Green Around the Gills

"Scientists sound warning over next-gen seal scarers"

 

Dr Denise Risch: “Our study highlights that noise pollution from ADDs has been widespread on the Scottish west coast. Alternative solutions such as the use of more robust netting material do exist and have been proven successful in reducing seal predation"https://t.co/YSpQlm0VPX

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021

 

 

Fish Farming Expert reported (9 June 2021):

 

 

 

Read the scientific paper in the Journal of Applied Ecology online here

 

 

🚨 NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER! 🔊🐬
Our @JAppliedEcology paper predicted the potential for auditory impairment from acoustic seal deterrents for harbour porpoises within a marine protected area https://t.co/cR5ZYQQ5BD #UnderwaterNoise #Aquaculture #ADDs

Thread ⬇️(1/7) pic.twitter.com/g3zvcc93jJ

— Charlotte Findlay (@chazz_findlay) June 9, 2021

 

 

 

Salmon farmers and Scottish Government officials have had years to heed the clarion calls to switch off noisy ADDs on salmon farms.  The Ferret and The Sunday Herald reported in May 2017:

 

 

 

 

 

Read more via: Press Release: "Cetaceans Sound Alarm On Salmon Farms - new research sparks EC complaint & call to ban Acoustic Deterrent Devices"

 

 

 

Read more via:

• Journal of Applied Ecology: "Auditory impairment from acoustic seal deterrents predicted for harbour porpoises in a marine protected area"
• Fish Farmer: "Seal scarers could harm porpoises, study finds"
• Parliamentary Report: "ADD Use in the Aquaculture Sector"
• Scientific Study into Impact of Low Frequency ADDs Silenced!
• Pulling the Plug on ADD on salmon farms - is turning down the volume enough to comply with the law?
• Sunday Times: "Animal welfare campaigners sound out ban on acoustic seal deterrent"
• Mail On Sunday: "Salmon farmers are 'torturing' porpoises and dolphins with high-pitched noises to protect their stock, campaigners warn"
• Unlicensed use of ADDs in aquaculture is contrary to European Protected Species legislation & completely immoral!
• Daily Record: "Whales and dolphins being 'tortured' by anti-seal scare devices at Scottish fish farms"
• The Guardian: "Scottish salmon farmers to be banned from shooting seals"
• 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
• BBC Countryfile on ADDs impacting on cetaceans
• Sounding Off On Salmon Farms - Acoustic Deterrent Devices evade Marine Noise Registry
• SARF report 112: "Influences of lower-frequency Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs) on cetaceans in Scottish coastal waters"
• The Times: "Noisy fish farms ‘harm other marine life’"
• Mapping widespread and increasing underwater noise pollution from acoustic deterrent devices
• Sounding Off About Scotland's Noisy Salmon Farms - Turn Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices to Protect Cetaceans
• Deafening Impact of Salmon Farms on Cetaceans
• The National: "Warning salmon farm devices could hit wildlife tourism"
• Turning Down the Volume on Salmon Farms is Not Enough: 'Cetacean Friendly' Acoustic Deterrent Devices Still Harm & Must Be Banned 
• Cetaceans Sound Alarm On Salmon Farms - new research sparks EC complaint & call to ban Acoustic Deterrent Devices
• Sunday Herald: "Health of whales, dolphins and porpoises put at risk by underwater alarms"
• Noisy Salmon Farms - Switch Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices Now!

 

 

 

 

Since @scotgov has known about this scientific research since 2017 & knew noise pollution from salmon farms was breaching EU law then why has no legal action been taken? @marinescotland @nature_scot @JNCC_UK @EU_ENV @SAMSoceannews @FerretScot @SSPOsays https://t.co/plFpMdH1pZ https://t.co/tBpfNCyI9q pic.twitter.com/XrW6btAiSP

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021

 

 

 

In 2013, The Times reported that Marine Harvest (Mowi) didn't want to pay £5K to trial GenusWave. Now in 2021 we discover noisy ADDs harm harbour porpoises 28 km away from salmon farms.
Is @ScotlandMowi now using GenusWave? https://t.co/6pIlScjeQw#Cheap #Scottish #Salmon https://t.co/TcDBJ23BwL

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021

 

Journal of Applied Ecology: "Auditory impairment from acoustic seal deterrents predicted for harbour porpoises in a marine protected area"

 

🚨 NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER! 🔊🐬
Our @JAppliedEcology paper predicted the potential for auditory impairment from acoustic seal deterrents for harbour porpoises within a marine protected area https://t.co/cR5ZYQQ5BD #UnderwaterNoise #Aquaculture #ADDs

Thread ⬇️(1/7) pic.twitter.com/g3zvcc93jJ

— Charlotte Findlay (@chazz_findlay) June 9, 2021

 

The Journal of Applied Ecology reported online (9 June 2021):

 

 

 

Read paper in full online here

 

 

Our results make evident that noise from ADDs can propagate far beyond the immediate vicinity of aquaculture sites and ADD noise ensonified over 11.8% of the Scottish west coast study area (4/7) pic.twitter.com/fWYQH1BW3A

— Charlotte Findlay (@chazz_findlay) June 9, 2021

 

 

Greater than 23% of the Inner Hebrides and Minches Harbour Porpoise Special Area of Conservation was ensonified by ADD noise exceeding levels defined for Temporary Threshold Shifts (TTS) by the NMFS (2018) (6/7) pic.twitter.com/JaPmBEwCjk

— Charlotte Findlay (@chazz_findlay) June 9, 2021

 

 

 

Fish Farmer reported (9 June 2021):

 

 

The “wall of sound” created by acoustic deterrent devices used by salmon farms across Scotland could harm porpoises up to 28 km away @chazz_findlay @SAMSoceannews @denrisch @SealifeA @whalesorg @dolmansarahj @MairiMcAllan @marinescotland @JNCC_UK @SSPOsayshttps://t.co/BNP2baHZvA pic.twitter.com/6v6pcUDXTE

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021

 

 

 

The Scottish Association of Marine Science reported in a press release (9 June 2021):

 

 

❗️New paper❗️

Research by SAMS, led by @chazz_findlay, shows extent of noise from previously used 'seal scarers' at fish farms off Scot west coast.

The authors want cumulative noise to be considered when planning future deterrents. https://t.co/7Juf77kv0K

Pic: Lewis Drysdale pic.twitter.com/wPr3FvdJmz

— Scottish Association for Marine Science (@SAMSoceannews) June 9, 2021

 

 

 

Read more via:

• Fish Farmer: "Seal scarers could harm porpoises, study finds"
• Parliamentary Report: "ADD Use in the Aquaculture Sector"
• Scientific Study into Impact of Low Frequency ADDs Silenced!
• Pulling the Plug on ADD on salmon farms - is turning down the volume enough to comply with the law?
• Sunday Times: "Animal welfare campaigners sound out ban on acoustic seal deterrent"
• Mail On Sunday: "Salmon farmers are 'torturing' porpoises and dolphins with high-pitched noises to protect their stock, campaigners warn"
• Unlicensed use of ADDs in aquaculture is contrary to European Protected Species legislation & completely immoral!
• Daily Record: "Whales and dolphins being 'tortured' by anti-seal scare devices at Scottish fish farms"
• The Guardian: "Scottish salmon farmers to be banned from shooting seals"
• 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
• BBC Countryfile on ADDs impacting on cetaceans
• Sounding Off On Salmon Farms - Acoustic Deterrent Devices evade Marine Noise Registry
• SARF report 112: "Influences of lower-frequency Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs) on cetaceans in Scottish coastal waters"
• The Times: "Noisy fish farms ‘harm other marine life’"
• Mapping widespread and increasing underwater noise pollution from acoustic deterrent devices
• Sounding Off About Scotland's Noisy Salmon Farms - Turn Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices to Protect Cetaceans
• Deafening Impact of Salmon Farms on Cetaceans
• The National: "Warning salmon farm devices could hit wildlife tourism"
• Turning Down the Volume on Salmon Farms is Not Enough: 'Cetacean Friendly' Acoustic Deterrent Devices Still Harm & Must Be Banned 
• Cetaceans Sound Alarm On Salmon Farms - new research sparks EC complaint & call to ban Acoustic Deterrent Devices
• Sunday Herald: "Health of whales, dolphins and porpoises put at risk by underwater alarms"
• Noisy Salmon Farms - Switch Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices Now!

 

 

 

 

Since @scotgov has known about this scientific research since 2017 & knew noise pollution from salmon farms was breaching EU law then why has no legal action been taken? @marinescotland @nature_scot @JNCC_UK @EU_ENV @SAMSoceannews @FerretScot @SSPOsays https://t.co/plFpMdH1pZ https://t.co/tBpfNCyI9q pic.twitter.com/XrW6btAiSP

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021

 

 

 

"This study highlights the potential for auditory impairment from ADD noise to non-target species such as harbour porpoises, at distances exceeding 28 km from aquaculture sites" https://t.co/8coPVZkLFH
Salmon farming harms wildlife! pic.twitter.com/EJfW91Rst0

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021

 

Fish Farmer: "Seal scarers could harm porpoises, study finds"

 

The “wall of sound” created by acoustic deterrent devices used by salmon farms across Scotland could harm porpoises up to 28 km away @chazz_findlay @SAMSoceannews @denrisch @SealifeA @whalesorg @dolmansarahj @MairiMcAllan @marinescotland @JNCC_UK @SSPOsayshttps://t.co/BNP2baHZvA pic.twitter.com/6v6pcUDXTE

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021

 

Fish Farmer reported (9 June 2021):

 

 

 

 

The Fish Site reported (9 June 2021):

 

 

 

Download the paper published in the Journal of Applied Ecology online here

 

 

The paper concluded:

 

 

 

 

Marine Pollution Bulletin reported in April 2021:

 

 

 

Read more via:

• Parliamentary Report: "ADD Use in the Aquaculture Sector"
• Scientific Study into Impact of Low Frequency ADDs Silenced!
• Pulling the Plug on ADD on salmon farms - is turning down the volume enough to comply with the law?
• Sunday Times: "Animal welfare campaigners sound out ban on acoustic seal deterrent"
• Mail On Sunday: "Salmon farmers are 'torturing' porpoises and dolphins with high-pitched noises to protect their stock, campaigners warn"
• Unlicensed use of ADDs in aquaculture is contrary to European Protected Species legislation & completely immoral!
• Daily Record: "Whales and dolphins being 'tortured' by anti-seal scare devices at Scottish fish farms"
• The Guardian: "Scottish salmon farmers to be banned from shooting seals"
• 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
• BBC Countryfile on ADDs impacting on cetaceans
• Sounding Off On Salmon Farms - Acoustic Deterrent Devices evade Marine Noise Registry
• SARF report 112: "Influences of lower-frequency Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs) on cetaceans in Scottish coastal waters"
• The Times: "Noisy fish farms ‘harm other marine life’"
• Mapping widespread and increasing underwater noise pollution from acoustic deterrent devices
• Sounding Off About Scotland's Noisy Salmon Farms - Turn Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices to Protect Cetaceans
• Deafening Impact of Salmon Farms on Cetaceans
• The National: "Warning salmon farm devices could hit wildlife tourism"
• Turning Down the Volume on Salmon Farms is Not Enough: 'Cetacean Friendly' Acoustic Deterrent Devices Still Harm & Must Be Banned 
• Cetaceans Sound Alarm On Salmon Farms - new research sparks EC complaint & call to ban Acoustic Deterrent Devices
• Sunday Herald: "Health of whales, dolphins and porpoises put at risk by underwater alarms"
• Noisy Salmon Farms - Switch Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices Now!

 

 

Government report reveals increasing use of noisy Acoustic Deterrent Devices on Scottish salmon farms! https://t.co/BGwjnnHMwR@SAMSoceannews @denrisch @chazz_findlay @tex_sim
@nature_scot @marinescotland @SSPOsays @OTAQ2
@aceaquatec @NOAAComms @SealifeA @salmon_scottish pic.twitter.com/Ze3tBdKfBN

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 2, 2021

 

Fact-Check: "The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation says that there are currently no ADDs in use at Scottish farms"https://t.co/jSVobZFe2D @SAMSoceannews
Is this really true? @SSPOsays @ScotlandMowi @GriegShetland @salmon_scottish @scotseafarms @OTAQ2 @aceaquatec

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021

Fish Farming Expert: "Novel lice treatment threatened by European Parliament vote"

 

The European Parliament will vote tomorrow on a resolution by Irish Green MEP Grace O’Sullivan that could potentially hamper Norwegian marketing authorisation for Benchmark’s BMK08 sea lice treatmenthttps://t.co/BIW09cD96e@GraceOSllvn @europeangreens @WeAreBenchmark @FerdOwner

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021

 

Fish Farming Expert reported (8 June 2021):

 

 

 

 

Agence Europe reported (8 June 2021):

 

 

 

European Parliament could oppose Imidacloprid residue being allowed in fish https://t.co/959xWTL0ql @AgencEurope @GraceOSllvn
Why has @WeAreBenchmark not informed investors of the financial risks of opposition to Imidacloprid (the 'Novichok for insects')? @LSEplc @TheFCA pic.twitter.com/co2ujUA6l5

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021

 

 

 

Here's the agenda on the European Parliament's web-site:

 

 

Tune in for tomorrow's vote @Europarl_EN on an objection to the toxic neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in salmon pharming @WeAreBenchmark @FerdOwner @GraceOSllvn @europeangreens https://t.co/GuPl3tj62S
When is Benchmark going to inform investors that BMK08 is dead in the water? #BMK08 pic.twitter.com/8EMHagLQMl

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch reported last month (29 May 2021):

 

 

Wave of European Opposition to Benchmark's Imidacloprid (BMK08) - the tide turns against neonicotinoids in salmon pharming!https://t.co/NwAcL440Mo
A motion against Imidacloprid was adopted yesterday (28 May 2021) by the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment #BMK08 pic.twitter.com/cU2nERnWWU

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 29, 2021

 

 

 

The Guardian reported (27 May 2021):

 

 

 

"It’s like the wild west" said @DaveGoulson "These chemicals are incredibly poisonous – the novichok for insects. It takes a billionth of a gram to harm aquatic life, so even tiny traces would have major impacts on marine life" @guardian @WeAreBenchmark https://t.co/OzouYaXCEk

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 27, 2021

 

 

 

Read more via:

• Wave of European Opposition to Benchmark's Imidacloprid (BMK08) - the tide turns against neonicotinoids in salmon pharming!
• European Opposition to Neonicotinoid Contamination of Farmed Salmon - is BMK08 (Imidacloprid) dead in the water?
• The Guardian: "‘Novichok for insects’ may be approved for Scottish fish farms"
• Who are the toxic team lurking behind Benchmark's BMK08 (Imidacloprid) in Scottish salmon pharming?
• The Ferret: "Bee-killing pesticide treatment for fish farms backed by Scottish Government"
• Cleaning Tox-Sick Scottish Salmon - Benchmark's magic trick making the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid disappear!
• Rumsfeldian Fish Philosophy - Things We Know We Know, Things We Now Know We Don't Know & Things We Don't Know We Don't Know About 'Scottish' Salmon!
• SEPA ordered by Commissioner to Disclose 'Commercially Confidential' Information on CleanTreat & BMK08 (Imidacloprid) by 7 June
• Warning: Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Farming "Clears Another Hurdle" With European MRL
• Warning: Imidacloprid Moves A Step Closer to Commercial Use in Salmon Farming
• Nasty Neonicotinoid Plagues Salmon Farming in 2021
• Toxic Neonicotinoid "Close to Commercial Launch" in Salmon Farming!
• New Science Dogs Approval of Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid for Scottish Salmon!
• Imidacloprid Use in Scottish Salmon Farming?
• Secret Salmon - On the Trail of Imidacloprid Use in Scotland!
• British Wildlife: "Neonics in Salmon Farming - Alarm Bells Are Ringing"
• Caveat Chile - toxic neonicotinoid Imidacloprid (BMK08) coming soon!
• Toxic Politics - Meet the Scottish Government's Minister for Sinister Chemicals
• Imidacloprid Licensed for Use by Mowi in Loch Ailort?
• Further Scientific Opposition to Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Farming
• Patent lifts lid on neonicotinoid use in salmon farming
• Horrible History: Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Farming
• Scientific Opposition to Neonicotinoid Use in Salmon Farming
• Backgrounder: "Imidacloprid - A Neonicotinoid Insecticide Toxic to Aquatic Life"
• BBC Farming Today on "Neonicotinoids in Salmon Farming"
• Sunday Times: "Outlawed insecticide may be used on Scottish salmon"
• FOI letter on Scientific Concerns re. Imidacloprid Use in Scottish Salmon Farming
• Scottish Greens "Deeply Concerned" at Mowi's Field Trial of Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in Loch Ailort
• Letter to the Prince of Wales re. bee-killing Imidacloprid use at royal warrant holder Mowi
• Secret Trials: 'Royal' Salmon Doused with Bee-Killing Insecticide Imidacloprid?
• Follow the Salmoney - the Norwegian tobacco billionaire behind the Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid
• ENDS Report: "Calls for greater transparency over ‘toxic’ new fish farm product"
• Letter to SEPA: Please Come Clean on Imidacloprid!
• Letter to Scottish Ministers, SEPA & the VMD re. Imidacloprid
• FOI requests on Imidacloprid to SEPA, VMD & the Scottish Government
• Revealed: Toxic Neonicotinoid Insecticide Used to 'CleanTreat' Lousy Salmon
• Please Come Clean on BMK08!
• Sunday Times: "Official fears revealed over toxic threat of salmon trade"
• Cleaning Tox-Sick Scottish Salmon
• CleanTreat FOI Disclosures by the Scottish Government to Scottish Salmon Watch
• Media Backgrounder: Chemically Embalmed Scottish Salmon
• All is Not Well With Sick Scottish Salmon

 

 

 

Please take the pledge to boycott pharmed salmon! https://t.co/srvE2G4DEs#Boycott #Toxic #Salmon pic.twitter.com/nw547JStIF

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021

 

Lying err I mean Lobbying for 'Scottish' Salmon!

 

 

 

 

Lying err I mean Lobbying for 'Scottish' Salmon! https://t.co/4V51PRQkCx @NatTylerDigital
"This activist was doing an illegal and unsafe job" claimed @SSPOsays lobbyist in a phone call to @GettyImages. Then he phones the photographer @germanocean denying it! @BBCDouglasF

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch reported last month (30 May 2021):

 

 

Here's the story behind the story - detailing how a lobbyist at 'Scottish' Salmon persuaded the BBC to ditch a photo detailing secret filming at a salmon farm @BBCNews @BBCScotlandNews @GettyImages @SSPOsays @NatTylerDigital @germanocean @BBCDouglasF https://t.co/FXCmv2cV1j #BBC pic.twitter.com/TqNQ45VDaL

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 30, 2021

 

 

 

Here's the photos taken by Colin McPherson which Nathan Tyler - lobbyist for 'Scottish' Salmon - claimed were 'illegal':

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the photo of Mowi's 'Bay of the Dead Heads' salmon farm deleted by the BBC:

 

 

 

BBC News delete photo of environmental campaigner filming inside a salmon farm with a Go Pro - did the Norwegian Salmafia complain? @SSPOsays @tavishscott @HamishMacdonell @BBCNewsScotland @BBCNews https://t.co/yfK9P4hefz

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 28, 2021

 

 

 

In April 2021, the chief lobbyist for the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation was caught lying on the BBC Scotland's 'The Nine'.

 

 

Lobbyist for 'Scottish' Salmon Caught Telling Pack of Lies on BBC Scotland! https://t.co/L0V3L4ubNu @tavishscott @SSPOsays @mmgeissler @BBCScotNine @marinescotland @salmon_scottish @seaspiracy
Maybe Tavish Scott should just stop talking bollocks? pic.twitter.com/Kz2vNM0NvE

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 7, 2021

 

 

 

MILLIONS of farmed salmon are dying from lice infestations, chlamydia, heart disease, anaemia etc.

The CEO of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation @SSPOsays, Mr @TavishScott says it's a

"Pack of lies".

Make up you own mind who's the LIAR here. pic.twitter.com/C0T1aId4pn

— Salmon Scotland (@SalmonScotland) April 19, 2021

 

 

Scottish salmon "die from lice infestatations, Chlamydia, heart disease, anaemia" @seaspiracy "Is that true?" @BBCScotNine "No, it's absolutely not true," replied @tavishscott "It's one of the pack of lies that these extreme activists produce all the time" https://t.co/L0V3L4ubNu pic.twitter.com/P7cBaRB6Yg

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 7, 2021

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch reported earlier today:

 

 

Pancreas Disease & Cardiomyopathy Syndrome ravage Scottish Salmon @marinescotland https://t.co/UZeHyU98Pk
How many 'Scottish' salmon die due to infectious diseases? @tavishscott @HamishMacdonell @salmon_scottish @scotseafarms @ScotlandMowi @SSPOsays @MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllan pic.twitter.com/0wudAWyXCS

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021

 

 

 

Read more via:

BBC delete 'illegal' photo after complaint by Norwegian Salmafia!

Scottish Salmon Hires New 'Head of Communications' to Combat Extreme Activism 

Lobbyist for 'Scottish' Salmon Caught Telling Pack of Lies on BBC Scotland 

Policing 'Scottish' Salmon - when is 'extreme activism' judged trespass?

 

 

 

Fancy putting lipstick on a toxic, diseased & 99% foreign-owned 'Scottish' salmon? Then hurry up and apply for the new job as Head of Communications at Scottish Salmon! https://t.co/thprDnE7JX @HamishMacdonell @AthollDuncan @tavishscott @SSPOsays @NatTylerDigital @ScotlandMowi pic.twitter.com/VgaQWxL5j2

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 21, 2021

 

 

 

The Ferret: "Police investigate allegation seal was illegally shot by fish farm"

 

 

Police Scotland is investigating an incident in March when a seal was allegedly shot at a fish farm off a west coast island. https://t.co/5lUApkTIdK

— The Ferret (@FerretScot) June 8, 2021

 

 

The Ferret reported (8 June 2021):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was a seal killed illegally at your @rspcaassured salmon farm in Loch Spelve on 17 March 2021? @scotseafarms
A complaint has been submitted @policescotland including details how a pup was orphaned outside the cage - what did you do with the dead body? @strandings @marinescotland https://t.co/8NzYsWLOpF

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021

 

 

Has the RSPCA kicked @scotseafarms out of @rspcaassured for illegally killing a seal in Loch Spelve on 17 March 2021? https://t.co/SX9fsSONf7 @policescotland @marinescotland @NOAA @RSPCA_official @RSPCAChris @SSPCA_Mike @SSPCA_Kirsteen @RSPCA_PATeam @BenMacpherson @onekindtweet

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021

 

 

"Those found guilty of breaking the new laws could face a maximum penalty of 5 years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both" (@scotgov) https://t.co/SX9fsSONf7 @FerretScot
Which members of @rspcaassured 'Scottish' Salmon have killed seals illegally? @scotseafarms @SSPOsays

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021

 

 

Was your thorough investigation led by Mr Magoo? Did you question your staff at Loch Spelve? pic.twitter.com/WWyF6uQCCA

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021

 

 

 

Did you check under the salmon farm in Loch Spelve for the body? Or maybe the carcass was weighed down by heavy chains? Or was the dead seal wrapped in plastic and dumped off site? pic.twitter.com/dRVexivkHs

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021

 

"We carried out a thorough investigation and found no evidence to support your allegation" claim @scotseafarms in relation to a seal killed in Loch Spelve @rspcaassured salmon farm @SSPOsays @LeroySeafood https://t.co/Wz1TnzHiC5 @FerretScot @policescotland @marinescotland pic.twitter.com/OtipkWKlQt

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021

 

"The killing of seals is morally bankrupt at the best of times. But to continue to slaughter seals illegally after the Scottish Government banned seal killing in January is abhorrent" https://t.co/SX9fsSONf7 @FerretScot @NOAA pic.twitter.com/7sCQRQzVQy

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021

 

 

 

"When workers see the reality of salmon farming the only way they can do anything about it without losing their jobs is to tip-off organisations like ours"https://t.co/SX9fsSONf7
Calling all whistleblowers!https://t.co/GFtwHwbOrl@salmon_scottish @LochDuartSalmon @CookeScotland pic.twitter.com/Abz7qWv2w6

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021

 

 

Read more via:

• RSPCA Sponsored Seal Killing Continues Despite US Ban?
• The Ferret: "£10,000 reward for information on illegal seal killing after police asked to investigate deaths"
• £10,000 Reward Offered - Illegal Killing of Seals by Scottish Salmon Farms in the Cross Hairs!
• FOI Disclosure: Seal Licence Breaches by Salmon Farms (reply by Scottish Government on 1 April 2021)
• Photo Exclusive: Seals 'Executed' by Scottish Salmon
• FOI disclosure from Scottish Marine Animal Strandings Scheme
• Police Scotland refuse to name 112 marksmen licenced to kill seals!
• Sunday Times: "Sharp rise in seal shootings blew hole in permit scheme - Officials were warned that salmon farmers ‘had no willingness or intention’ to collect detailed data"
• Parliamentary Report: "ADD Use in the Aquaculture Sector"
• Scientific Study into Impact of Low Frequency ADDs Silenced!
• Calling All Whistleblowers - Please pass on photos of dead seals killed at salmon farms!
• Daily Mirror: "'Nearly 80 seals were legally shot in Scotland in 2020 – highest number in seven years'"
• Scottish Salmon's #1 Seal Killer - Norway's 'Scottish' Sea Farms Named & Shamed!
• 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!

 

 

So are you still killing seals (as permitted under the RSPCA's farmed salmon standard)? https://t.co/w43FodMABj @RSPCA_PATeam @RSPCAChris @RSPCA_official @GeorgeMonbiot @ChrisGPackham @BillOddie @PeterEgan6 pic.twitter.com/l6xaAdPWPb

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 13, 2021

 

 

 

The latest version of the RSPCA's farmed salmon standards - published in February 2021 - makes for alarming reading (especially if you're unlucky to be a seal living near a salmon farm) @rspcaassured @RSPCA_PATeam @RSPCAChris @RSPCA_official @scotseafarms https://t.co/64dNCuCC3Z pic.twitter.com/XESYFQYR3k

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 13, 2021

 

 

 

How do you protect your RSPCA Assured salmon since it is now illegal to kills seals? Does your Loch Spelve salmon farm have anti-predator nets? How many seals have you shot & killed since 31 January 2021 when it became illegal to kill seals?https://t.co/64dNCuCC3Z pic.twitter.com/x4incJbHyS

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 17, 2021

 

Heart & Pancreas Disease Ravage Scottish Salmon (according to new Marine Scotland Science report)

 

 

Pancreas Disease & Cardiomyopathy Syndrome ravage Scottish Salmon @marinescotland https://t.co/UZeHyU98Pk
How many 'Scottish' salmon die due to infectious diseases? @tavishscott @HamishMacdonell @salmon_scottish @scotseafarms @ScotlandMowi @SSPOsays @MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllan pic.twitter.com/0wudAWyXCS

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021

 

 

 

Download the Marine Scotland Science report in full online here - including:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fish Farming Expert reported (8 June 2021):

 

 

 

Read more via:

Lobbyist for 'Scottish' Salmon Caught Telling Pack of Lies on BBC Scotland

Norway Publishes Annual Disease Data - Why Not Scotland?

Update: 25 Million Mass Mortalities on Scottish Salmon Farms

 

 

Norway publishes an annual report of diseases, viruses, pathogens & bacteria on salmon farms - including maps, table & analysis. Why doesn't Scotland? @FergusEwingSNP @strathearnrose @GreenerScotland @marinescotland @Folketrygdfond @NFdep @fiskeridir https://t.co/HedDyKYyjt https://t.co/07CZIPb8N6 pic.twitter.com/3NQj7N085n

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 13, 2021

 

 

Scottish salmon "die from lice infestatations, Chlamydia, heart disease, anaemia" @seaspiracy "Is that true?" @BBCScotNine "No, it's absolutely not true," replied @tavishscott "It's one of the pack of lies that these extreme activists produce all the time" https://t.co/L0V3L4ubNu pic.twitter.com/P7cBaRB6Yg

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 7, 2021