Welcome to 'Fish Farmageddon' - the 'Infectious Salmon Aquacalypse' is nigh!
The outbreak of ISA in Newfoundland & Labrador is the latest in a litany of incidents dating back to the first ISA outbreak in Norway in 1984.
Read more background via the report: "ISA - Diary of Disease Disaster" (October 2011) - online here
And read "Fish Farmageddon: The Infectious Salmon Aquacalypse" (August 2011) - online here
Salmon farming is now so disease-ridden that consumers are being urged to boycott farmed salmon. Join the 12,000 people who have signed a petition to supermarkets calling for an end to diseased farmed salmon.
Sign the petition - online here!
According to Responsible Aquaculture, the scene pictured below is 'Just Another Day at a Nova Scotia Diner':
Read more details via Alexandra Morton's various blogs on infectious diseases - online here
Read a press release from Wild Salmon First (21 February 2013) - online here
Read Marine Harvest Ireland's Natura Impact Statement proposing a lagoon on Clare Island to treat for Amoebic Gill Disease (November 2012) - online here
View a map of Marine Harvest Ireland's proposed disease treatment lagoon on Clare Island - online here
Read Marine Harvest Ireland's planning application to Cork County Council for a disease treatment lagoon on Clare Island (January 2013) - online here
Read objections from residents of Clare Island (December 2012): online here and online here
Read "Organic Scamon – The Greenwashing of Toxic Farmed Salmon" (May 2012) - online here
Read a FOI letter from Marine Scotland on sea lice (1 February 2013) - online here
Download sea lice data made available via FOI (February 2013):
- Kishorn (2010-2012): online here
- Shieldaig (2008-2012): online here
- Gairloch (2011): online here
- West Sutherland (2008-2009): online here
- Wester Ross (2008-2009): online here
- Argyll (2008-2009): online here
- Lochaber (2008-2009): online here
- Outer Hebrides (2008-2009): online here
- Torridon (2008-2009): online here
- All Regions (1997-2009): online here
Read a FOI refusal from Marine Scotland: January 2013 - online here
Read disease data from Scotland for April to July 2012 - online here
Read a letter to Loch Duart from APES in Canada (November 2012) - online here
Read a letter to Her Majesty the Queen re. Loch Duart (November 2012) - online here
Read a letter from Loch Duart in 2010 refusing to publish audit results - online here
Read The Sunday Times in 2012 on Loch Duart and SEPA - online here
Read correspondence with Nick Joy, MD of Loch Duart, in 2009 - online here
Photos of Don Staniford at Loch Duart - online here and online here
Photos of letter delivered to Loch Duart - online here and online here
Read Marine Harvest Scotland's letter to residents concerning Amoebic Gill Disease (September 2012) - online here
Read the Scottish Salmon Producers' Organisation statement (September 2012) on AGD - online here
Read the Daily Mail (17 July 2012) on diseases and parasites causing 20% mortalities at Scottish salmon farms - online here
Read a media backgrounder (2008) on Chlamydia in Scotland - online here
Read a dossier on diseases in Scotland (November 2012) - online here
Read a press release on "Pickled Scottish Salmon" (20 January) - online here
Read a Formalin Media Backgrounder (January 2013) - online here
Read a letter to the EC Commissioner on Formalin (January 2013) - online here
Read a FOI reply on AGD in Scotland (November 2012) - online here
Read a FOI reply on Formalin use in Scotland (November 2012) - online here
Read a letter to HRH The Prince of Wales - January 2013: online here
Read a press release: "Prince Charles Challenged to Stand Up for King of Fish" - 15 January 2013: online here
Read a letter to WRASFB - January 2013: online here
Read an article in Scottish Field - March 2013: online here
Read a letter in Trout & Salmon - January 2013: online here
Read a complaint re. RAFTS to OSCR - October 2012: online here
Read a complaint re. WRFT to OSCR - July 2012: online here
Read an Editorial on 'The Enemy Within' in Trout & Salmon - January 2010: online here
Read leaked emails from the Scottish Salmon Company - March 2012: online here
Read an article in the Daily Mail on "Lice, Damned Lice" - April 2011: online here (part 1) and online here (part 2)
Read FishyLeaks coverage in the media (January 2013):
Press & Journal (10 January 2013) - online here
Stornoway Gazette (10 January 2013) - online here
West Highland Free Press (11 January 2013) - online here
Read the March for Wild Salmon schedule for Norway in March: online here
Read a letter to RAFTS from Jenny Scobie (Feb 2013): online here
Read a letter to WRASFB from Jenny Scobie (April 2013): online here
Read a letter from WRASFB re. MIAP (May 2013): online here
Read a summary of sea lice inspections for Wester Ross Salmon: online here
Read the MIAP Locational Tool (June 2012): online here
Read the MIAP Coastal/Transitional Water Bodies Prioritisation: online here
Read a MIAP paper on Locational Guidance (July 2011): online here
Read a SEPA report on Ardessie: online here
Read a SEPA report on Corry: online here
Read a SEPA "Unsatisfactory" report on Ardmair: online here
Read a FHI sea lice inspection report for Ardmair (July 2012): online here
Read a letter (Jan 2013) from the Scottish Information Commission re. a delay naming seal killers - online here
Read a letter from John Robins of Save Our Seals Fund responding to the above letter - online here
Read the Sunday Herald on the SIC delay online here
Read the Sunday Herald (13 January 2013) on FishyLeaks:
Read the Press Release (11 September 2012): "Scottish Salmon's Toxic Toilets Named & Shamed!" - online here
Read the Media Backgrounder: "Chemical Culture in Scotland" - online here
Read about the chemicals used on salmon farms in Scotland online here
Read an Australian report (October 2012) on a visit to Scotland & Ireland regarding Amoebic Gill Disease - online here
Read SEPA's data re-use statement online here
Read a dossier summarizing chemical use on Scottish salmon farms (2008-2011) online here
Read about Loch Duart's use of chemicals online here
Read new scientific research on how Teflubenzuron kills lobsters (presented in May at the Sea Lice 2012 conference in Norway) - online here
Read how SEPA have delayed an FOI request on 'Scotland's Aquaculture Database' - online here and online here
Read 'Scottish Farmed Salmon Exposed' (2007) - online here
Read a letter the OSPAR Commission - online here
Read a letter to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency - online here
Read a letter to Scottish Natural Heritage - online here
Read a letter to the First Minister of Scotland - online here
Read a letter to the European Commissioner for the Environment - online here
Read FOI dossier on Emamectin contamination of Scottish farmed salmon - online here
Download data on diseases on Scottish salmon farms online here and online here and 2010 data online here
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