Here's a press release from Take the Salmon Pledge:
Don Staniford explains more about the campaign:
Download press release in full as a PDF online here
11/09/2018
11/07/2018
BBC Radio Scotland 'Newsdrive' on toxic chemicals & salmon farming
Listen to BBC Radio Scotland's 'Newsdrive' show broadcast on 7 November 2018 - featuring SEPA's Terry A'Hearn, SSPO's Julie Hesketh-Laird and Don Staniford of Scottish Salmon Watch - online here
Also on BBC iPlayer online here (starts at 12 mins 20 secs)
The Ferret: "Wildlife widely damaged by fish farm pesticides, says Sepa"
10/16/2018
Video of BBC Landward
Watch BBC iPlayer online here
For those outside the UK here's a few video clips from BBC Landward's "Saving Our Salmon" documentary (16 October 2018):
Read more via: BBC Landward: "Saving Our Salmon"
BBC Landward: "Saving Our Salmon"
Watch "Saving Our Salmon" online here (available after broadcast on 16 October 2018)
Scottish Field reported (11 October 2018):
Fish Farming Expert reported (14 October 2018):
Read article in full online here
The Scotsman: "Scotland’s salmon windfall soars above £1bn, but production set to fall by fifth"
The Scotsman newspaper reported (16 October):
Here's The Scotsman's Leader Comment (16 October 2018):
The Daily Mail reported (16 October 2018):
10/15/2018
Fergus Sings the Norwegian Blues!
"The fish farm industry forms an integral part of Scotland's rural economy – creating jobs and providing capital in some of our most rural communities," crowed Fergus Ewing (Scotland's Minister for the Promotion of Foreign-Owned Salmon Farming) in The Herald (15 October 2018). "So it’s very encouraging to see salmon production value on the increase yet again."
"Demand for quality Scottish salmon continues to outstrip supply and the sector aspires to grow to meet demand, but we also recognise the importance of steady, sustainable development," he continued. "These new figures, alongside the investment in tackling emerging challenges give us great confidence in the sector’s ability for sustainable growth over the coming years."
The National reported (16 October 2018):
Fergus calmly kept the horror story quiet - the new figures forecast a 21% fall representing 39,000 tonnes of lost production in 2018 due to a nightmare combination of infectious diseases and mass mortalities.
Read the Scottish salmon farming industry's latest lice data online here
Watch a horror video on lice infestation via the BBC's The One Show broadcast on 10 September 2018:
Fish Farming Expert at least reported on the predicted fall in production in 2018 (15 October 2018):
In reality, the Scottish salmon farming industry is dead in the water with over 25,000 tonnes of dead salmon reported in 2017 (an estimated 15-20 million fish) along with skip loads of dead 'cleaner fish'.
Watch a video report online here
The new data published by the Scottish Government reveals that the mortality rate in the sea phase of production is now over a fifth - and if you account for the losses in the hatchery the true mortality rate from egg to plate stands at almost a half.
Here's the 2017 Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey:
In January 2018, Fergus admitted via a Scottish Parliamentary reply that over a quarter (26.7%) of all Scottish farmed salmon (nearly 13 million) were dying on salmon farms:
In April 2018, Fergus was at the Brussels Seafood Show flexing his muscles on behalf of the predominantly Norwegian-owned 'Scottish' salmon farming sector and pledging his support to a reckless expansion plan to double or even treble salmon farming production by 2030:
Last month Fergus Ewing vowed to deal with "detractors":
Here's a video from one of Fergus's "detractors" - photographer Corin Smith:
The Daily Record reported last month:
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10/13/2018
10/12/2018
10/08/2018
Scottish Parliamentary Motion on the Welfare of Farmed Fish
Read the Scottish Parliamentary motion on the welfare of farmed fish online here
Read more via:
- Stop Suffering & Cruelty on Scottish Salmon Farms
- Private Eye: "RSPCA: Synchronised Swimming"
- Justice for Fish - Welfare of Scottish Salmon in Legal Spotlight
- Press Release: "Dirty Rotten Scottish Salmon - Videos lift lid on can of worms, beetles & maggots!"
- Photos: Dirty Rotten Scottish Salmon - Lifting the Lid!
- Sunday Post: "Underwater film reveals salmon with twisted spines as fears mount over cages"
- Sunday Post: "Clampdown looms for salmon farms as Holyrood probe sparks ultimatum to protect fish and safeguard lochs"
Stop Suffering & Cruelty on Scottish Salmon Farms
Don Staniford, Director of Scottish Salmon Watch, reporting outside the Scottish Parliament and the Supreme Courts of Scotland in Edinburgh:
Please donate to fund a legal challenge online here
Please donate to fund further filming and sampling online here
10/07/2018
10/06/2018
STV News on the "Nightmares" for Scottish Salmon!
STV News reported (5 October 2018):
Here's a Tweet:
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Times: "Fears for environment as more fish farms fail to comply with standards"
BBC News: "One in five Scottish fish farms 'not meeting standards'"
Leading fish farm watchdog joins fish farm industry
Failing Fish Farms: Scotland's Worst Salmon Farms Named & Shamed
SEPA permits salmon farming to slip net
SEPA's shame on salmon farming
Scotland's green watchdog wined and dined by polluters
Government watchdog bowed to industry pressure on fish farm pollution
10/03/2018
Private Eye: "RSPCA: Synchronised Swimming"
Private Eye reported (5 October 2018):
Read the Salmon & Trout Conservation Scotland's report on the RSPCA online here
Read George Monbiot's article in The Guardian via "The RSPCA rescues one seal – and condones the killing of many others"
Read The Daily Mirror on "RSPCA boss lambasted for saying shooting seals is 'humane pest control' - forcing animal-lovers to cancel memberships"
Read more on the RSPCA's seal-killing practices via: "Herald: "RSPCA attacked for fresh support for Scots seal shooting to protect salmon"
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Private Eye: "Down on the Fish Farm"
Old Trout lives on in the Private Eye archive!
RIP Bruce Sandison - Old Trout is Dead, Long Live Old Trout!
Shooting Times: "Standing Up for Salmon"
The Shooting Times reported (3 October 2018):
Digital version available to buy online here
Watch video footage shot on salmon farms online here
Read more via:
- Justice for Fish - Welfare of Scottish Salmon in Legal Spotlight
- Press Release: "Dirty Rotten Scottish Salmon - Videos lift lid on can of worms, beetles & maggots!"
- Photos: Dirty Rotten Scottish Salmon - Lifting the Lid!
- Sunday Post: "Underwater film reveals salmon with twisted spines as fears mount over cages"
- Sunday Post: "Clampdown looms for salmon farms as Holyrood probe sparks ultimatum to protect fish and safeguard lochs"
- The Scotsman: "Fears raised over eco risks of fish farm expansion plan"
- Petition: "Time to clean up Scottish salmon farming"
- PETA: "Shocking Video Exposes Cruel Salmon Farming in Scotland"
- Scottish Salmon in a Spin - BBC 'One Show' leaves SSPO in 'panic mode'
Justice for Fish - Welfare of Scottish Salmon in Legal Spotlight
A Crowd Justice campaign to fund legal action to stop cruelty and suffering on Scottish salmon farms has been launched. Scottish Salmon Watch is proposing a legal challenge because they believe that salmon farms in Scotland run the risk of breaching the Animal Health & Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 - specifically in relation to "Unnecessary Suffering", "Cruel Operations" and "Ensuring Welfare of Animals".
Please donate online here
"Cramming the 'King of Fish' in cramped and overcrowded cages is cruel and a welfare nightmare," said Don Staniford, Director of Scottish Salmon Watch. "Scientific research has shown that salmon are sentient beings who feel pain and distress. Secret filming inside salmon farms reveals shocking suffering on salmon farms. Legal action is urgently needed to raise welfare standards on Scottish salmon's torture chambers. Fish have feelings too but have no voice so we need to speak out on their behalf and stand up against cruelty and suffering on Scottish salmon farms."
Download press release as a PDF via "Justice for Fish - Welfare of Scottish Salmon in Legal Spotlight" (3 October 2018)
10/01/2018
Press Release: "Dirty Rotten Scottish Salmon - Videos lift lid on can of worms, beetles & maggots!"
Download press release via Dirty Rotten Scottish Salmon - Videos lift the lid on can of worms, beetles & maggots!
Watch "Lifting the Lid on Diseased & Deformed Scottish Salmon":
Watch "WARNING: Dirty Rotten Scottish Salmon: Not for Animal Consumption":
Download press release via Dirty Rotten Scottish Salmon - Videos lift the lid on can of worms, beetles & maggots!
Read more via "Media Backgrounder: Scottish Salmon's Mort Mountain - Leaping to Record Levels in 2018?" (October 2018)
Photos: Dirty Rotten Scottish Salmon - Lifting the Lid!
Here's photo stills fr0m video footage of dead farmed salmon and cleaner fish:
Zip file of high res photos available - please email dstaniford@gaaia.org
Read more via:
Press Release: "Dirty Rotten Scottish Salmon - Videos lift lid on can of worms, beetles & maggots!"
09/30/2018
Sunday Post: "Underwater film reveals salmon with twisted spines as fears mount over cages"
The Sunday Post reported (30 September 2018):
Online via "Underwater film reveals salmon with twisted spines as fears mount over cages"
Watch the secret filming in Loch Fyne online here
Download video footage and photos of Loch Roag from Corin Smith online here
Watch the BBC's 'The One Show' from 10 September 2018 with Joe Crowley reporting on 'Salmon SOS':
Read more via Sunday Post: "Clampdown looms for salmon farms as Holyrood probe sparks ultimatum to protect fish and safeguard lochs"
Here's the PressReader version of the article:
Sunday Post: "Clampdown looms for salmon farms as Holyrood probe sparks ultimatum to protect fish and safeguard lochs"
The Sunday Post reported (30 September 2018):
Online via "Clampdown looms for salmon farms as Holyrood probe sparks ultimatum to protect fish and safeguard lochs"
Here's the PressReader version of the article:
09/24/2018
The Scotsman: "Fears raised over eco risks of fish farm expansion plan"
The Scotsman newspaper (23 September 2018) published a photo from Scottish Salmon Watch's secret filming inside salmon farms in Scotland.
Download high res copy online here
Watch the video footage online here
Watch more videos online here
09/14/2018
Petition: "Time to clean up Scottish salmon farming"
Please sign a petition to clean up Scottish salmon farming - details online here
Read more via www.scottishsalmonwatch.org
09/13/2018
09/12/2018
Scottish Salmon in a Spin - BBC 'One Show' leaves SSPO in 'panic mode'
The disease-ridden Scottish salmon farming industry is reeling from Monday's broadcast by the BBC 'The One Show' showing damning video footage of lice-infested salmon swimming inside a salmon farm in Loch Roag captured by photographer Corin Smith.
Watch the BBC's 'The One Show' (10 September 2018) online here
The Daily Mail reported (5 September 2018):
Read in full via: Daily Mail: "Suffering Salmon: Watchdog investigates farm over claims that more than 300,000 fish are infested with lice"
Corin Smith, who captured the shocking video evidence with a Go Pro camera which he has shared with the public via Google Drive, posted on Facebook (12 September 2018):
He posted on Facebook (11 September 2018):
He posted on Facebook (10 September 2018):
Download Corin's photos and videos online here
The Ferret reported (10 September 2018):
A measure of the depth of the salmon farming industry's PR problems is the fact that Salmon Business reported (5 September 2018):
Corin Smith detailed more background on his secret filming in Loch Roag:
Meanwhile, the Scottish salmon farming industry continues to squirm.
The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation stated (6 September 2018):
The Fish Site reported (6 September 2018):
Salmon Business reported (5 September 2018):
Fish Farming Expert reported (4 September 2018):
Fish Update reported (31 August 2018):
Read more via:
- Press Release: "Scottish Salmon Going Rogue in Loch Roag"
- BBC One Show on Lice-Infested Scottish Salmon
- Press Release: "Dirty Secrets Lurking Under Scottish Salmon's Lice Skirt"
- Press Release: "Shine the Spotlight on Scottish Salmon"
- Daily Mail: "Suffering Salmon: Watchdog investigates farm over claims that more than 300,000 fish are infested with lice"
- Press Release: "Secret Filming Reveals Shocking Images of Unhealthy Scottish Salmon"
09/11/2018
Daily Mail: "Why saving our salmon distresses our dolphins - noise devices to scare predators also put marine mammals at risk""
The Daily Mail reported (11 September 2018):
Read more via:
- The Times: "Noisy fish farms 'harm other marine life'"
- Sounding Off On Salmon Farms - Acoustic Deterrent Devices evade Marine Noise Registry
The Times: "Noisy fish farms 'harm other marine life'"
The Times reported (11 September 2018):
Read more via Sounding Off On Salmon Farms - Acoustic Deterrent Devices evade Marine Noise Registry
Press Release: "Scottish Salmon Going Rogue in Loch Roag"
Download press release in full as a PDF online here
Download press release in full as a PDF online here
The BBC's Joe Crowley Tweeted following the One Show broadcast (10 September 2018):
Don Staniford Tweeted (11 September 2018):
Read more via:
SSPCA under fire over lice-infested salmon filmed at fish farm
BBC One Show on Lice-Infested Scottish Salmon
Dirty Secrets Lurking Under Scottish Salmon's Lice Skirt
Shine the Spotlight on Scottish Salmon"
Secret Filming Reveals Shocking Images of Unhealthy Scottish Salmon
Sick salmon at Scottish fish farm revealed on film
Salmon firms bid to block diseased fish photos
Named: supermarkets selling salmon from ‘poor’ welfare firms
Revealed: the fish farms worst on animal welfare
Scottish salmon farming expansion must be stopped, say critics
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