Sick Scottish Salmon - Are Farms Spreading Infectious Diseases, Pathogens & Viruses to Wild Fish?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Download in full as a PDF online here

 

 

 

 

Read a letter to Scottish Ministers dated 30 September 2019 - online here

 

 

Read letter to Scottish Ministers in full online here

 

 

Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries posted on Facebook in June 2019:

 

 

 

The issue was raised in the Irish Parliament in October 2019:

 

 

 

 

Breaking News reported (4 October 2019):

 

 

 

On 15 October 2019 the Scottish Government published more photos of a wild salmon caught on the River Nith:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Update (August 2020):

 

The Herald reported (2 August 2020):

 

 

 

 

 

Update (September 2022):

 

 

Photos of wild salmon caught on the River Divie (a tributary of the Findhorn) with Salmon Gill Poxvirus, Yersinia ruckeri & Aeromonas sp (hydrophila) @scotgov @marinescotland @FNL_Trust
Are disease-ridden salmon farms spreading viruses to wild fish? @AST_Salmon @fms_scotland pic.twitter.com/e7Gzp6aRZF

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 16, 2022