New Data Online Now: Nearly half a million dead salmon reported in October 2020 via 75 'Mortality Events' headed by @salmon_scottish @MowiScotlandLtd @GriegShetland
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 14, 2020
But 16 reports (all @scotseafarms) do not provide numbers @marinescotland Why the secrecy? @FergusEwingMSP pic.twitter.com/vUSxF7ID9b
New data on mass mortalities on salmon farms in Scotland was slipped out last week (9 December) by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate - download the data up to the end of October 2020 online here
During the month of October 2020, almost half a million (493,484) farmed salmon were reported to the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate via 75 'Mortality Events' (understood to be only mass mortalities representing over 1% of biomass) - but 16 'Mortality Events' (all reported by Scottish Sea Farms) did not provide numbers. Here's the Top 30 highest 'Mortality Event Reports' in October 2020 with explained reasons for mortalities including Cardiomyopathy Syndrome, Pancreas Disease, Amoebic Gill Disease, Anaemia, Proliferative Gill Disease, Fungus, Post Treatment (chemical bath and mechanical) and Transport.
Here's the 16 'Mortality Event Reports' (all Scottish Sea Farms sites) reported during October 2020 where numbers of mortalities were "Not Provided":
Scottish Sea Farms fail to provide numbers of mortalities for 16 'Mortality Events' in October 2020 - including mass mortalities in Loch Creran (exposed by @BBCCountryfile @joe_crowley) https://t.co/YipDHj0eXL
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 14, 2020
Why is @rspcaassured @scotseafarms hiding the numbers of dead salmon? pic.twitter.com/U28zB5HvPM
Here's mortality data published by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation - with cumulative mortality over the full production cycle (in the sea-phase) for all salmon farms harvested out in the last year (November 2019 to October 2020):
Read more via:
- New Data Online Via 'Scotland's Aquaculture' - Mortalities, Toxic Chemicals & Biomass Exceedances
- Welfare Warnings for 'Smoked' Scottish Salmon!
- ASC-Certified Scottish Salmon Dead in the Water!
- BBC Countryfile features lice-infested RSPCA Assured salmon!
- Mowi's Million Dollar Man Testifies to Scottish Parliament
- Alexa, how many salmon die each year on Scottish salmon farms? 42 million* (but we don't know for sure as the answer is deemed "commercially damaging")!
- Video Exposes Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured salmon farm sourced by M&S 'Lochmuir'
- Over One Million Morts for Scottish Salmon in September 2020!
- Survival of the Unhealthiest Scottish Salmon - New data reveals shocking mortality rates!
- Dead in the Water - New Data Reveals Mass Mortalities & Disease on Scottish Salmon Farms
Out of 1709 'Mortality Events' published since 2017 there are still 281 cases with missing figures (16%) @salmon_scottish has 106 & @scotseafarms has 140 with numbers not disclosed https://t.co/VWeqgu0zc6
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 9, 2020
Why? @marinescotland @SSPOsays @MairiGougeon @FergusEwingMSP @scotgov pic.twitter.com/oSMwgKgCMf
If you're looking for data on numbers of @rspcaassured dead farmed salmon in Scotland they don't exist - in 2013 @SSPOsays lobbied @ScottishEPA not to disclose mortalities as it was deemed commercially damaging! https://t.co/cDEyvS04dO @strathearnrose @salmon_scottish @scotgp pic.twitter.com/FICRbrpGXJ
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 2, 2020