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Mowi fined for breaching ISA laws in Norway - is ISA lurking at Mowi salmon farms in Scotland?

 

The police chief in Norway’s Troms region has fined Mowi NOK 800,000 (£67,000) for violating the country’s legislation re. Infectious Salmon Anaemia https://t.co/GJxDjTwgWf
Is ISA lurking @MowiScotlandLtd in Scotland?@scotgov @marinescotland @APHAgovuk @SSPOsays @scotseafarms

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 7, 2021

 

 

 

Fish Farmer reported (6 September 2021):

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

• Top story on Intrafish reports on ISA at Scottish Sea Farms!
• Salmon Farming is Like the Black Death Plague!
• Mowi's Mortality Nigthmare - Farmed Salmon is Dead in the Water!
• "Activist challenged over claim about fish virus" (Fish Farming Expert)
• Breaking News: ISA reported at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms on the Isle of Mull
• Damning Disease Report for RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Spelve
• Letter to Scottish Ministers re. ISA in Scottish Salmon
• Media Backgrounder: Scottish Salmon’s Recurring ISA Nightmare
• Media Backgrounder: Norway’s Infectious Salmon Aquacalypse – Going Global Since 1984!

 

 

 

Infectious Salmon Anaemia comes back to haunt Scottish salmon - positive test reported by @marinescotland @rspcaassured @scotseafarms on Isle of Mull. Buy your fresh virus-laden Scottish salmon @marksandspencer - how many more farms are infected? @MowiScotlandLtd @salmon_scottish pic.twitter.com/JUjMS335xa

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2021

 

 

 

Revealed: Positive test by @marinescotland for Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus at @rspcaassured salmon farm operated by Norwegian-owned @scotseafarms - how many other salmon farms are harbouring infectious viruses & deadly diseases? @SSPOsays @salmon_scottish @scotgov pic.twitter.com/IVM3uejWw7

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2021

 

 

 

"I vividly recall the difficulties for the Shetland salmon industry 10 years ago when ISA caused enormous financial problems" said @tavishscott @BBCNews in 2009 when ISA hit Scotland for a second time (both outbreaks began @scotseafarms). Third time lucky?https://t.co/wyj5QQUImy pic.twitter.com/1lpuR6wtCu

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2021

 

 

 

Remember that the ISA outbreak in Scotland in 1998-9 was traced back to Norwegian-owned Scottish Sea Farms - it cost the 'Scottish' salmon farming industry £100 million & 200 jobs https://t.co/wyj5QQUImy@scotseafarms @LeroySeafood @Folketrygdfond @marinescotland @scotgov pic.twitter.com/feos13OzS7

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2021

 

The Times: "Tougher curbs for island salmon graveyard in Outer Hebrides"

 

Tougher curbs for island salmon graveyard in Outer Hebrides | Scotland | The Times - https://t.co/JLB4khbLLf #GoogleAlerts

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 6, 2021

 

 

 

The Times reported (6 September 2021):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Times reporting on the stench of Scottish salmon! https://t.co/fO9Y00CVqV @thetimesscot
"That the Scottish Government appears to be finally tightening the net is to be welcomed" @scotgov @ScotGovNetZero @ScottishEPA @cne_siar @MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllan @WHFP1 @SSPOsays pic.twitter.com/MjxZb67ZxH

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 7, 2021

 

 

When Bruce Sandison of The Salmon Farm Protest Group blew the whistle on the illegal dumping of diseased salmon in North Uist back in 2005, I bet he didn't think Whiteshore Cockles would still be raising a stink nearly two decades later. 

 

 

The Times reported in July 2021:

 

 

 

Another report by The Times in May 2021 has led to the threat of legal action by Angus MacDonald, boss of Whiteshore Cockles.

 

 

 

Video Exclusive: Salmon farming in Scotland is a disease-ridden dump! https://t.co/hLEPBM25OB
When will burial at Whiteshore Cockles be stopped & the law be followed not flouted? @_KateForbes @MairiMcAllan @cne_siar @ScottishEPA @salmon_scottish @LochDuartSalmon @WHFP1 pic.twitter.com/0FSuAht1R3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 27, 2021

 

 

 

Read more via:

• FOI disclosure on Whiteshore Cockles by the Scottish Government in August 2021
• Exposed: 'Legal' Salmon Dump in North Uist Caught Importing Diseased Fish From the Mainland (& they've still not applied to SEPA for a pollution permit)!
• Taking the Fish - Illegal Salmon Dump Caught Taking Diseased Fish from the Mainland Despite 'Derogation'!
• Scottish Government ‘exploring strategies’ for mort burial site
• P&J: "Lives of Western Isles residents ‘severely hampered by rotting fish dump’"
• The Times: "Fish graveyard ‘severely hampers’ life for islanders, officials claim"
• FOI Lifts Lid on the Stench of Scottish Salmon: Government Legal Department Target Illegal Dumping of Diseased Salmon
• Appeal to Scottish Information Commissioner re. FOI refusal by Western Isles Council on Whiteshore Cockles
• Letter to Scottish Ministers on Illegal Dumping of Diseased Scottish Salmon in North Uist
• Daily Mail: "Dumped into the dunes....thousands of rotten, disease ridden salmon"
• Independent: "Scottish islanders raise a stink over vast salmon graveyard"
• Video Exposes Mass Graves of Millions of Diseased Scottish Salmon
• The Times: "Islanders raise a stink over vast salmon graveyard"

 

 

 

That was cheaper than paying to get it ensiled (treated with formic acid). It’s believed that the Minister recently flipped her lid, maybe @MairiGougeon or @MairiMcAllan will comment if we ask them nicely.

— Eòghann MacUalraig (@ewangkennedy) September 6, 2021

 

 

 

 

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FOI disclosure on Whiteshore Cockles by the Scottish Government in August 2021

 

Whiteshore Cockles claim in a letter @scotgov that there have been no complaints since October 2020. "We have been overwhelmed by the support from the local community since the illegal break in by Mr [Redacted]" https://t.co/6dqHEUMVgN @cne_siar @ScotGovNetZero @ScottishEPA pic.twitter.com/VzhCNlnAbo

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 7, 2021

 

 

 

Following a FOI request filed by Scottish Salmon Watch in July, the Scottish Government disclosed information on Whiteshore Cockles in August 2021:

 

 

 

 

Read a media backgrounder online here - including:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Scottish Government wrote to Whiteshore Cockles on 5 July 2021:

 

 

 

 

Whiteshore Cockles wrote to the Scottish Government on 6 July 2021:

 

 

 

I posted on Facebook in May 2021 (the post was deleted):

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch reported (28 July 2021):

 

Revealed: Scottish Government wrote to Whiteshore Cockles re. concerns raised @cne_siar over the import of diseased salmon from the mainland (in contravention of their derogation i.e. being permitted to break EU law) @scotgov @MairiMcAllan @ScottishEPA https://t.co/HUi4MeAwYg pic.twitter.com/w1it4uV45y

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 28, 2021

 

 

Revealed: Whiteshore Cockles has still not applied to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency for a Pollution Prevention & Control permit (as of 14 July 2021)@ScottishEPA @TerryAHearn
Why is the dumping of diseased salmon in North Uist still being permitted? @marinescotland pic.twitter.com/qz3gQ5qNX4

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 28, 2021

 

 

When Bruce Sandison of The Salmon Farm Protest Group blew the whistle on the illegal dumping of diseased salmon in North Uist back in 2005, I bet he didn't think Whiteshore Cockles would still be raising a stink nearly two decades later. 

 

 

 

Bruce Sandison (aka Old Trout in Private Eye) sadly died in 2016 - the year Whiteshore Cockles was given a six-month temporary derogation by the European Union to continue burying diseased farmed salmon at their stinky cesspool in North Uist. 

 

Salmon farmers in Scotland were "struggling" with guidance to their members on the legality of waste disposal back in 2015 - why in 2021 is it still not clear that dumping diseased salmon in landfill is illegal? https://t.co/xFJFgjSgJj (F0187308) @ScottishEPA @APHAgovuk @SSPOsays pic.twitter.com/krOzOmlYS2

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 2, 2021

 

 

 

The Times reported earlier this month (1 July 2021):

 

 

 

Another report by The Times in May 2021 has led to the threat of legal action by Angus MacDonald, boss of Whiteshore Cockles.

 

 

 

Where there's a hit, there's a writ! An article in The Times on the dumping of diseased farmed salmon "is the subject of a legal complaint from Angus MacDonald & Whiteshore Cockles" https://t.co/PUxDL1BKl1
Watch video footage here before lawyers remove it! https://t.co/rerpUNE1Hd pic.twitter.com/1SWdfkKXC3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 28, 2021

 

 

 

Remember that the owner of Whiteshore Cockles claimed on the BBC One Show in September 2018 that dumping of diseased salmon would not continue for "much longer".

 

 

 

When @_KateForbes visited Whiteshore Cockles was the illegal dumping of disease-ridden salmon raised? Did @marinescotland inspect the leaching cess-pit or did @ScotGovNetZero look the other way? https://t.co/wDdz2GMJ0x @cne_siar @APHAgovuk @ScottishEPA @SSPOsays @MairiGougeon https://t.co/8cA2mRSXq1 pic.twitter.com/fPkiBqGuUa

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 1, 2021

 

 

Video Exclusive: Salmon farming in Scotland is a disease-ridden dump! https://t.co/hLEPBM25OB
When will burial at Whiteshore Cockles be stopped & the law be followed not flouted? @_KateForbes @MairiMcAllan @cne_siar @ScottishEPA @salmon_scottish @LochDuartSalmon @WHFP1 pic.twitter.com/0FSuAht1R3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 27, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

• Exposed: 'Legal' Salmon Dump in North Uist Caught Importing Diseased Fish From the Mainland (& they've still not applied to SEPA for a pollution permit)!
• Taking the Fish - Illegal Salmon Dump Caught Taking Diseased Fish from the Mainland Despite 'Derogation'!
• Scottish Government ‘exploring strategies’ for mort burial site
• P&J: "Lives of Western Isles residents ‘severely hampered by rotting fish dump’"
• The Times: "Fish graveyard ‘severely hampers’ life for islanders, officials claim"
• FOI Lifts Lid on the Stench of Scottish Salmon: Government Legal Department Target Illegal Dumping of Diseased Salmon
• Appeal to Scottish Information Commissioner re. FOI refusal by Western Isles Council on Whiteshore Cockles
• Letter to Scottish Ministers on Illegal Dumping of Diseased Scottish Salmon in North Uist
• Daily Mail: "Dumped into the dunes....thousands of rotten, disease ridden salmon"
• Independent: "Scottish islanders raise a stink over vast salmon graveyard"
• Video Exposes Mass Graves of Millions of Diseased Scottish Salmon
• The Times: "Islanders raise a stink over vast salmon graveyard"

 

 

A rather misleading name, Whiteshore Cockles, when you’re filling the machair with dead fish. Here they are in 2019 with @jamiehepburn , all very cosy and cheery, making loads of dosh out of a derogation. Not very nice, is it, @MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllan ? @TheGAAIA https://t.co/w5VrLy2hJP pic.twitter.com/uPJYjGbsWY

— Eòghann MacUalraig (@ewangkennedy) September 6, 2021

 

The Times reported earlier this month (1 July 2021):

 

 

 

Another report by The Times in May 2021 has led to the threat of legal action by Angus MacDonald, boss of Whiteshore Cockles.

 

 

 

Where there's a hit, there's a writ! An article in The Times on the dumping of diseased farmed salmon "is the subject of a legal complaint from Angus MacDonald & Whiteshore Cockles" https://t.co/PUxDL1BKl1
Watch video footage here before lawyers remove it! https://t.co/rerpUNE1Hd pic.twitter.com/1SWdfkKXC3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 28, 2021

Remember that the owner of Whiteshore Cockles claimed on the BBC One Show in September 2018 that dumping of diseased salmon would not continue for "much longer".

 

 

 

When @_KateForbes visited Whiteshore Cockles was the illegal dumping of disease-ridden salmon raised? Did @marinescotland inspect the leaching cess-pit or did @ScotGovNetZero look the other way? https://t.co/wDdz2GMJ0x @cne_siar @APHAgovuk @ScottishEPA @SSPOsays @MairiGougeon https://t.co/8cA2mRSXq1 pic.twitter.com/fPkiBqGuUa

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 1, 2021

 

 

Video Exclusive: Salmon farming in Scotland is a disease-ridden dump! https://t.co/hLEPBM25OB
When will burial at Whiteshore Cockles be stopped & the law be followed not flouted? @_KateForbes @MairiMcAllan @cne_siar @ScottishEPA @salmon_scottish @LochDuartSalmon @WHFP1 pic.twitter.com/0FSuAht1R3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 27, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

The Times reported earlier this month (1 July 2021):

 

 

 

Another report by The Times in May 2021 has led to the threat of legal action by Angus MacDonald, boss of Whiteshore Cockles.

 

 

 

Where there's a hit, there's a writ! An article in The Times on the dumping of diseased farmed salmon "is the subject of a legal complaint from Angus MacDonald & Whiteshore Cockles" https://t.co/PUxDL1BKl1
Watch video footage here before lawyers remove it! https://t.co/rerpUNE1Hd pic.twitter.com/1SWdfkKXC3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 28, 2021

Remember that the owner of Whiteshore Cockles claimed on the BBC One Show in September 2018 that dumping of diseased salmon would not continue for "much longer".

 

 

 

When @_KateForbes visited Whiteshore Cockles was the illegal dumping of disease-ridden salmon raised? Did @marinescotland inspect the leaching cess-pit or did @ScotGovNetZero look the other way? https://t.co/wDdz2GMJ0x @cne_siar @APHAgovuk @ScottishEPA @SSPOsays @MairiGougeon https://t.co/8cA2mRSXq1 pic.twitter.com/fPkiBqGuUa

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 1, 2021

 

 

Video Exclusive: Salmon farming in Scotland is a disease-ridden dump! https://t.co/hLEPBM25OB
When will burial at Whiteshore Cockles be stopped & the law be followed not flouted? @_KateForbes @MairiMcAllan @cne_siar @ScottishEPA @salmon_scottish @LochDuartSalmon @WHFP1 pic.twitter.com/0FSuAht1R3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 27, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

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