"SEPA has not received an application to use Imidacloprid" admits Scottish Government

Here's a letter from the Scottish Government:

 

 

 

 

 

The Scottish Government's letter was in reply to this email:

 

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 10:12 AM
Subject: "Shameful" Marine Scotland reports Chilean newspaper on use of banned neonicotinoid in Scottish salmon farming
To: <[email protected]>, Fergus Ewing <[email protected]parliament.uk>, <[email protected]scot>, Gougeon M (Mairi), MSP <[email protected]scot>, MSP <[email protected]parliament.scot>, Forbes K (Kate), MSP <[email protected]scot>, MSP <[email protected]parliament.scot>, <[email protected]scot>
Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Ruskell M (Mark), MSP <[email protected]scot>, Beamish C (Claudia), MSP <[email protected]parliament.scot>, EnvironmentClimateChangeandLandReformcommittee <[email protected]scot>, Mountain E (Edward), MSP <[email protected]parliament.scot>, Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee <[email protected]>, Ahearn, Terry <[email protected]>, Pollard, Peter <[email protected]>, Media <[email protected]>

 

Please note that the Chilean newspaper reported on Friday (18 June 2021) on the Scottish Government's support for the use of the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid - dubbed 'Novichok for insects' - in salmon farming in Scotland:

 

Salmoneras: empresa noruega busca comercializar en Chile pesticida prohibido por la UE por ser "muy tóxico" para la vida acuática

 

The article in the newspaper Interferencia includes:

 

Annabel Turpie, directora de Marine Scotland – agencia gubernamental escocesa encargada de las pesqueras– explica que “ayudaremos a colaborar con SEPA (Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Escocia) y MSS (Marine Scotland Science) en la tecnología CleanTreat”.

Turpie asegura estar "consciente de que la intención es que CleanTreat se presente en la segunda mitad del año, asumiendo la aprobación regulatoria", habiendo una “expectativa” de que Benchmark, la empresa noruega que arribó a Chile en 2020 y fabricante de CleanTreat, llevara el sistema a un sitio existente “para su aprobación”. Más adelante, la directora de Marine Scotland indicó que la tecnología de la empresa recibiría una “bienvenida consideración”.

Turpie, catalogó de “vergonzoso” el lobby ejercido por la representante del gobierno escocés. “La directora de Marine Scotland fue sorprendida haciendo lobby no para el medioambiente marino, sino para el uso de un neonicotinoide peligroso para aguas escocesas”.

 

Rough English translation via Interferencia: "Salmon Farming - Norwegian company seeks to commercialize in Chile a pesticide banned by the EU for being 'very toxic' to aquatic life"

 

Scottish Salmon Watch also reported last week (17 June 2021) on how the Norwegian Government's Directorate of Fisheries had supported clinical field trials of D-10 Aquatic Blast (Imidacloprid) at two salmon farms in Norway.  FOI requests filed with various Norwegian Government agencies and salmon farming companies (who are subject to the Environmental Information Act in Norway) cited an email from a Member of the Scottish Parliament (the sender's name was redacted but it is understood to be sent by Fergus Ewing who is seen bullying/lobbying for the use of Imidacloprid in Scottish waters):

 

Read more via Anyone for Norwegian Salmon Marinaded in the Banned Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid (don't worry it's ASC-approved)?!

 

Best fishes,

 

Don