Green Around the Gills

"Animal welfare group calls for CCTV in fish processing plants" (The Grocer)

 

Animal rights campaign group Animal Equality has penned an open letter to the UK and devolved governments calling for CCTV to be made mandatory in farmed fish processing plants @TheGrocer @animal_equality @APHAgovuk @scotgov @MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllan https://t.co/CCwRONegue

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2021

 

The Grocer reported (7 December 2021):

 

 

CCTV is mandatory in facilities that kill land animals, so why isn't the same true in fish slaughterhouses?

It's the very least these forgotten animals deserve.

Leading fish experts have signed an open letter joining us in calling for this important measure to become law 🐟 pic.twitter.com/As4PyJiGPI

— Animal Equality UK (@animal_equality) December 6, 2021

 

 

The Ferret reported (8 December 2021):

 

Scientists and academics have called for CCTV to be installed in fish slaughterhouses following the emergence of footage showing alleged animal welfare breaches at a Scots-based company supplying Waitrose with salmon. https://t.co/XHRR40w7vK

— The Ferret (@FerretScot) December 8, 2021

 

 

 

Surge Activism reported (6 December 2021):

 

"This ruthless industry is being left entirely to its own devices" said @AbigailPenny2 @animal_equality "Right now, the aquaculture industry is policing itself" https://t.co/Un9OCZZSqm @AnimalEquality @LynneUSneddon @PETAUK @humaneleagueuk @HSIGlobal @ciwf @onekindtweet

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2021

 

 

 

• READ: Hidden horror: fish slaughter cruelty left completely unchecked, reveal campaigners

 

 

Senior vets and scientists have joined Animal Equality to call for CCTV to be put in place at fish slaughterhouses.

Experts stated “aquatic animals are being seriously let down” in an open letter which we coordinated, mentioned in @TheTimes today.https://t.co/TAeA1BkXTp

— Animal Equality UK (@animal_equality) December 6, 2021

 

Read more via:

The Times: "New welfare rules likely to ensure that farmed fish are killed humanely"

Animal Equality Exposes Scottish Salmon Slaughterhouse

The Times: "Waitrose salmon supplier Scottish Salmon Company ‘let fish die on the floor’"

 

 

🔵BREAKING: Undercover footage from Animal Equality shows fish left to suffocate, repeatedly clubbed and having their gills cut while fully conscious at a Scottish salmon slaughterhouse.https://t.co/3qJQajad6D

— Animal Equality UK (@animal_equality) February 13, 2021

 

Undercurrent News: "Seafood Watch blows up global farmed salmon grades, issues red scores to 2/3 of regions"

 

Seafood Watch blows up global farmed salmon grades, issues red scores to 2/3 of regions, @JsonHuffman reports https://t.co/ZHCeXG13j5

— Undercurrent News (@undercur) December 6, 2021

 

 

 

Undercurrent News reported (6 December 2021):

 

 

 

The article (which is available in full to subscribers online here) included:

 

 

 

Fish Farming Expert reported (7 December 2021):

 

 

 

Seafood Source reported (8 December 2021):

 

 

 

Intrafish reported (7 December 2021):

 

 

 

"This red-rating should shrink the market for B.C. farmed salmon, because reputable retailers won’t want to carry a product that is associated with placing wild salmon at risk from unmitigated pathogens and uncontrolled sea lice outbreaks" @living_oceans @SeaChoice @CermaqCan pic.twitter.com/iqJpvRsQJH

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2021

 

 

NEWS RELEASE:

B.C. #farmedsalmon downgraded to "avoid" by @SeafoodWatch due to #wild #salmon impacts, including sea lice.

Shoppers should continue to avoid all Canadian open-net farmed salmon.https://t.co/Yiuo6K97za pic.twitter.com/3CHK4nECol

— SeaChoice (@SeaChoice) December 6, 2021

 

 

Read more via:

• Officially The Worst in the World: Scottish Salmon from the Western Isles!!!
• Bakkafrost (Faroese/Norwegian owner of The 'Scottish' Salmon Company) set for hefty fine in the Faroes!
• Global Boycott Vs Farmed Salmon - Avoid 19 regions including Scotland, Norway, Chile & Canada!
• Red Alert for Scottish Salmon: "Avoid" rating from Seafood Watch due to chemicals, diseases & escapes!

 

 

It's official - Scottish salmon is the worst in the world! According to a new assessment @SeafoodWatch salmon farmed in the Western Isles is ranked THE worst followed by Southwest & Northwest #Scotland @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @GriegShetland @salmon_scottish pic.twitter.com/p1c2Ck8O7t

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2021

 

Officially The Worst in the World: Scottish Salmon from the Western Isles!!!

 

It's official - Scottish salmon is the worst in the world! According to a new assessment @SeafoodWatch salmon farmed in the Western Isles is ranked THE worst followed by Southwest & Northwest #Scotland @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @GriegShetland @salmon_scottish pic.twitter.com/p1c2Ck8O7t

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2021

 

 

 

A new assessment of salmon farming operations around the world (published on 6 December 2021 by Seafood Watch) assessed 19 regions as "Red" (i.e. Avoid) - here's the worst salmon farming regions ranked headed by the Western Isles in Scotland:

 

 

Seafood Watch in-depth assessment reports can be downloaded below for Scotland, Norway, Chile and North America:

 

Download MBA_SeafoodWatch_Atlantic Salmon_Scotland

 

 

 

 

Download MBA_SeafoodWatch_Atlantic Salmon_Norway

 

 

 

 

Download MBA_SeafoodWatch_Atlantic and Coho Salmon_Chile

 

 

 

 

Download MBA_SeafoodWatch_Atlantic Salmon_North America

 

 

 

 

Here's more specific details presented by Seafood Watch on 10 worst "red" listed (i.e. avoid) regions - starting with the worst of the worst (click on the images below to go to the specific regional assessments):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

• Global Boycott Vs Farmed Salmon - Avoid 19 regions including Scotland, Norway, Chile & Canada!
• Red Alert for Scottish Salmon: "Avoid" rating from Seafood Watch due to chemicals, diseases & escapes!

 

 

"Avoid" Scottish salmon warns a new report @SeafoodWatch - salmon farmed in #Scotland rated 'red' due to the use of toxic chemicals, infectious diseases & escapes! @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @salmon_scottish @GriegShetland @CookeScotland @LochDuartSalmon pic.twitter.com/YztNAcguoC

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2021

 

Bakkafrost (Faroese/Norwegian owner of The 'Scottish' Salmon Company) set for hefty fine in the Faroes!

 

Faroes TV reports on a heavy fine for Bakkafrost - owner of The 'Scottish' Salmon Company @salmon_scottish & whose largest shareholder is the Norwegian Government @Folketrygdfond @NFdep @fiskeridir https://t.co/NuO5RChXaK @Tinganes @faroesenews @faroe_islands @Faroes2EU

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2021

 

 

 

Watch Faroes TV station KVF reporting on a huge potential fine of 67 million Danish kroner (£7.7 million) for Bakkafrost - owners of The Scottish Salmon Company - online here

 

 

 

 

 

VP reported (6 December 2021):

 

 

 

Intrafish reported (7 December 2021):

 

 

 

Intrafish report: "Notification of Bakkafrost fine of 67 million creates complications - the warning comes as a result of a possible violation of the Animal Welfare Act". Bakkafrost was notified of the fine (£7.7 million) by the Prime Minister's office https://t.co/eDFgAvPi9d pic.twitter.com/HK4t4RYBzL

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 8, 2021

 

 

Here's a post on Facebook (6 December 2021):

 

 

 

 

The case is starting to smell decidedly fishy.  Kyst (Norwegian Fish Farmer) reported (7 December 2021):

 

 

 

Here's a rough English translation via Google Translate:

 

Bakkafrost should receive a giant fine - case postponed

The case against Bakkafrost has been temporarily stopped.

Photo: Bakkafrost

The Faroese fish farming company Bakkafrost was originally to be fined 67 million - but now the case has been postponed for the time being.

By Redaksjon - Bakkafrost should have a fine. There is no doubt about that, says Bárð Enni, who is head of the Faroese food inspection. But how big the fine should be is another question.

According to what Kringvarpið (the local NRK) understands, the disagreement ranges from 10 million to 67 million kroner. The Attorney General went to court for a fine of NOK 67 million, but now the court has been told by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority to stop the case. The case will now be reconsidered.

Close connections

Bárður Enni says the reason for the stop is that one should consider the size of the fine. The case is described as special and that it is the first of its kind in the Faroe Islands, without it being clear what it is. As far as Kyst.no is aware, this is a violation of the Animal Welfare Act, and the fine will be determined within a few weeks. The newspaper writes that many connections have been revealed between politicians, government officials and Bakkafrost.

Secretary to the Prime Minister, John Rajani is the nephew of Regin Jacobsen, leader of Bakkafrost. And Christian Andreasen, who is the leader of the People's Party, is a lawyer in Bakkafrost. The parties reject the incompetence, but these confusion of roles between Bakkafrost, politicians and the government should be the reason why the case has been postponed, the Faroese newspaper writes.

 

 

Bakkafrost (Faroese/Norwegian owned of The 'Scottish' Salmon Co) faces fine of 67 million Danish kroner (£7.7 million) for violations of the Animal Welfare Act. Can Bakkafrost's family connections get the salmon giant off the hook? @Folketrygdfond @Tinganes @faroesenews #Salmafia pic.twitter.com/wOD2UAw5dV

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 8, 2021

 

 

 

Read more about Bakkafrost's lice-infested salmon farms in Scotland and how The Scottish Salmon Company's former chief executive spied on activists via:

Salmongate: Corin Smith's 'Subject Access Requests' to the Salmafia Reveal Spying by Scottish Salmon!

The Spy Who Loved 'Scottish' Salmon - from Russia, Ukraine, Switzerland, Norway & the Faroes with Love for Salmoney!

Herald/Ferret: "Scottish Salmon Company chief hired investigator to 'snoop' on fish farming critic"

Video of France 5s 'The Truth About Salmon' featuring Mowi & The Scottish Salmon Company

'Scottish' Salmon Company Lose €600 million

Result: 'Scottish' Salmon Company Lose Arran Appeal!

STV News: "Thousands of rotting salmon ‘stink out’ village after mass death at farm"

The 'Scottish' Salmon Company Haemorrhages Salmoney!

Rick Stein's 'Frankenstein' Faroese Salmon - please stop sourcing farmed salmon from the bloody Faroes!

Faroese Salmon Farmer Condemns Slaughter of Dolphins - Why is Rick Stein's Supplier of Faroese Farmed Salmon Silent?

Lousy 'Scottish' Salmon - Hydrolicer Wages War in Lice-Infested Loch Carron!

Video Nasty: Scottish Salmon's Toxic Soup in Loch Carron!

Update on welfare inspection at The Scottish Salmon Company in Loch Carron?

Videos of Mort Disposal by The Scottish Salmon Company - like a serial killer disposing of dead bodies before the police arrive!

Breaking News: "Horror Videos Reveal Welfare Abuse Inside Scottish Salmon & Trout Cages"

Videos of Welfare Abuse at The Scottish Salmon Company in Loch Carron (West Strome salmon farm)

Photos of Welfare Abuse at The Scottish Salmon Company in Loch Carron (West Strome salmon farm)

Norwegian Government Asked to Divest from 'Unethical' & 'Irresponsible' Scottish Salmon!

The Norwegian, Faroese, Swedish, Ukrainian & Swiss Salmoney Behind the 'Scottish' Salmon Company 

Over 5 Million Dead 'Scottish' Salmon Since 2017 - Sponsored by Investors from Norway, the Faroes etc!

The Camera Never Lies About Scottish Salmon! 

"No Unauthorised Access - Keep 15m Away" warn Scottish Salmon Company. Nothing to See Here (Honest)!

The Severely Damaged Scottish Salmon Company - For Sale Now!

Maaey day for the Scottish Salmon Company

 

 

Anyone for 'Scottish' salmon? Imported as eggs from Norway & Iceland and bankrolled by £££$$€€s in #Norway, #Faroes, #USA, #Denmark & #Belgium
'Exclusively from Scotland' claims @salmon_scottish "Provenance guaranteed" @waitrose @wjhm93 @Folketrygdfond https://t.co/NusyErqUWk pic.twitter.com/H2CZUVJEjD

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 13, 2020

 

 

 

Surely this an abuse of public money? https://t.co/It6zZMNjix
Bakkafrost (owners of The Scottish Salmon Company) face a fine of £7.7 million due to violations of the Animal Welfare Act in the Faroes! https://t.co/MGd0qcBLPi @Folketrygdfond pic.twitter.com/FJEiYkZsxb

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 8, 2021

 

Global Boycott Vs Farmed Salmon - Avoid 19 regions including Scotland, Norway, Chile & Canada!

 

"Avoid" farmed salmon from 19 regions all around the world advises new reports @SeafoodWatch - Scotland, Norway, Canada & Chile all rated "red" for avoid! https://t.co/EhJmQm0YVh @ScotlandSalmon @seafoodnorway @CermaqCan #Boycott #Farmed #Salmon https://t.co/WPY3V2LnJS pic.twitter.com/XdXHDBUNfm

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2021

 

 

 

Seafood Watch's new assessments for farmed salmon give a "red" (i.e. avoid) rating for 19 regions of the world in Scotland, Norway, Chile and Canada:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Avoid" Scottish salmon warns a new report @SeafoodWatch - salmon farmed in #Scotland rated 'red' due to the use of toxic chemicals, infectious diseases & escapes! @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @salmon_scottish @GriegShetland @CookeScotland @LochDuartSalmon pic.twitter.com/YztNAcguoC

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2021

 

 

 

The Atlantic Salmon Federation reported (9 December 2021):

 

All salmon raised in open net-pens is environmentally unsustainable @SalmonNews
Buyers can make a difference with their choices. When it comes to salmon, it’s as simple as this: “All salmon raised in open net-pens threaten wild salmon & coastal ecosystems”https://t.co/TynvzHXMka

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 10, 2021

 

 

 

 

SeaChoice issued a press release (6 December 2021):

 

"This red-rating should shrink the market for B.C. farmed salmon, because reputable retailers won’t want to carry a product that is associated with placing wild salmon at risk from unmitigated pathogens and uncontrolled sea lice outbreaks" @living_oceans @SeaChoice @CermaqCan pic.twitter.com/iqJpvRsQJH

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2021

 

 

NEWS RELEASE: B.C. #farmedsalmon downgraded to "avoid" by @SeafoodWatch due to #wild #salmon impacts, including sea lice.

Shoppers should continue to AVOID ALL Canadian open-net farmed salmon - @SeaChoice

Avoid = red rated / unsustainablehttps://t.co/aIXuyBQz0u pic.twitter.com/SjqrbOd2lW

— Living Oceans (@living_oceans) December 6, 2021

 

 

Perishable News reported (7 December 2021):

 

“High sea lice loads on farms, elevated by ineffective lice management and several instances of drug resistance, continue to be a significant threat to the growth and survival of out-migrating juvenile wild salmon,” said Dr Martin Krkosek @PerishableNews https://t.co/VYvNhTqWRN

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 8, 2021

 

 

Read more via:

Officially The Worst in the World: Scottish Salmon from the Western Isles!!!

Undercurrent News: "Seafood Watch blows up global farmed salmon grades, issues red scores to 2/3 of regions"

Red Alert for Scottish Salmon: "Avoid" rating from Seafood Watch due to chemicals, diseases & escapes!

Red Light for Scottish salmon: Scotland is ranked worst in the world

 

 

Damning report on #Scottish #salmon by @SeafoodWatch. Scores 2.65 out of 10: disease, escapes, chemicals. @FergusEwingMSP @JoannaBlythman 🤢 pic.twitter.com/y9EiL83Aez

— SST-T (@ScotSalmonTank) November 2, 2017

 

Red Alert for Scottish Salmon: "Avoid" rating from Seafood Watch due to chemicals, diseases & escapes!

 

"Avoid" Scottish salmon warns a new report @SeafoodWatch - salmon farmed in #Scotland rated 'red' due to the use of toxic chemicals, infectious diseases & escapes! @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @salmon_scottish @GriegShetland @CookeScotland @LochDuartSalmon pic.twitter.com/YztNAcguoC

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2021

 

 

 

Seafood Watch's new reports on farmed salmon are worth a read - here's the damning "red" report on salmon farming in Scotland published yesterday (6 December 2021):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Download the 138 page report online here

 

 

Here's the summary:

 

 

The Scottish report includes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon is officially the world's worst according to a new asssment @SeafoodWatch - mass mortalities, use of antibiotics & pesticides, imported ova, lice infestation & waste pollution plague @ScotlandSalmon! https://t.co/he3ig8VHa4 @salmon_scottish @scotgov @scotgp pic.twitter.com/NwOFjswphq

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2021

 

 

The Global Alliance Against Industrial Aquaculture reported in November 2017:

 

 

 

Farmed salmon from Scotland is ranked as the world's worst - according to recent assessments by Seafood Watch which recommends avoiding farmed salmon from Scotland, Norway, Chile and Atlantic Canada [1].  The red ranking for Scottish farmed salmon - which scored a woeful 2.65 out of 10 - was attributed to poor performance in terms of chemicals, disease and escapes [2]. 

 

 

 

Read more via The Sunday Times

 

 

 

"It's official - Scottish farmed salmon is now the worst in the world," said Don Staniford, Director of the Global Alliance Against Industrial Aquaculture.  "Scottish salmon farming is a global embarrassment and red warning lights can be seen all over the globe.  You can put lipstick on a salmon but it's still a farmed salmon loaded with lice, doused on toxic pesticides, contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals and artificially coloured an unnatural red colour.  The warning message to consumers is simple: avoid Scottish salmon like the plague and stop eating such a lousy product!"   

[Left to right: John Robins, Allan Berry, Roderick O'Sullivan, Don Staniford, Elseanne Staniford and Ewan Kennedy: download high res image online here; photo credit: John Need: http://www.JohnNeed.co.uk]

 

 

Download press release in full with Notes to Editors online here

 

 

Damning report on #Scottish #salmon by @SeafoodWatch. Scores 2.65 out of 10: disease, escapes, chemicals. @FergusEwingMSP @JoannaBlythman 🤢 pic.twitter.com/y9EiL83Aez

— SST-T (@ScotSalmonTank) November 2, 2017

 

 

 

Read more via:

Red Light for Scottish salmon: Scotland is ranked worst in the world

The Sunday Times: "US report approves only Orkney salmon farms"

"Red Alert for Label Rouge - Lousy Label Goes Rogue"

25 Reasons to Boycott Scottish Salmon

25 Years of Scottish Salmon Shame

Press & Journal: "Demo as salmon industry alliance marked"

SSPO admit Label Rouge "is not a standard designed to assess environmental or animal welfare criteria"

Video: "Red Alert: Scottish Salmon's Lousy Label Goes Rogue"

Press Release: "Red Alert for Scottish Salmon - Protest Against Label Rouge in Edinburgh"

 

 

Farmed salmon from Scotland is ranked as the world's worst - according to recent assessments by Seafood Watch which recommends avoiding farmed salmon from Scotland, Norway, Chile and Atlantic Canada [1].  The red ranking for Scottish farmed salmon - which scored a woeful 2.65 out of 10 - was attributed to poor performance in terms of chemicals, disease and escapes [2]. 

 

 

 

Read more via The Sunday Times

 

 

 

"It's official - Scottish farmed salmon is now the worst in the world," said Don Staniford, Director of the Global Alliance Against Industrial Aquaculture.  "Scottish salmon farming is a global embarrassment and red warning lights can be seen all over the globe.  You can put lipstick on a salmon but it's still a farmed salmon loaded with lice, doused on toxic pesticides, contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals and artificially coloured an unnatural red colour.  The warning message to consumers is simple: avoid Scottish salmon like the plague and stop eating such a lousy product!"   

[Left to right: John Robins, Allan Berry, Roderick O'Sullivan, Don Staniford, Elseanne Staniford and Ewan Kennedy: download high res image online here; photo credit: John Need: http://www.JohnNeed.co.uk]

 

 

Download press release in full with Notes to Editors online here