Nothing to see here - just a farmed salmon missing half its face. All perfectly normal in the world of "responsibly sourced" salmon. Move along now #SalMar #Arnarlax #ArcticFish #NorwayRoyalSalmon #Iceland https://t.co/X0oVELF61d pic.twitter.com/vyyofcaJzu
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2021
Watch a horror film shot inside a salmon farm in Iceland:
Here's photos from the secret filming:
A quick dip of the GoPro in a salmon feedlot - by Against The Current Iceland.
— Salmon Scotland (@SalmonScotland) August 13, 2021
Look familiar?
Note lice infested, diseased lumpfish. It’s not just salmon that are dying in these cages.@SSPOsays @MairiMcAllan @_KateForbes @HamishMacdonell pic.twitter.com/9lmr643fXs
The shocking video footage featured on Icelandic TV:
And in Icelandic newspapers:
The secret filming was carried out by Veiga Grétarsdóttir:
Follow Veiga on Facebook's 'Against the Current Iceland':
Veiga posted an update on Facebook on 17 September 2021:
Photos of dead salmon belly up on the surface of a farm in Iceland https://t.co/xxmozhpBmm
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 17, 2021
"It has taken them up to one and half hour to pump up dead fish from each net pen, this needs to be stopped right away" says Veiga Grétarsdóttir of 'Against the Current Iceland' #Iceland pic.twitter.com/pw18FwoILJ
Veiga's journey in 'Against the Current' was chronicled in The New York Times in June 2021:
Icelandic TV featured the problems of salmon farming in a documentary featuring Jeremy Paxman screened in 2018:
Watch Jeremy Paxman attacking the "collateral consequences" of salmon farming in a documentary screened in Iceland (13 May) https://t.co/IF7NpxRjst More by Paxman in the FT https://t.co/cdrSpnzV3b @charliewhelan @ScotGamekeepers @fms_scotland @SalmonTroutCons @ScotSalmonTank pic.twitter.com/peUOqAJ8nK
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 7, 2018
Read more via:
"No Unauthorised Access - Keep 15m Away" warn Scottish Salmon Company. Nothing to See Here (Honest)!
Mowi's Legal Threat Over Filming
Fighting Mowi's Legal Action Over Filming at Salmon Farms
The Go Pro Camera Never Lies (Unlike Salmon Farmers)
The Go Pro Camera Never Lies (Unlike Salmon Farmers) https://t.co/v7uJHswcNK @wildfirstcanada @TryVeg @ciwf @peta @patagonia @SalmonFeedlots @SalmonTroutCons @joe_crowley @andrholder @alex4salmon @ClayoquotAction @NMF_tweet @ArranCoast @SeaShepherdSSCS @CaptPaulWatson @SealifeA pic.twitter.com/yozFwED9Xe
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 15, 2019
Watch other video nasties from shot inside salmon farms!