mowi whilst Ben Hadfield is MD"

Tweet via: https://twitter.com/TheGAAIA/status/1656580280042266626

Hopefully this information can feed into the Fatal Accident Inquiry.

Best fishes,

Don Staniford

Director, $camon $cotland

Only yesterday (10 May 2023), $camon $cotland launched a whistleblower hotline:

Scottish Hazards reported (9 May 2023):

The Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service reported (9 May 2023):

The front page of the Press & Journal (10 May 2023) reported on Mowi's health and safety shame:

STV News reported (9 May 2023):

BBC Scotland's 'Drivetime' show (9 May 2023) featured a powerful interview with Clive Hendry's widow, Catriona Lockhart:

I can personally testify to Mowi's appalling disregard for health and safety. In November 2019, three months before the death of Clive Hendry at the same Mowi salmon farm in Loch Alsh in February 2020, I visited Ardintoul and saw at first hand Mowi's reckless behaviour:

Watch the video footage and judge for yourself who's acting recklessly and dangerous:

Far from being 'responsible', as greenwashed by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council and RSPCA Assured, salmon farming in Scotland is inherently irresponsible: from an environmental, welfare and health and safety perspective.

Mowi widow Catriona Lockhart on BBC Scotland's 'Drivetime' hammers Norwegian giant

Mowi hit by £800,000 fine for death of Clive Hendry & media backlash in Scotland!

Norwegian giant Mowi in the dock in Inverness Sheriff Court!

Mowi's 'Corporate Killing' of Clive Hendry in the Crosshairs on International Workers Day

Death of Mowi Worker Clive Hendry Makes International Waves on Memorial Day

The Times: "Woman suing fish farm after partner was crushed"

Mowi Legal Battle Vs Widow of Dead Worker Clive Hendry Looms in Scotttish Court of Session!

Video Shows Mowi Acting Recklessly & Dangerously - a licence to kill?

Mowi has blood on its hands over horrific death of Clive Hendry - how much will Mowi be fined for negligence?

Complaint re. MOWI's reckless behaviour & subsequent fatality in Loch Alsh

Probe launched following death of Highland fish farm worker

"Leave Our Farms Alone" Demand Mowi. Here's What They're Hiding & Why Mowi Want the Public to Keep Away!

Fighting Mowi's Legal Action Over Filming at Salmon Farms

Caught on Camera - Mowi's Reckless Breaches of Health & Safety in Loch Alsh

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Whistleblower Hotline Launched - please dish the dirt on salmon pharming!

Campaigners have launched a hotline for whistleblowers wanting to dish the dirt on the salmon farming industry in Scotland. Stickers asking for information are being posted across the Highlands & Islands of Scotland with adverts being placed in newspapers in Argyll, Lochaber, Wester Ross, Skye, Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides.

Don Staniford of $camon Scotland said:

“Calling all whistleblowers – please dish the dirt on welfare abuse, mass mortalities, disease problems, corporate negligence, illegal chemical use and fishy goings on down on the salmon farm. Photographic and video evidence is especially welcomed so we can expose the horrors of salmon farming. If you’ve signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement or simply want to remain anonymous please use our tip-line or online contact form”.

Matt Mellen of Ecohustler said:

“Our readers and their social networks are very concerned about how salmon are farmed in UK waters. We set up a petition calling for Marks and Spencer to come clean about the harm caused by factory farming salmon and stop labeling it ‘responsibly sourced’. Over 100k people signed the petition. Areas around salmon farms are severely affected and sustainable local businesses like tourism operations and small scale fishers are suffering. We want to provide these people with a discreet way of sharing their issues. Ecohustler.com will be offering the stickers for free in our online shop.”

Background:

Back in 2000, workers Jackie Mackenzie and Jonathan Davis blew the whistle on illegal use of toxic chemicals by Ardessie Salmon in Wester Ross leading to the salmon farmer being kicked out of the industry’s quality scheme.

In 2017, a whistleblower tipped off the BBC about mass mortalities at Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) in Loch Kishorn.

In 2018, industry whistleblowers leaked photographs of mass mortalities at Marine Harvest (Mowi) and welfare and hygiene abuse by The Scottish Salmon Company (Bakkafrost).

In 2019, a BBC Panorama investigation was sourced by information leaked by whistleblowers.

In 2020, a Mowi insider blew the whistle on the illegal killing of seals.

In 2021, a whistleblower inside Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) provided information on the illegal killing of a seal in Loch Spelve on the Isle of Mull.

In 2021, a whistleblower who worked for Mowi leaked photos and video from South West Shuna salmon farm in the Sound of Jura.

In 2022, a whistleblower issued an alert to mass mortalities at The Scottish Salmon Company (Bakkafrost) in Applecross.

Photos of stickers posted this month at various locations across Scotland:

Download a PDF version of the rectangular sticker/advert online here

Download a PDF version of the circular sticker/advert online here

Adverts were published in The Shetland Times (12 May 2023):

The National newspaper (13 May 2023):

Calling All Whistleblowers, Divers, Boaters & Fishermen!

The Ferret: "Police investigate allegation seal was illegally shot by fish farm"

£10,000 Reward Offered - Illegal Killing of Seals by Scottish Salmon Farms in the Cross Hairs!

Calling All Whistleblowers - Please pass on photos of dead seals killed at salmon farms!

Caught in the Cross-Hairs: Illegal Killing of Seals by Scottish Salmon Farms!

Press Release: "Blowing the Whistle on Scottish Salmon"

Whistleblower Photos of Marine Harvest

Whistleblower Photos of The Scottish Salmon Company

US ‘whistleblower’ claims food firm sold fake Scottish salmon

'Illegal poison' used on salmon: Chemical treatment at fish farms is hazard to health and marine life, claims ex-employee

Download the press release (10 May 2023) as a PDF online here

Salmon are suffering and the responsibility to expose the untruths the fish farming industry pedals falls on us all. We will not allow Scottish salmon producers to continue operating with impunity, which is why we’re supporting calls for anyone with information to speak out. 👇 https://t.co/QvXD4VIl9R
— Viva! (@vivacampaigns) May 25, 2023

UPDATE (June 2023):

Whistleblower near Carradale warns public of serious mortalities at MOWI salmon farm.

Billy Bowie mort trucks removing dead fish from the feedlot. The village left with a foul stench. @ScottishEPA

Google Earth image of the farm has been changed since alarm was raised! @TheGAAIA pic.twitter.com/3T3CRBbgLF
— Salmon Scotland (@SalmonScotland) June 2, 2023

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Mowi widow Catriona Lockhart on BBC Scotland's 'Drivetime' hammers Norwegian giant

Norwegian giant Mowi - which made an operating profit that passed the €1 billion mark in 2022 - has been hit with an £800,000 fine in Scotland over the death of worker Clive Hendry.

Following the damning verdict in Inverness Sheriff Court, Clive Hendry's widow Catriona Lockhart gave a devastating indictment of Mowi's health and safety practices on BBC Scotland's 'Drivetime' radio show along with Louise Adamson of Scottish Hazards (9 May 2023) Listen online here:

BBC Scotland's 'Drivetime' show is only online for a month - the Mowi segment starts at 1 hour 36 mins and 30 seconds into the programme:

BBC News reported (9 May 2023):

Mowi is owned by Norway's richest man John Fredriksen - living as a tax exile in Cyprus and London - who with a net worth of over $13 billion can certainly afford to pay a fine of £800,000.

Private Eye reported in November 2020:

MoneyWeek reported in May 2012: "In an industry where "leaders' risk appetites rival only their personalities for size, it would be easy to mistake John Fredriksen for a mere buccaneer", says the Financial Times. The world's most closely watched ship-owner "a bear-shaped man whose lived-in look lends credence to stories of his large capacity for drink" has a reputation for undertaking deals that few rivals would contemplate."

GCaptain (sourced from Bloomberg) reported in September 2012:

Forbes reported in 2001:

According to Forbes (as of 10 May 2023), Mowi's owner is worth over $13 billion:

Read more about 'Big Wolf' John Fredriksen via the unauthorised biography 'Storeulv':

Norwegian giant Mowi in the dock in Inverness Sheriff Court!

Mowi's 'Corporate Killing' of Clive Hendry in the Crosshairs on International Workers Day

Death of Mowi Worker Clive Hendry Makes International Waves on Memorial Day

The Times: "Woman suing fish farm after partner was crushed"

Mowi Legal Battle Vs Widow of Dead Worker Clive Hendry Looms in Scotttish Court of Session!

Video Shows Mowi Acting Recklessly & Dangerously - a licence to kill?

Mowi has blood on its hands over horrific death of Clive Hendry - how much will Mowi be fined for negligence?

Complaint re. MOWI's reckless behaviour & subsequent fatality in Loch Alsh

Probe launched following death of Highland fish farm worker

"Leave Our Farms Alone" Demand Mowi. Here's What They're Hiding & Why Mowi Want the Public to Keep Away!

Fighting Mowi's Legal Action Over Filming at Salmon Farms

Caught on Camera - Mowi's Reckless Breaches of Health & Safety in Loch Alsh

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Mowi hit by £800,000 fine for death of Clive Hendry & media backlash in Scotland!

The Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service reported (9 May 2023):

The front page of the Press & Journal (10 May 2023) reported on Mowi's shame:

STV News reported (9 May 2023):

Sky News reported (10 May 2023):

Sky News reporting on a new low for corporate killer Mowi @MowiScotlandLtd @SkyNews https://t.co/PmHOykorjo
When will Scotland make Culpable Homicide an offence? @scotgov @ScotGovFM @clairebakermsp @ScottishHazards @scotlawreporter
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 10, 2023

The Scottish Sun reported (9 May 2023):

The court heard Mr Hendry’s last words he spoke to his would-be rescuer were "my legs are ******" before he sank below the surface. Today, @MowiScotlandLtd pled guilty to health and safety breaches over the tragedy & were fined £800,000 @ScottishSun https://t.co/vCGKzBdXEj
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 9, 2023

The Herald reported (9 May 2023):

The Daily Record reported (9 May 2023):

Norwegian salmon farm giant Mowi fined £800,000 after employee crushed to death by boat @Daily_Record @MowiScotlandLtd @ScotlandSalmon @maibgovuk @H_S_E @marinescotland https://t.co/Yf49d31Aoy
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 9, 2023

BBC News reported (9 May 2023):

International salmon farming company Mowi fined over worker's death https://t.co/d5JtUg5Zou
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 9, 2023

Intrafish reported (10 May 2023):

The Ferret reported (10 May 2023):

Norwegian giant Mowi in the dock in Inverness Sheriff Court!

Mowi's 'Corporate Killing' of Clive Hendry in the Crosshairs on International Workers Day

Death of Mowi Worker Clive Hendry Makes International Waves on Memorial Day

The Times: "Woman suing fish farm after partner was crushed"

Mowi Legal Battle Vs Widow of Dead Worker Clive Hendry Looms in Scotttish Court of Session!

Video Shows Mowi Acting Recklessly & Dangerously - a licence to kill?

Mowi has blood on its hands over horrific death of Clive Hendry - how much will Mowi be fined for negligence?

Complaint re. MOWI's reckless behaviour & subsequent fatality in Loch Alsh

Probe launched following death of Highland fish farm worker

"Leave Our Farms Alone" Demand Mowi. Here's What They're Hiding & Why Mowi Want the Public to Keep Away!

Fighting Mowi's Legal Action Over Filming at Salmon Farms

Caught on Camera - Mowi's Reckless Breaches of Health & Safety in Loch Alsh

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Photo Horror of M&S Supplier Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms)!

Horrific photos exposing welfare abuse by Norwegian-owned Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) - exclusive supplier to Marks & Spencer - have been published online by the Scottish Government.

The Fish Health Inspectorate visited the Easter Score Holms salmon farm operated by Scottish Sea Farms in Shetland in January 2023 - here's the 'Case Information' including photos taken by Scottish Government inspectors:

A Fish Health Inspectorate report on Shuna Point - a new salmon farm operated by Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) - in February 2023 was slipped out by the Scottish Government last month (25 April 2023) and the picture is far from pretty with over 100,000 morts due to Complex Gill Diseases:

Another Fish Health Inspectorate report dated November 2022 for Dunstaffnage salmon farm operated by Scottish Sea Farms near Oban also details disease, mortality and welfare problems:

Fish Farmer reported earlier this month (2 May 2023):

Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) is a video nasty:

$camon $cotland reported in September 2022:

Leaked Videos Expose Welfare Nightmare of RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon

64% Mortality at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Nevis - as sold by M&S as "responsibly sourced"?! (& ASC-certified as 'responsible')

74% Mortality Reported by RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms (Supplier to M&S) in Loch Nevis - soon to be ASC-certified as 'responsible'!

8,000 tonne shortfall for Scottish Sea Farms (Norskott Havbruk) due to "biological challenges"!

Scottish Scamon: Piscine Reovirus, skin lesions/boils & "hanging" salmon in Loch Creran (sold by M&S as "responsibly sourced" & certified via RSPCA Assured)!

Salmon Farming is Criminal - breaches of welfare laws by RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms!

The Times: "Scottish salmon supplier to M&S cleared over welfare claims"

Video: Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) is a Sham, Scam & Consumer Con - Stop Salmon Farming Now!

The Times: "RSPCA investigates Scottish salmon supplier to M&S over lice accusations"

RSPCA Assured "now investigating" welfare abuse at Scottish Sea Farms in the Sound of Mull & Loch Creran!

Video Exclusive: Secret Filming Exposes Horrific Welfare Abuse Inside RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Farms

Photos of Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms

M&S Irresponsibly Sourced Scottish Salmon (as greenwashed by RSPCA Assured)!

Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) Report "Biological Challenges" (i.e. Deaths & Disease)!

Anyone for M&S’s Virus-Laden Scottish Salmon (don’t worry, it’s “responsibly sourced” & RSPCA Assured)?!

It’s Official: Infectious Salmon Anaemia Back to Haunt Scottish Salmon - reported to the World Organization for Animal Health for the first time since 2012!

ASC-Certified/Audited Mass Mortalities Pile Up at Lousy Mowi & Scottish Sea Farms!

Dead in the Water - Scottish Salmon's Mortality Mountain Piles Ever Higher in 2021!

ISA hits Scottish Sea Farms owner SalMar in Norway - how many hidden cases are lurking on salmon farms in Scotland?

Bullshit Called on M&S's "Responsibly Sourced" Scottish Salmon!

Ecohustler sticks it to "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon sold by M&S!

Breaking News: ISA reported at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms on the Isle of Mull

Damning Disease Report for RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Spelve

Fish Farmer: "RSPCA Assured lifts Loch Spelve suspension"

RSPCA Sponsored Welfare Abuse of Salmon Farms - A Guide to Getting Away with Mass Murder (Theriocide)!

Video Scoop: RSPCA Assured Diseased Salmon from M&S

Herald On Sunday: "Scottish M&S supplier blames seals for salmon wounds as RSPCA Assured status is suspended"

RSPCA Suspends Spelve Salmon Farm & 'Urgently Investigates' M&S Supplier Scottish Sea Farms!

Secret Filming Exposes RSPCA ‘Abused’ Scottish Salmon - Welfare Complaint Filed Against M&S Supplier Scottish Sea Farms

2.2 Million Missing Mortalities at Scottish Sea Farms?

The Killing Farms - Scottish Salmon's Horror Story Continues!

BBC Countryfile features lice-infested RSPCA Assured salmon!

Leaked Email: Staff Cuts at Scottish Sea Farms Compromise Fish Welfare

Welfare Warning for Scottish Salmon - stormy waters & prolonged periods of pain forecast!

Herald: "Scottish salmon found in ‘sickening’ conditions across Scotland as sea lice problem escalates"

Video Exposes Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured salmon farm sourced by M&S 'Lochmuir'

Caveat Emptor - M&S's Fake 'Lochmuir' Scottish Salmon (sourced from Norwegian-owned Scottish Sea Farms)

"Over 50" Lice Per Fish at Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Kishorn

Photo Dossier of Diseased, Deformed & Abused Scottish Salmon

Scottish Government rejects industry pleas on sick salmon photos

REVEALED: Legal Threats to Prevent Publication of Damning Photographs

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Norwegian giant Mowi in the dock in Inverness Sheriff Court!

Norwegian giant Mowi is scheduled to appear in Inverness Sheriff Court on Tuesday (9 May 2023):

There does not appear to be any information publicly available yet on the criminal charges against Mowi but the case could be related to the corporate killing of Clive Hendry - who was killed in February 2020 at Mowi's Ardtinoul salmon farm in Loch Alsh.

Here's an email obtained via Freedom of Information from the Maritime & Coastguard Agency dated December 2021:

The Times reported in November 2021:

Catriona Lockhart, widow of Mowi worker Clive Hendry, spoke out against corporate killing on International Workers Day in Edinburgh last month (28 April 2023):

Thompsons Solicitors reported in June 2021:

I posted on Facebook in October 2021:

Scottish Hazards reported in May 2021:

BBC Scotland reported in May 2021:

STV News reported (26 May 2021):

"Mowi Scotland Ltd did not have an effective marine safety management system and lacked staff with the experience to oversee its marine operations" @ScotlandMowi @MowiScotlandLtd @maibgovuk
How much will Mowi be fined for their negligence & lack of safety? @GreenerScotland https://t.co/OoIUcdTTpI
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 26, 2021

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch reported in December 2021 that another incident - involving the grounding and flooding of a tanker in March 2020 at Mowi's Kyleakin feed factory - "identified safety management issues at Mowi’s Kyleakin facility, including that the Port Marine Safety Code was not fully implemented". "Safety recommendations have been made to Mowi (Scotland) to ensure that operations at the Kyleakin facility are conducted in accordance with the Port Marine Safety Code, and to consider upgrading the area to Statutory Harbour Authority," reported MAIB.

MAIB reported in December 2021:

MAIB reported in December 2021 on other cases involving Mowi:

MAIB reported in May 2021 on the circumstances surrounding the death of Clive Hendry at Mowi's salmon farm in Loch Alsh in February 2020:

The damning MAIB report (May 2021) included:

The MAIB report (May 2021) also detailed:

The death of Clive Henry in February 2020 is not the first time Mowi (renamed from Marine Harvest in 2019 due to "negative consumer perception") has been criticised following a fatality at one of its salmon farms. BBC News reported in 2007:

BBC News reported in 2006:

Other Norwegian-owned salmon farming companies have been blamed - and fined - for the deaths of workers in Scotland. BBC News reported in January 2012:

In 2009, the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet reported on deaths of workers in Chile at Cermaq and Marine Harvest (before 1 January 2019, Mowi was named Marine Harvest).

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in February 2020:

Death of Mowi Worker Clive Hendry Makes International Waves on Memorial Day

The Times: "Woman suing fish farm after partner was crushed"

Mowi Legal Battle Vs Widow of Dead Worker Clive Hendry Looms in Scotttish Court of Session!

Video Shows Mowi Acting Recklessly & Dangerously - a licence to kill?

Mowi has blood on its hands over horrific death of Clive Hendry - how much will Mowi be fined for negligence?

Complaint re. MOWI's reckless behaviour & subsequent fatality in Loch Alsh

Probe launched following death of Highland fish farm worker

"Leave Our Farms Alone" Demand Mowi. Here's What They're Hiding & Why Mowi Want the Public to Keep Away!

Fighting Mowi's Legal Action Over Filming at Salmon Farms

Caught on Camera - Mowi's Reckless Breaches of Health & Safety in Loch Alsh

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Mowi's ASC Greenwashing Escapes Sanctions?

Norwegian giant Mowi - who currently has 148 salmon farms certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council as 'responsible' (85 in Norway, 39 in Scotland, 16 in Chile, 4 in Canada, 3 in Ireland and 1 in the Faroes) - faces increasing scrutiny over the certification of sites in Scotland.

LRQA - a 'leading global assurance provider' who helps deliver ASC certification - wrote to $camon $cotland on Friday (5 May 2023):

From: Dignan, Sam <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, May 5, 2023 at 6:23 PM
Subject: RE: Complaint vs Mowi's Colonsay, Carradale & Greanem salmon farms
To: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Cc: LRQA ASC <[email protected]>, Complaints <[email protected]>

Hi Don,

Please see attached our response to your complaint of Monday 10 April 2023.

If you dissatisfied with the outcome of your complaint you may choose to 1) escalate your complaint within LRQA, 2) submit your complaint directly to the ASC and/or 3) raise it with the ASC’s appointed accreditation body (ASI).

Kind regards,

Sam

Sam Dignan

Aquaculture & Fisheries Manager

[email protected]

Download letter as a PDF online here

$camon $cotland wrote to the ASC on 10 April 2023:

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2023 9:10 PM
To: Certification <[email protected]>; LRQA ASC <[email protected]>; Bertrand Charron <[email protected]>; Chris Ninnes <[email protected]>; Info <[email protected]>; Dignan, Sam <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Alastair Dingwall <[email protected]>; Complaints <[email protected]>
Subject: Complaint vs Mowi's Colonsay, Carradale & Greanem salmon farms

Please consider this a formal complaint re. ASC certification of Mowi’s Colonsay salmon farm in Scotland as well as Mowi’s salmon farms at Carradale and Greanem/Grey Horse Channel Outer.

Please pass this complaint onto the relevant department (ASI and LRQA are both copied into this complaint and it has been emailed also to: [email protected]).

$camon Scotland’s complaint is a very simple one and is evidenced via the juxtaposition of the ASC’s ‘Salmon Standard’ vs data published by Marine Scotland via Scotland’s Aquaculture in relation to mass escapes and a recent Freedom of Information disclosure by the Scottish Government.

The letter of complaint - including documented evidence - is attached here and is available online here (the letter also includes a letter to Scottish Ministers).

Thanks,

Don Staniford

Director, $camon $cotland

LRQA replied on 11 April 2023:

From: Dignan, Sam <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 9:56 AM
Subject: RE: Complaint vs Mowi's Colonsay, Carradale & Greanem salmon farms
To: Don Staniford <[email protected]>, Certification <[email protected]>, LRQA ASC <[email protected]>, Bertrand Charron <[email protected]>, Chris Ninnes <[email protected]>, Info <[email protected]>, Warren, Lewis <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>

Hi Don,

We acknowledge receipt of your complaint and have formally raise it as such on our system so you should get an acknowledgement from there as well.

We commit to resolving your complaint as quickly as possible and, if your complaint is more complex, we will keep you informed whilst we investigate the matter.

Should you need it in the meantime, your reference number is: FHS-00057056

Kind regards,

Sam

Sam Dignan

Aquaculture & Fisheries Manager

[email protected]

The ASC replied on 12 April 2023:

From: Efrain Calderon <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: Complaint vs Mowi's Colonsay, Carradale & Greanem salmon farms
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Cc: Certification <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>

Dear Don

Information received; we will review it. As you also contacted the CAB it should be considered stakeholder input and addressed, the CAB should reply how the issues shared will be followed up.

We are following up with LR to confirm reception.

Efrain

From: Complaints <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 9:27 AM
Subject: RE: Complaint vs Mowi's Colonsay, Carradale & Greanem salmon farms
To: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Cc: Certification <[email protected]>, LRQA ASC <[email protected]>, Bertrand Charron <[email protected]>, Chris Ninnes <[email protected]>, Info <[email protected]>, Dignan, Sam <[email protected]>, [email protected] <[email protected]>, Alastair Dingwall <[email protected]>

Good morning Don,

Please consider this acknowledgment of receipt of your email dated 11/04/2023 entitled ‘Complaint vs Mowi's Colonsay, Carradale & Greanem salmon farms’.

As this particular complaint relates to ASC certificate holders’ standard compliance, in line with the ASC Complaints Procedure this should be progressed by the relevant Conformity Assessment Body in the first instance. We have been copied in to LRQA’s response to you and have logged this internally at ASC for reference.

Kind regards,

Laura

$camon $cotland wrote to the ASC on 12 April 2023:

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 10:02 AM
To: Complaints <[email protected]>
Cc: Certification <[email protected]>; LRQA ASC <[email protected]>; Bertrand Charron <[email protected]>; Chris Ninnes <[email protected]>; Info <[email protected]>; Dignan, Sam <[email protected]>; Warren, Lewis <[email protected]>; Alastair Dingwall <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Complaint vs Mowi's Colonsay, Carradale & Greanem salmon farms

I am not familiar with the compliance or audit process. But suffice to say that any forensic examination of ASC-certified salmon farms in Scotland - and those currently being audited - is likely to uncover other non-compliances.

If the ASC - and the certification and compliance bodies - wish to conduct due diligence of salmon farms in Scotland the Scottish Government publishes mortality, disease, lice and other case information via: https://www.gov.scot/collections/publication-of-fish-health-inspectorate-information/

Other data on escapes, biomass breaches, toxic chemical use, benthic pollution etc is published via Scotland's Aquaculture: http://aquaculture.scotland.gov.uk/data/data.aspx

Salmon Scotland also publishes mortality data via: https://www.salmonscotland.co.uk/reports

Freedom of Information - as used by $camon $cotland - is also powerful tool to extract information from Marine Scotland, SEPA, Nature Scotland, APHA and other agencies which salmon farming companies such as Mowi, Bakkafrost and Scottish Sea Farms may be reluctant to disclose and share with the ASC via the audit process.

It seems patently clear that the ASC is not following due diligence - and is being far from responsible - when it comes to auditing and monitoring compliance by salmon farms in Scotland.

You only have to take a quick glance at mortality rates on salmon farms across Scotland (online here) and cross-reference to see which salmon farms are already certified by the ASC (online here) to see how irresponsible the ASC certification process really is.

Best fishes,

Don

$camon $cotland wrote earlier today (8 May 2023) to the LRQA:

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, May 8, 2023 at 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: Complaint vs Mowi's Colonsay, Carradale & Greanem salmon farms
To: Dignan, Sam <[email protected]>
Cc: LRQA ASC <[email protected]>, Complaints <[email protected]>, Bertrand Charron <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Certification <[email protected]>, Chris Ninnes <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Info <[email protected]>

Sam,

Thanks for your letter dated 5 May 2023.

In the spirit of transparency, I have posted this publicly via: Mowi's ASC Greenwashing Escapes Sanctions?

If Mowi escapes sanction and suspension for their blatant non-conformities, it will make even more of a mockery of the ASC's greenwashing of toxic, disease-ridden, mortality-laden and leaky Scottish salmon farming.

Please keep me posted on the outcome of the review process.

Best fishes,

Don

EXPOSED: “Disappointing” Breaches of Biosecurity at ASC-Certified Mowi - Call to Close Down Farms!

Leaked Videos Expose Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured Bakkafrost in Loch Fyne - soon to be ASC-certified as 'responsible'?!

Certifiable: The ASC Greenwashes Deadly Nevis Salmon Farms as 'Responsible' (despite 200,000 morts, lice infestation & infectious diseases)!

Greenwash Alert: The ASC's New 'Salmon Standard' (Version 1.4) Rolls Out on 1st February!

The ASC Runs Out of Greenwash: "Certification Not Awarded" at five salmon farms operated by Mowi & Scottish Sea Farms

Greenwashing by the Deadly ASC (Abominable Salmon Council) Leaps to Over 30 Fish Farms - with another 17 waiting to be rubber-stamped!

Named & Shamed: Scotland's Most Deadly Salmon Farms in 2022 (as sponsored by RSPCA Assured & the ASC)!

64% Mortality at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Nevis - as sold by M&S as "responsibly sourced"?! (& ASC-certified as 'responsible')

74% Mortality Reported by RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms (Supplier to M&S) in Loch Nevis - soon to be ASC-certified as 'responsible'!

Abominable Salmon Certification - the Aquaculture Stewardship Council is Sponsoring Serial Killing in Scotland!

ASC-Certified/Audited Mass Mortalities Pile Up at Lousy Mowi & Scottish Sea Farms!

New Mortality Data for Disease-Ridden Scottish Salmon - 700,000+ in the first two weeks of December!

Open letter to the ASC: Please cancel all certification of Mowi's toxic Scottish salmon!

Mowi's 'Host' With the Most....Toxic Chemicals & Antibiotics (certified as "responsibly farmed" by the ASC)!

ASC cancel Mowi certifications due to exceedances of antibiotics use, escape & "administrative reasons"!

Mass mortalities at ASC-certified Mowi!

Rest Assured - the RSPCA has been captured, co-opted & corrupted by the Salmafia

Update: Mortality Rate Over 36% At RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon!

Mowi's 'Healthy' RSPCA Assured & ASC-Certified Salmon Farm at Gorsten (as featured in Seaspiracy)

Netflix's 'Seaspiracy' Exposes Disease-Ridden Scottish Salmon – As Sponsored by the RSPCA & Aquaculture Stewardship Council!

Mowi Moves Goalposts on ASC Certification

ASC-Certified Scottish Salmon Dead in the Water!

Anyone for ASC-Certified Scottish Salmon Doused in Carcinogenic Formaldehyde?

ASC-Certified Shellfish Killers (not to mention seals, diseases, lice, pollution etc)

EXPOSED: Scottish Salmon's Sustainability Scam

Lipstick on a Pig - WWF's Makeover At Marine Harvest

WWF Greenwashes Marine Harvest

The Abominable Salmon Council - Buyer Beware!

Pepé Le Pew Loves Farmed Salmon!

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Mowi's 'Corporate Killing' of Clive Hendry in the Crosshairs on International Workers Day

Norwegian giant Mowi - the largest salmon farming company in Scotland - was the subject of a powerful and emotional address by Catriona Lockhart (widow of Clive Hendry - killed at Mowi's Ardintoul salmon farm in Loch Alsh in February 2020) during a memorial in Edinburgh for International Workers Day on Friday (28 April 2023):

Here's an audio file of Catriona Lockhart's speech:

Here's photos from the International Workers Day memorial event in Princess Gardens in Edinburgh on 28 April 2023:

Families Against Corporate Killers posted on Facebook (27 April 2023):

Scottish Hazards reported in May 2021:

BBC Scotland reported in May 2021:

The Times reported in November 2021:

The Times: "Woman suing fish farm after partner was crushed"

Mowi Legal Battle Vs Widow of Dead Worker Clive Hendry Looms in Scotttish Court of Session!

Video Shows Mowi Acting Recklessly & Dangerously - a licence to kill?

Mowi has blood on its hands over horrific death of Clive Hendry - how much will Mowi be fined for negligence?

Complaint re. MOWI's reckless behaviour & subsequent fatality in Loch Alsh