Data published by the Scottish Government reveals that Scottish salmon's #1 seal killer is the Norwegian giant Scottish Sea Farms (Norskott Havbruk) which has killed in excess of 230 seals since 2011.
Read more via: Data Analysis - Lethal Scottish Salmon: the Norwegian-owned companies killing seals in Scotland! (1,000+ seals slaughtered since 2011)
Greedy Scottish Sea Farms made a whopping £26 million in 2020 yet wants salmon farming bailed out £13 million for seal damage https://t.co/r59QLNm0d2 via @fishfarmermag@scotseafarms @LeroySeafood @Folketrygdfond @SSPOsays @KateForbesMSP @FergusEwingSNP #Salmafia #Salmoney
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 22, 2021
Scottish salmon's biggest seal killers @scotseafarms announces £6 million profits as @SSPOsays demands £8 million compensation for seal losseshttps://t.co/E0en90jWgm @LeroySeafood @Folketrygdfond
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 19, 2021
"All farms are covered by a regional Seal Management Licence legally permitting seal destruction as a last resort" @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood Download data on seals killed by Scottish Sea Farms "as a last resort" via https://t.co/SsdiGdZIPO @onekindtweet @marinescotland @scotgp pic.twitter.com/oDZDYtx11W
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 11, 2020
Scottish Sea Farms supplies Marks & Spencers with 'Lochmuir' salmon.
The Herald reported in October 2015:
The Independent reported in September 2015:
Scottish Sea Farms, which supplies Lochmuir-branded salmon to Marks & Spencer, has shot the most seals since 2013 https://t.co/X6S6VAdGIc
— The Ferret (@FerretScot) September 2, 2015
The Sunday Herald pinpointing "The Salmon Farms That Shoot Seals"! #seals #salmon http://t.co/9SSAtExlMa pic.twitter.com/Lj1ofFu1U6
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2015
Read more via:
- Official Data: 1,000+ seals killed by salmon farms since 2011!
- The Ferret: "Salmon companies rapped for breaking rules on shooting seals"
- Caught in the Cross-Hairs: Illegal Killing of Seals by Scottish Salmon Farms!
- FOI opens sealed documents on killing by salmon farms
- Pulling the Plug on ADD on salmon farms - is turning down the volume enough to comply with the law?
- Greedy Salmon Farmers Demand £13 Million Compensation for Seal Attacks!
- £5,000 reward offered for information on illegal shooting of seals
- Victory Sealed After 50-Year Campaign - But the Battle to Save Marine Mammals from Salmon Farms Continues!
- The Guardian: "Scottish salmon farmers to be banned from shooting seals"
- Photo Gallery: Seals Against Salmon Farms!
- Caught Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
- The Ferret: "Seal scarers used by fish farms branded 'sonic torture'"
- GenusWave 'Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology' - in compliance with the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act??
- Seal shooting at salmon farms doubles before ban
- Ban on seal shooting must be watertight
- Greens want ban on seal scarers
- Fergus Ewing - Minister for the Promotion of Norwegian Salmon Farming
- Seals in the Cross-Hairs of the Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Salmon's Slaughter of Seals Has Not Stopped!
- Sunday Herald: "Revealed: Scottish Government bid to exempt salmon farming from US seal-killing ban"
- RSPCA in firing line over Marine Harvest's seal-killing spree in Scotland - 118 seals killed by Marine Harvest's RSPCA Assured farms since 2011
- Marine Harvest: Scotland's #1 Seal Killer
- All At Sea: Seal-Killing Salmon Farms
- Scottish Salmon Blinded by Seal Killing
- The Two Billion Dollar Salmon Ban
- Closing the Net On 'Seal-Friendly' Scottish Salmon - last orders on the RSPCA's abuse of 'last resort' killing of seals?
- Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US
- Cecil the Seal Killers Named & Shamed in Scotland - Call for Boycott of "Seal Unfriendly" Scottish Salmon
- Media Splash for Seal-Killing Salmon Farms!
- VICTORY: Disclosure of Seal-Killing Salmon Farm Data Ordered by 21 August
- Scottish Salmon's Secret Seal Killers! - FOI refusal prompts call for boycott of farmed salmon
- Lethal Scottish Farmed Salmon: Serial Seal Killers Named & Shamed!
- Scottish Salmon's Seal Killers Named & Shamed!
Why not bite the bullet and relocate salmon farms away from seal nursery areas? @SOSealsFund @SealScotland @SealifeA
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 18, 2021
Seals inhabited the coast of Scotland long before foreign-owned factory farms! @LeroySeafood @Folketrygdfond @ScotlandMowi @salmon_scottish @scotseafarms https://t.co/MWpJLwq83N