Cleaner Fish - Dead in the Water at Lice-Infested @rspcaassured Mowi Scotland! https://t.co/ixqUarQb2I @MowiScotlandLtd @SRey_Planellas @fishfarmermag @scotseafarms @csar_ace @onekindtweet @APHAgovuk @SSPCA_Kirsteen #Boycott #Dirty #LiceInfested #Scottish #Salmon pic.twitter.com/ih9h9TdVTX
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 27, 2021
Fish Farmer reported (27 July 2021):
Scottish Salmon Watch shared recent video footage shot at Mowi's Poll Na Gille salmon farm with the authors of the studies cited above:
Date: Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 12:02 PM
Subject: Video of dead lumpfish at Mowi (Poll na Gille) salmon farm (17 July 2021)
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, GarciaDeLeaniz C. <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 1:06 PM
Subject: Do lumpsuckers eat dead farmed salmon flesh?
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, GarciaDeLeaniz C. <[email protected]>
Dirty Rotten Salmon Farmers! Mowi's @rspcaassured salmon farm at Poll Na Gille near Oban is so lice-infested that 'cleaner fish' (lumpsuckers) are struggling to clean house https://t.co/orKMdiDAf4 @MowiScotlandLtd is dead in the water! @SSPOsays
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 27, 2021
A Fish Health report for @MowiScotlandLtd's Bagh Dail nan Ceann salmon farm in June 2019 cited Amoebic Gill Disease in farmed salmon & craters disease in lumpfish. "Issues with mortality increasing with the warmer weather" said @marinescotland https://t.co/UrevkN6lSm @SSPOsays pic.twitter.com/m45QKPtQHs
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 21, 2019
Censored: Welfare Abuse on Salmon Farms - redacted FOI documents reveal welfare breaches of Animal Health & Welfare Act @rspcaassured @MowiScotlandLtd https://t.co/oJ5ad7XxZw @APHAgovuk @marinescotland @ProfCMDwyer @SSPCA_Mike @SSPOsays @ChrisGPackham @markruskell @scotgp pic.twitter.com/7Fr5ANyTC4
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 23, 2020
When Scottish Salmon Watch filmed at a processing plant at South Shian operated by Scottish Sea Farms in September 2018 we were shocked to discover dead lumpsuckers:
And when Scottish Salmon Watch has filmed inside skips full of dead salmon we've always found dead cleaner fish - both wrasse and lumpsuckers.
The Ferret reported in December 2018:
Download the OneKind report online here
Read an article published in The Sunday Post in December 2018 via "Fish used to help clean salmon of sea lice are at risk, warn animal rights campaigners"
Watch a BBC report on cleaner fish in October 2018 online here
Watch a video report from Loch Duart in Scotland online here
Read more via:
- The Times: "Fish farm investigation after video shows salmon riddled with lice"
- The Ferret: "Investigation launched into footage of lice infested salmon"
- Mail on Sunday: "Revealed, the nauseating underbelly of Scotland's £1 billion salmon farms: fish eaten alive by lice, awash with faeces, dead salmon left to rot"
- "RSPCA Assured investigating Mowi welfare complaints"
- Oban Times: "Salmon farm row after secret filming"
- 'There has been some confusion': UK retailer Co-op backtracks, says Mowi salmon not suspended
- Podcast on Secret Salmon Videos
- Seafood Source: "Mowi Scotland responds to fresh animal welfare complaints"
- Fish Farmer: "Mowi hits back at welfare allegations"
- Intrafish: "UK retailer Co-op suspends farmed salmon purchases after video alleging Mowi welfare violations surfaces"
- "Activist's fish welfare allegations receive robust dismissal from Mowi"
- Press Release: "Secret Filming Exposes Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured Mowi - Campaigners call for Mowi to be fined & RSPCA certification rescinded"
- Welfare Complaint Filed Vs Mowi's RSPCA Assured "Responsibly Sourced" Scottish Salmon
- Video/Photo Exclusive: Mowi's RSPCA Assured Welfare Nightmare - complaints filed for breaches of welfare laws
Scotland's salmon farming horror show (as sponsored by @rspcaassured) is going mainstream - here's today's Mail on Sunday https://t.co/hsagGhRtB1 @MowiScotlandLtd @SSPOsays @HamishMacdonell @tavishscott @sainsburys @LidlGB @AldiUK @ciwf @onekindtweet @MairiGougeon @seaspiracy pic.twitter.com/JcsVLHILuq
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 25, 2021