Breaking News: 82.1% mortality rate (i.e. four out of every five fish dying) @salmon_scottish in Druimyeon Bay; 66% (i.e. two out of every three fish dying) at Vacasay on Lewis & 50% mortality @LochDuartSalmon in the Sound of Harris @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/kjNDyAMgKa pic.twitter.com/l2umcA571d
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 15, 2022
Data for mortalities during December 2021 (which includes cummulative mortality rates over the whole harvest cycle) have just been posted by Salmon Scotland - download online here
STV News reported in October 2021:
Thousands of rotting salmon ‘stink out’ village after mass death at farm.https://t.co/hOoOmXr0n7
— STV News (@STVNews) October 20, 2021
Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots published the shocking video footage from the Isle of Gigha on 15 October 2021:
Halloween has come early at the Faroese/Norwegian owned 'Scottish' Salmon Company - video reveals mass mortalities & infectious diseases ravaging Isle of Gigha @salmon_scottish @SSPOsays
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 16, 2021
Why is the Norwegian Government still investing? @Folketrygdfond https://t.co/OzmwVhMj6p pic.twitter.com/O2lbyCxURe
Corin Smith of Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots filmed shocking welfare abuse at The Scottish Salmon Company's lice-infested salmon farm at Vacasay in Loch Roag on the Isle of Lewis in August 2018:
The disturbing video footage featured on the BBC One Show in September 2018:
Channel 4 News reported in December 2021 that The Scottish Salmon Company had hired a private investigator to track the movements of Corin Smith:
Scottish Salmon Watch reported in December 2021:
Is there a simple reason why some salmon farming companies have higher mortality rates than others? Why is @salmon_scottish & @LochDuartSalmon double that of @WesterRossSalmo & @CookeScotland? https://t.co/YP7xPmmrFt @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @GriegShetland @scotseafarms pic.twitter.com/ToPcn8BFdD
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 13, 2021
Here's the worst performing companies and sites - as judged by cummulative mortality rates reported during 2021:
Scottish Salmon is dead in the water!
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 13, 2021
Average mortality rate @salmon_scottish during 2021 is 21% with 56% mortality at Plocrapool, 45% at Reibinish & 34% at Glenan Bay! That's according to industry data @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/kjNDyAMgKa@Folketrygdfond @Sygazette @coopuk pic.twitter.com/cheLkuq4uZ
Loch Duart - who were forced by @ASA_UK in 2019 to drop "sutainable" from their advertising - has a mortality rate in 2021 of 18.9% with Loch Laxford reporting @ScotlandSalmon cummulative mortality of 25.6% (i.e. one in four salmon died) @LochDuartSalmonhttps://t.co/YP7xPmmrFt pic.twitter.com/kJDoF2fxPG
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 13, 2021
'Scottish' Sea Farms (real name Norskott Havbruk @LeroySeafood) claim an annual mortality rate of 9%* @scotseafarms yet data @ScotlandSalmon shows average cummulative mortality at farms harvested out in 2020 & 2021 was 14% with 41% in Loch Kishorn! https://t.co/YP7xPmmrFt pic.twitter.com/zOmL4I5G4S
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 13, 2021
Congratulations @MowiScotlandLtd who report @ScotlandSalmon an average mortality rate of 12.6% in 2021 (data up to Oct). That's a fall from 23.6% in 2020 - but still a quarter of all fish are dying at some sites like Torridon, Sconser Quarry & Colonsay! https://t.co/YP7xPmmrFt pic.twitter.com/loaltPklPq
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 13, 2021
The average mortality rate for the salmon farming sector was 19.7% in 2020 out of 99 sites harvested (according to cummulative mortality data published online by Salmon Scotland):
A big slap on the back to all salmon farmers in Scotland for reducing the mortality rate from 19.7% in 2020 to 15.7% in 2021 (data up to October @ScotlandSalmon) @salmon_scottish @scotseafarms @MowiScotlandLtd @GriegShetland @LochDuartSalmon @CookeScotland https://t.co/YP7xPmmrFt pic.twitter.com/WxqVmT2WEG
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 13, 2021
Scottish Salmon Watch reported last month (12 January 2022):
Fresh Scottish Salmon anyone? Here's freshly published photos of disease-ridden fish farmed @salmon_scottish off Skye & the Isle of Gigha @marinescotland
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 12, 2022
Please boycott Scottish salmon! @Folketrygdfond @waitrose @coopuk @coopukpress @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/WK0SjATflz pic.twitter.com/MIBNEityBk
The Scottish Government published data in September 2021 on survival of smolt year classes with the latest data available for 2018 detailing a survival of 75.9% (i.e. mortality of 24.1%):
Survival (i.e. mortality) rates differed across Scotland with Shetland reporting only 55.2% survival (i.e. 44.8% mortality) of the 2018 year class:
Here's the salmon farms with the worst cummulative mortality rate for October 2021:
Named & Shamed @ScotlandSalmon - the salmon farms with the worst mortality. Headed by @scotseafarms with 41.3% mortality in Loch Kishorn followed by 32.8% mortality in Loch Spelve (where ISA was reported in May) & @salmon_scottish & @LochDuartSalmon sites https://t.co/rKHGuzMb37 pic.twitter.com/Atboh6H6ds
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 10, 2021
Scottish Salmon Watch reported in October 2021:
Revealed: Here's the salmon farms with the highest mortalities since January 2020 (data up to June 2021) @ScottishEPA The worst companies are the Faroese/Norwegian-owned @salmon_scottish; Norwegian @MowiScotlandLtd & Norwegian @GriegShetland https://t.co/GlePzttr2G pic.twitter.com/mOZfADJIN2
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 20, 2021
Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots reported on Facebook (2 August 2021):
Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots reveals the shocking death rates on Scotland's salmon farms! "There are huge questions for @rspcaassured" says Corin Smith
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 3, 2021
Grieg Seafood tops the list with 78% mortality - that's four out of every five salmon dying!https://t.co/oO6wWCqTQB pic.twitter.com/tGvGEZNiaA
Read more via:
Dead in the Water - Scottish Salmon's Mortality Mountain Piles Ever Higher in 2021!
Mass Mortalities - 66% in one month at The Scottish Salmon Company on the Isle of Gigha!
Lousy 'Scottish' Salmon - the most lice-infested salmon farms named & shamed!
STV News: "Thousands of rotting salmon ‘stink out’ village after mass death at farm"
X-Rated Video: 90% Mortality at The Faroese/Norwegian 'Scottish' Salmon Company?!
Video Nasties of Dead Farmed Salmon Pile Up All Over the World!
Demand for moratorium on new fish farms after mortality rates revealed
"The shocking death rates on Scotland's salmon farms revealed"
The Times: "Fish graveyard ‘severely hampers’ life for islanders, officials claim"
Update: Mortality Rate Over 36% At RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon!
Revealed: Burned, Buried & Ensiled Scottish Salmon
Update: 25 Million Mass Mortalities on Scottish Salmon Farms
52 million deaths in Norway - how many millions died on Scottish salmon farms in 2020?
The Case Against Scottish Salmon - An Update on Diseases & Mass Mortalities!
2.2 Million Missing Mortalities at Scottish Sea Farms?
Mass Mortalities Continue to Plague Scottish Salmon
Over One Million Morts for Scottish Salmon in September 2020!
Survival of the Unhealthiest Scottish Salmon - New data reveals shocking mortality rates!
Dead in the Water - New Data Reveals Mass Mortalities & Disease on Scottish Salmon Farms
The Ferret: "Farmed salmon deaths from disease reach record high"
The Killing Farms - Scottish Salmon's Horror Story Continues!
Alexa, how many salmon die each year on Scottish salmon farms? 42 million* https://t.co/jRQzhheju6
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 11, 2020
Sadly we don't know for sure as the answer is deemed "commercially damaging" by @sspo!
Will @ScottishEPA & @marinescotland force disclosure? @salmon_scottish @rspcaassured pic.twitter.com/fua9nkM6g3