Mowi has blood on its hands over the horrific death of Clive Hendry - how much will Mowi be fined for negligence? @ScotlandMowi @MowiScotlandLtd https://t.co/55xO0wiiy3 @maibgovuk @H_S_E @GreenerScotland @WHFP1 @pressjournal @IntraFishNorge @_KateForbes @Ianblackford_MP #Mowi pic.twitter.com/nfpEboInpn
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 26, 2021
Cheap Scottish salmon comes at a huge price - to seals (who are killed by salmon farms), shellfish (who are killed by toxic chemicals used by salmon farms), cetaceans (who are scared away by Acoustic Deterrent Devices), wild fish (who are killed by lice infestations and infectious diseases emanating from salmon farms) and even workers such as Clive Hendry.
Mowi blamed @maibgovuk for horrific death in Loch Alsh: "investigation concluded that the conduct of the boat transfer had not been properly planned or briefed and was not adequately supervised or controlled" @ScotlandMowi @MowiScotlandLtd https://t.co/3Efr9KkrpP#Reckless #Mowi pic.twitter.com/XBEYV8wOIa
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 26, 2021
Today (26 May 2021), the Marine Accident Investigation Branch published a damning report on how negligence by Norwegian-owned Mowi caused the horrific death of Clive Hendry who was crushed between a workboat and feed storage unit at the Ardintoul salmon farm in Loch Alsh in February 2020.
Download the 16 page MAIB report Download MAIB Clive Hendry accident report May 2021
BBC News reported (26 May 2021):
"It is just devastating to me to think he had the most horrific death" @ScotlandMowi @BBCNews @BBCScotlandNews @MowiScotlandLtd @maibgovuk https://t.co/Ty2a3Vnt7q @SSPOsays
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 26, 2021
How much will Mowi be fined for their negligence & lack of safety? @GreenerScotland @marinescotland
Watch a report from the BBC's Isla Todd:
BBC News reporting on Mowi's Safety Failures over Death of Clive Hendry at a salmon farm in Loch Alsh @BBCScotlandNews @ScottishHazards @ScotlandMowi @IslaTodd @WHFP1 @maibgovuk @_KateForbes @Ianblackford_MP @GreenerScotland @MCA_media @H_S_E @SSPOsays https://t.co/Xomv98TVBo
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 26, 2021
Scottish Hazards posted on Facebook (26 May 2021):
The Daily Mirror reported (26 May 2021):
"An experienced salmon farmer died after being crushed between a boat and a barge" @DailyMirror https://t.co/LMMHhbYFjU
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 26, 2021
"Mowi Scotland Ltd has been advised to 'fully implement a safety management system across its fleet'" @maibgovuk @ScotlandMowi
How much will Mowi be fined?
STV News reported (26 May 2021):
"Mowi Scotland Ltd did not have an effective marine safety management system and lacked staff with the experience to oversee its marine operations" @ScotlandMowi @MowiScotlandLtd @maibgovuk
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 26, 2021
How much will Mowi be fined for their negligence & lack of safety? @GreenerScotland https://t.co/OoIUcdTTpI
Intrafish reported (26 May 2021):
"Investigation finds training failures in death of Mowi Scotland salmon farm manager - the worker (Clive Hendry) was crushed between a vessel and feed barge" @IntraFishNorge @maibgovuk @ScotlandMowi @WHFP1 @pressjournal @HighlandNews https://t.co/WAHyamFnA1 pic.twitter.com/JIskzFp0FI
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 26, 2021
The Daily Record reported (26 May 2021):
Scots fish farm worker drowned after being crushed between boat and barge in horror accidenthttps://t.co/Oa3fl5jXjU
— The Daily Record (@Daily_Record) May 26, 2021
When Scottish Salmon Watch visited Mowi's disease-ridden salmon farm at Ardintoul in Loch Alsh in November 2019 - just three months before Clive Hendry's horrific death in February 2020 - we witnessed how reckless Mowi can be.
Mowi fish farm at Ardintoul. It wasn't a safe place for workers or observers.@marinescotland @scotgov @MCA_media pic.twitter.com/5b1Ui6bZT1
— Andrew Holder (@andrholder) May 26, 2021
Caught on Camera - Mowi's Reckless Breaches of Health & Safety in Loch Alsh! https://t.co/0nvWGe0MkQ Complaint vs @MowiScotlandLtd filed with @H_S_E & @MCA_media Who's policing salmon farms? @policescotland @marinescotland @APHAgovuk @CrownEstateScot @ScottishEPA @HumzaYousaf pic.twitter.com/f4oClqkpiA
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 15, 2019
Complaint re. MOWI's reckless behaviour & subsequent fatality in Loch Alsh @MCA_media @transportgovuk @grantshapps https://t.co/dxUXoYiK90 @MowiScotlandLtd @H_S_E @HumzaYousaf @marinescotland @policescotland @maibgovuk @COPFS @ScotGovJustice @GaelForceGroup @SSPOsays pic.twitter.com/org6QksDau
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 1, 2020
Scottish Salmon Watch reported in February 2020:
Norwegian-owned Marine Harvest renamed itself Mowi on 1 January 2019 due to negative consumer perception https://t.co/UM7XEnEmLZ With all the dead bodies piling up @MowiScotlandLtd it may have to think about re-branding itself again @MCA_media @H_S_E @MowiCanadaWest @FWMowinckel pic.twitter.com/Vv0aYu6cSj
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 26, 2020
Mowi has been responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of farmed salmon and dozens of seals in Loch Alsh. Scottish Salmon Watch reported in January 2020:
The publication of damning documents by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate (published online on 17 January 2020) reveals why Mowi's lawyers are so desperate for people to stay away from their virus-laden feedlots.
"At the time of the visit moribund fish and some floating mortalities were observed in all cages" stated the FHI inspection report dated 18 December 2019. The FHI inspection report also detailed "3,221 morts due to concussions due to increased Caligus [lice] burdens" with 73,459 morts (dead salmon) between 9 September and 13 October 2019. Here's the Fish Health Inspectorate's 'Case Information' relating to an inspection of Mowi's Ardintoul salmon farm on 17 October 2019.
Moribund Mowi: "At the time of the visit moribund fish & some floating mortalities were observed in all cages" @marinescotland https://t.co/qr0tO3BMVR 73,459 morts (3,221 due to concussions from increased Caligus burdens), Salmon Gill Poxvirus, AGD & Anaemia @MowiScotlandLtd pic.twitter.com/GulKfO5p5z
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 27, 2020
First official photos of lumpfish on salmon farms published by @marinescotland Infected with Aeromonas salmonicida (Furunculosis), Vibrio & Shewanella @MowiScotlandLtd https://t.co/qr0tO3BMVR 17,000 dead leading to treatment with antibiotic (Aquatet/Oxytetracycline) @APHAgovuk pic.twitter.com/nYXDBnWfkx
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 27, 2020
Here's photos obtained by Scottish Salmon Watch during a visit to Ardintoul on 2 November 2019 (two weeks after the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate visited):
Tourist operator Nigel Smith has reported seals slaughtered in Loch Alsh (a Special Area of Conservation and Marine Protected Area) with shocking photos of dead seals naming and shaming Marine Harvest (re-named Mowi in 2019).
BBC News reported in 2005:
BBC News reported in 2008:
The death of Clive Henry in February 2020 is not the first time Mowi (renamed from Marine Harvest in 2019 due to "negative consumer perception") has been criticised following a fatality at one of its salmon farms. BBC News reported in 2007:
BBC News reported in 2006:
BBC News reported in 2006:
The price of the life of a worker is apparently negotiable and judged by previous fines handed out to salmon farming companies Mowi could expect a fine anywhere between £300,000 to £166,667.
https://t.co/X8AK2PMRS8 pic.twitter.com/ZlP9lXz4wJ
— Salmon Farming 🏴🇨🇦🇨🇱🇳🇴🇫🇴 (@Salmoncon) February 12, 2020
BBC News reported in January 2012:
In Chile, the price of a dead salmon farm worker appears higher. In 2009, the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet reported on deaths of workers in Chile at Cermaq and Marine Harvest (before 1 January 2019, Mowi was named Marine Harvest).
Scottish Salmon Watch reported in February 2020:
Mowi can afford to pay any fine. Earlier month (19 May 2021), Mowi reported operational revenues of EUR 1 022 million (EUR 885 million) for Q1 2021 and in 2020 the Norwegian-owned company had a turnover of EUR 3.8 billion. Mowi's owner is John Fredriksen - nicknamed 'Big Wolf', the 'Viking Raider' and McFreddy - and he is worth ca. $10 billion.
Read more about the Norwegian salmoney behind Mowi's salmonopoly via 'Scottish Scamon'.
Mowi's Ben Hadfield - who is personally responsible for the lethal operations of Mowi Scotland - earned $1 million in 2019.
Mowi's money men rake in million$ as tens of million$ of farmed $almon die a cruel death https://t.co/2ivoCyccKX Ben Hadfield @MowiScotlandLtd is fast catching up with Steve Austin coining in a cool $1 million in 2019 #Salmoney #Salmonopoly #Salmafia @IntraFishNorge pic.twitter.com/QuYumDLUCa
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 26, 2020
Intrafish reported (25 March 2021):
Revealed: Mowi Scotland's Ben Hadfield earned €962,000 (that's a staggering $1.1 million or £831,000) in 2020! https://t.co/y59RCkPITn @Salmon_Business @ScotlandMowi @MowiScotlandLtd #Salmoney #Salmonopoly #Salmafia
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 24, 2021
The 'Polluter Gets Paid Principle' in action! @ScottishEPA pic.twitter.com/wp5wSUcOqX
Read more via:
Complaint re. MOWI's reckless behaviour & subsequent fatality in Loch Alsh
Deadly Mowi - the Horror Story Continues!
Probe launched following death of Highland fish farm worker
Fighting Mowi's Legal Action Over Filming at Salmon Farms
Caught on Camera - Mowi's Reckless Breaches of Health & Safety in Loch Alsh