Green Around the Gills

Norway Symposium: "Silent Spring of the Sea - Salmon Pharming Kills Shellfish & Other Marine Life"

 

International symposium:
Systemic pesticides and the biodiversity crisis: Toxic practices in agriculture, aquaculture and policy making, 7 Jun'22, Bergen. Meant for a broad audience, academics, NGO's, citizens, beekeepers, students, etc. Register: https://t.co/RYPYxvxiLS pic.twitter.com/8Vl3BkCIFw

— Jeroen van der Sluijs (@Jeroen_vdSluijs) May 23, 2022

 

 

I'm buzzing with excitement to be flying over to Norway next week for a symposium on toxic chemicals - here's details of the joint symposium organized by the University of Bergen's BeeCaution project and the International Task Force on Systemic Pesticides:

 

 

I'm buzzing with excitement to be flying over to Norway next week for a symposium on toxic chemicals! https://t.co/a1dvrYKrrL
My talk - "Silent Spring of the Sea: Salmon Pharming Kills Shellfish & Other Marine Life" - lifts the lid on the use of Imidacloprid @WeAreBenchmark

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

Here's the final program - download in full online here

 

 

Just say no to drugs - say no to pharmed salmon! https://t.co/a1dvrYKrrL pic.twitter.com/M6hj3QWQQY

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 7, 2022

 

Read more via:

• Toxic Salmon: FOI Reveals Lobbying To Use Banned Neonicotinoid in Scotland - will trials of Imidacloprid take place this year?
• "Novichok for Insects" Unleashed on Scottish Salmon This Summer?
• Benchmark Gears Up for Imidacloprid Use in Norway: "keenly awaited by salmon farmers in Scotland"!
• Vets & Scientists Voice Concerns Vs Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Pharming - Letter published in Veterinary Record
• ASC endorses banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in salmon farming
• "SEPA has not received an application to use Imidacloprid" admits Scottish Government
• Private Eye: "Toxic Relationship"
• Norway Deploys Banned Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid - Scotland, Chile & Canada Next in Firing Line!
• The Ferret: "Watchdog helped pesticide firm avoid freedom of information"
• Toxic Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid Collared by Legal Petition in US - are investors in Ectosan Vet/BMK08/D-10 Aquatic Blast feeling hot under the collar?
• Scottish Government backtracks on neonicotinoid use in salmon pharming: "there is no planned imminent approval of Imidacloprid"
• Dirty Secrets Exposed: FOI Disclosure by SEPA on Benchmark's Banned Neonicotinoid Ectosan/BMK08 (Imidacloprid)
• Salmon Pharming's 'Silent Spring' of the Sea
• "New weapon against salmon lice" reports Norwegian media (failing to mention Ectosan is the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid)
• Norway Approves Banned Bee-Killing Neonicotinoid for Use on Norwegian Salmon - Scotland, Chile & Canada Next In Firing Line!
• Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid Dogged by Lawsuits, Bans & Deaths - Is Benchmark's BMK08 in the doghouse or will it be unleashed?
• Canadian field trials of the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid on salmon farms?
• Norwegian Environment Agency FOI reply lifts lid on banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid
• Interferencia: "Salmon Farming - Norwegian company seeks to commercialize in Chile a pesticide banned by the EU for being 'very toxic' to aquatic life"
• Anyone for Norwegian Salmon Marinaded in the Banned Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid (don't worry it's ASC-approved)?!
• "EU deals potential setback to Benchmark’s rollout of new sea lice treatment"
• Fish Farmer: "MEPs condemn new lice treatment: who's right" "
• "EU setback for novel lice treatment"
• Breaking News: Victory in Europe - Parliament votes against the use of the toxic neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in farmed salmon!
• Fish Farming Expert: "Novel lice treatment threatened by European Parliament vote"
• Wave of European Opposition to Benchmark's Imidacloprid (BMK08) - the tide turns against neonicotinoids in salmon pharming!
• European Opposition to Neonicotinoid Contamination of Farmed Salmon - is BMK08 (Imidacloprid) dead in the water?
• The Guardian: "‘Novichok for insects’ may be approved for Scottish fish farms"
• Who are the toxic team lurking behind Benchmark's BMK08 (Imidacloprid) in Scottish salmon pharming?
• The Ferret: "Bee-killing pesticide treatment for fish farms backed by Scottish Government"
• Cleaning Tox-Sick Scottish Salmon - Benchmark's magic trick making the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid disappear!
• Rumsfeldian Fish Philosophy - Things We Know We Know, Things We Now Know We Don't Know & Things We Don't Know We Don't Know About 'Scottish' Salmon!
• SEPA ordered by Commissioner to Disclose 'Commercially Confidential' Information on CleanTreat & BMK08 (Imidacloprid) by 7 June
• Warning: Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Farming "Clears Another Hurdle" With European MRL
• Warning: Imidacloprid Moves A Step Closer to Commercial Use in Salmon Farming
• Nasty Neonicotinoid Plagues Salmon Farming in 2021
• Toxic Neonicotinoid "Close to Commercial Launch" in Salmon Farming!
• New Science Dogs Approval of Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid for Scottish Salmon!
• Imidacloprid Use in Scottish Salmon Farming?
• Secret Salmon - On the Trail of Imidacloprid Use in Scotland!
• British Wildlife: "Neonics in Salmon Farming - Alarm Bells Are Ringing"
• Caveat Chile - toxic neonicotinoid Imidacloprid (BMK08) coming soon!
• Toxic Politics - Meet the Scottish Government's Minister for Sinister Chemicals
• Imidacloprid Licensed for Use by Mowi in Loch Ailort?
• Further Scientific Opposition to Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Farming
• Patent lifts lid on neonicotinoid use in salmon farming
• Horrible History: Imidacloprid Use in Salmon Farming
• Scientific Opposition to Neonicotinoid Use in Salmon Farming
• Backgrounder: "Imidacloprid - A Neonicotinoid Insecticide Toxic to Aquatic Life"
• BBC Farming Today on "Neonicotinoids in Salmon Farming"
• Sunday Times: "Outlawed insecticide may be used on Scottish salmon"
• FOI letter on Scientific Concerns re. Imidacloprid Use in Scottish Salmon Farming
• Scottish Greens "Deeply Concerned" at Mowi's Field Trial of Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in Loch Ailort
• Letter to the Prince of Wales re. bee-killing Imidacloprid use at royal warrant holder Mowi
• Secret Trials: 'Royal' Salmon Doused with Bee-Killing Insecticide Imidacloprid?
• Follow the Salmoney - the Norwegian tobacco billionaire behind the Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid
• ENDS Report: "Calls for greater transparency over ‘toxic’ new fish farm product"
• Letter to SEPA: Please Come Clean on Imidacloprid!
• Letter to Scottish Ministers, SEPA & the VMD re. Imidacloprid
• FOI requests on Imidacloprid to SEPA, VMD & the Scottish Government
• Revealed: Toxic Neonicotinoid Insecticide Used to 'CleanTreat' Lousy Salmon
• Please Come Clean on BMK08!
• Sunday Times: "Official fears revealed over toxic threat of salmon trade"
• Cleaning Tox-Sick Scottish Salmon
• CleanTreat FOI Disclosures by the Scottish Government to Scottish Salmon Watch
• Media Backgrounder: Chemically Embalmed Scottish Salmon
• All is Not Well With Sick Scottish Salmon

 

 

Toxic Salmon: FOI Reveals Lobbying To Use Banned Neonicotinoid in Scotland - will trials of Imidacloprid take place this year? @ScottishEPA @marinescotland @MowiScotlandLtd @sustain_aqua @WeAreBenchmark @LeroySeafood @scotseafarms @vmdgovuk @scotgphttps://t.co/fO4qj5HUfh #BMK08 pic.twitter.com/G345o5I8DW

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 16, 2022

 

 

 

Flying to Bergen in Norway for a scientific symposium on bee-killing neonicotinoids @UiB https://t.co/Y6zPEW7pGS
Norwegian salmon pharms used over 3.25 tonnes of Imidacloprid in 2021 @WeAreBenchmark @Legemiddelinfo @InfoMattilsynet @Folkehelseinst @NMF_tweet @Partiet @fiskeridir pic.twitter.com/jKdrH7CP5v

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 6, 2022

 

Exposed: 10 Million Morts at RSPCA Assured Mowi Since 2019!

 

 

Revealed: 10 Million Salmon Morts @MowiScotlandLtd Since 2019! @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua
Served @sainsburys @Tesco @AldiUK @LidlGB & other green-washed retailers with a side order of infectious diseases, toxic chemicals & antibiotics @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/2yUq4oAE4C pic.twitter.com/mQnz8ZP8nW

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 13, 2022

 

 

 

Official data published by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate on 4 May shows that Norwegian giant Mowi - certified as 'responsibly sourced' via RSPCA Assured and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council - has reported nearly 10 million dead farmed salmon in Scotland since it was rebranded in January 2019 (Mowi changed their name due to what their CEO admitted was "negative consumer perception" in the name Marine Harvest). 

 

 

 

Since January 2019 (data published up to the early April 2022), Mowi has filed 516 'Mortality Event Reports' with the Scottish Government detailing 9,814,763 dead farmed salmon with over 1.74 million farmed salmon morts already in 2022 (data on dead cleaner fish which is estimated at several million per year at Mowi is shamefully not reported).  Here's the largest mass mortality reports headed by Mowi's Lochailort and Inchmore hatcheries (note that not all dead farmed salmon are reported - only mass mortality incidents over 1% - due to industry lobbying in 2013 arguing that disclosure of all mortalities would be 'commercially damaging'): 

 

 

 

 

Mowi are blaming poor quality imported ova (eggs) for their mortality problems.  Fish Farming Expert reported (11 May 2022):

 

 

 

In October 2018, The Sunday Mail reported that 500,000 farmed salmon had died at Mowi's flagship hatchery at Inchmore - opened only a few months earlier by Scotland's Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy, Fergus Ewing.

 

 

 

 

Despite Mowi's appalling track record, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council recently awarded 'responsibly farmed' certification at Mowi's salmon farms in Loch Alsh (at Ardintoul and Sron). 

 

 

 

 

Mowi's Ardintoul salmon farm - accredited by the ASC on 20 April 2022 - has filed 27 'Mortality Event Reports' since January 2019 totalling 420,561 dead farmed salmon.  Here's the most recent 'Mortality Event Reports' which also detail the use of antibiotics, toxic chemicals and infectious diseases:

 

 

 

 

 

When Scottish Salmon Watch visited Mowi's disease-ridden salmon farm at Ardintoul in Loch Alsh 'Special Area of Conservation' on 2 November 2019 we discovered bins full of dead salmon.  

 

 

 

Mowi's other salmon farm in Loch Alsh (Sron) - certified by the ASC on 28 March 2022 - has filed 12 'Mortality Event Reports' since January 2019 totalling 138,318 dead farmed salmon:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deaths in Loch Alsh have not been restricted to farmed salmon and cleaner fish but have sadly extended to seals and even Mowi's own workers.  

 

Norwegian-owned Marine Harvest renamed itself Mowi on 1 January 2019 due to negative consumer perception https://t.co/UM7XEnEmLZ With all the dead bodies piling up @MowiScotlandLtd it may have to think about re-branding itself again @MCA_media @H_S_E @MowiCanadaWest @FWMowinckel pic.twitter.com/Vv0aYu6cSj

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 26, 2020

 

 

Tourist operator Nigel Smith has reported seals slaughtered in Loch Alsh (a Special Area of Conservation and Marine Protected Area) with shocking photos of dead seals naming and shaming Marine Harvest (since renamed Mowi).  

 

 

 

 

 

The Ross-shire Journal reported (8 May 2022):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earlier this month (4 May 2022), $camon $cotland filed a complaint against Mowi's ASC-certified salmon with the Advertising Standards Authority.

 

 

 

Complaint filed @asa_uk Vs @sainsburys for deceptive advertising of "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon @ASC_aqua @rspcaassured
"Sainsbury’s is clearly guilty of deceptive advertising and should be forced to remove all adverts" writes Scamon Scotland https://t.co/vomcYIZ4Cd pic.twitter.com/v16obcf4IA

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 4, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Earlier this month (3 May 2022), the ASC and Mowi scooped the prestigious 'Greenwasher of the Year' award. 

 

Breaking News: Norwegian giant Mowi and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council share the shameless 'Greenwasher of the Year' award at this year's Scamons! https://t.co/DTVAlbNivP @MowiScotlandLtd @ASC_aqua @aquacultureuk @sainsburys @Tesco pic.twitter.com/ATY696uEt3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 3, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Netflix's global hit 'Seaspiracy' features shocking video footage shot at Mowi's RSPCA Assured (and ASC-certified) salmon farm at Gorsten in Loch Linnhe. 

 

Netflix's 'Seaspiracy' Exposes Disease-Ridden Scottish Salmon – As Sponsored by the RSPCA & Aquaculture Stewardship Council! https://t.co/NiySHYotBu@seaspiracy @rspcaassured @ScotlandMowi @ASC_aqua @vivacampaigns @Ecohustler @SSPOsays @iamalitabrizi @media_ciwf @philip_ciwf pic.twitter.com/32CcvHUUKH

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

In July 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch filmed at Mowi's RSPCA Assured Loch Greshornish salmon farm on the Isle of Skye. 

 

 

 

Meet the team behind Mowi's disease-ridden pharmed salmon https://t.co/pFRNRc8fu4 "Our ethos rests on the belief that we can sustainably and responsibly produce healthy, nutritious and affordable food, now and for future generations" @MowiScotlandLtd #Bollocks #Bullshit #Scamon pic.twitter.com/ZtZtiH3jHt

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 17, 2021

 

 

 

The Press & Journal reported (16 February 2022):

 

Delve into Mowi's Q4 2021 financial report and presentation and the "woes" in Scotland become clearer - Mowi's Q4 2021 report (16 February 2022) includes:

 

Mowi's Q4 2021 Presentation (16 February 2022) includes:

 

 

 

$camon $cotland reported yesterday (12 May 2022):

 

Mowi Scotland reports a 42% fall in Q1 production from 2021 to 2022. "The overall biological situation is more challenging than in 2021, mainly related to AGD and gill issues. CMS also remains at a relatively high rate of detection" @MowiScotlandLtd https://t.co/nWtY8GzkTJ pic.twitter.com/ASgtu4Qsh3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 12, 2022

 

 

 

Read more via:

Revealed: 30+ Million Dead Scottish Salmon Since 2017 - over 8 million morts reported last year & over half a million in first two weeks of 2022!!

Charitable Warning: Mowi's Salmon Wagon is Hitting the Road Again - there's no such thing as a free farmed fish lunch!

Mowi's "Woes in Scotland" - Disease & Deaths Cause £5.6 Million Losses!

Over 80% Mortality at The Scottish Salmon Company!!!

ASC-Certified/Audited Mass Mortalities Pile Up at Lousy Mowi & Scottish Sea Farms!

New Mortality Data for Disease-Ridden Scottish Salmon - 700,000+ in the first two weeks of December!

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!

Irresponsible Scottish Salmon Exposed: 'Scotland's Aquaculture' Publishes Data on Toxic Chemicals Use, Morts & Biomass Breaches

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!

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

Demand for moratorium on new fish farms after mortality rates revealed

"The shocking death rates on Scotland's salmon farms revealed"

2020: The Year of Diseased Scottish Salmon - 27,000 Tonnes of Dead Fish, the Worst On Record!

Stop the Scottish Salmondemic - please avoid disease-ridden farmed salmon like the proverbial plague!

Taking the Fish - Illegal Salmon Dump Caught Taking Diseased Fish from the Mainland Despite 'Derogation'!

FOI Lifts Lid on the Stench of Scottish Salmon: Government Legal Department Target Illegal Dumping of Diseased Salmon

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

Alexa, how many salmon die each year on Scottish salmon farms? 42 million* (but we don't know for sure as the answer is deemed "commercially damaging")!

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!

Solving Scottish Salmon's Multi-Million Mortality Problem

 

 

Revealed: 30+ Million Dead Scottish Salmon Since 2017 - 8m morts reported last year & half a million in first two weeks of 2022!! https://t.co/tBz56oIRHK @ScotlandSalmon @tavishscott
Anyone for yummy "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon? @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua @SoilAssociation pic.twitter.com/K8cU8Bo64Y

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 18, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revealed: 10 Million Salmon Morts @MowiScotlandLtd Since 2019! @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua
Served @sainsburys @Tesco @AldiUK @LidlGB & other green-washed retailers with a side order of infectious diseases, toxic chemicals & antibiotics @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/2yUq4oAE4C pic.twitter.com/mQnz8ZP8nW

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 13, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Revealed: 10 Million Salmon Morts @MowiScotlandLtd Since 2019! @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua
Served @sainsburys @Tesco @AldiUK @LidlGB & other green-washed retailers with a side order of infectious diseases, toxic chemicals & antibiotics @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/2yUq4oAE4C pic.twitter.com/mQnz8ZP8nW

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 13, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

Despite Mowi's appalling track record, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council recently awarded 'responsibly farmed' certification at Mowi's salmon farms in Loch Alsh (at Ardintoul and Sron). 

 

 

 

 

Mowi's Ardintoul salmon farm - accredited by the ASC on 20 April 2022 - has filed 27 'Mortality Event Reports' since January 2019 totalling 420,561 dead farmed salmon.  Here's the most recent 'Mortality Event Reports' which also detail the use of antibiotics, toxic chemicals and infectious diseases:

 

 

 

 

 

When Scottish Salmon Watch visited Mowi's disease-ridden salmon farm at Ardintoul in Loch Alsh 'Special Area of Conservation' on 2 November 2019 we discovered bins full of dead salmon.  

 

 

 

Mowi's other salmon farm in Loch Alsh (Sron) - certified by the ASC on 28 March 2022 - has filed 12 'Mortality Event Reports' since January 2019 totalling 138,318 dead farmed salmon:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deaths in Loch Alsh have not been restricted to farmed salmon and cleaner fish but have sadly extended to seals and even Mowi's own workers.  

 

Norwegian-owned Marine Harvest renamed itself Mowi on 1 January 2019 due to negative consumer perception https://t.co/UM7XEnEmLZ With all the dead bodies piling up @MowiScotlandLtd it may have to think about re-branding itself again @MCA_media @H_S_E @MowiCanadaWest @FWMowinckel pic.twitter.com/Vv0aYu6cSj

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 26, 2020

 

 

Tourist operator Nigel Smith has reported seals slaughtered in Loch Alsh (a Special Area of Conservation and Marine Protected Area) with shocking photos of dead seals naming and shaming Marine Harvest (since renamed Mowi).  

 

 

 

 

 

The Ross-shire Journal reported (8 May 2022):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earlier this month (4 May 2022), $camon $cotland filed a complaint against Mowi's ASC-certified salmon with the Advertising Standards Authority.

 

 

 

Complaint filed @asa_uk Vs @sainsburys for deceptive advertising of "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon @ASC_aqua @rspcaassured
"Sainsbury’s is clearly guilty of deceptive advertising and should be forced to remove all adverts" writes Scamon Scotland https://t.co/vomcYIZ4Cd pic.twitter.com/v16obcf4IA

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 4, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Earlier this month (3 May 2022), the ASC and Mowi scooped the prestigious 'Greenwasher of the Year' award. 

 

Breaking News: Norwegian giant Mowi and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council share the shameless 'Greenwasher of the Year' award at this year's Scamons! https://t.co/DTVAlbNivP @MowiScotlandLtd @ASC_aqua @aquacultureuk @sainsburys @Tesco pic.twitter.com/ATY696uEt3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 3, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Netflix's global hit 'Seaspiracy' features shocking video footage shot at Mowi's RSPCA Assured (and ASC-certified) salmon farm at Gorsten in Loch Linnhe. 

 

Netflix's 'Seaspiracy' Exposes Disease-Ridden Scottish Salmon – As Sponsored by the RSPCA & Aquaculture Stewardship Council! https://t.co/NiySHYotBu@seaspiracy @rspcaassured @ScotlandMowi @ASC_aqua @vivacampaigns @Ecohustler @SSPOsays @iamalitabrizi @media_ciwf @philip_ciwf pic.twitter.com/32CcvHUUKH

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 31, 2021

 

 

Mowi's other salmon farm in Loch Alsh (Sron) - certified by the ASC on 28 March 2022 - has filed 12 'Mortality Event Reports' since January 2019 totalling 138,318 dead farmed salmon:

 

 

 

Revealed: 10 Million Salmon Morts @MowiScotlandLtd Since 2019! @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua
Served @sainsburys @Tesco @AldiUK @LidlGB & other green-washed retailers with a side order of infectious diseases, toxic chemicals & antibiotics @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/2yUq4oAE4C pic.twitter.com/mQnz8ZP8nW

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 13, 2022

 

 

 

ASC-Certified & RSPCA Assured Mowi Hit by Disease & Mass Mortalities!

 

MOWI: Profits down due to bad imported eggs and gill disease, cardiomyopathy syndrome, pancreas disease & Pasturella.

Are wild salmon somehow immune to these infectious diseases as they swim past the filthy cages?@CVOScotland @MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllanhttps://t.co/JIJB4gLVom

— Salmon Scotland (@SalmonScotland) May 12, 2022

 

Mowi's Q1 2022 financial results make grim reading for Scotland.

 

Mowi Scotland reports a 42% fall in Q1 production from 2021 to 2022. "The overall biological situation is more challenging than in 2021, mainly related to AGD and gill issues. CMS also remains at a relatively high rate of detection" @MowiScotlandLtd https://t.co/nWtY8GzkTJ pic.twitter.com/ASgtu4Qsh3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 12, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fish Farmer reported (11 May 2022):

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

• Advertising Complaint Vs Sainsbury's "Responsibly Sourced" Scottish Salmon
• Greenwasher of the Year - Mowi & the ASC share the spoiled Scottish salmon!
• Death of Mowi Worker Clive Hendry Makes International Waves on Memorial Day
• Media Backgrounder: "Mowi's Increasing Disease Problems Drives Increases in Antibiotic Use"
• Bullshit Called on Mowi's "Sustainability" Claims!
• Mowi's Pure Bullshit (#1 in a regular series): "hardly any chemical treatments at all"
• Open letter to the ASC: Please cancel all certification of Mowi's toxic Scottish salmon!
• Mowi's 'Host' With the Most....Toxic Chemicals & Antibiotics (certified as "responsibly farmed" by the ASC)!

 

 

 

 

Open letter to the ASC: Please cancel all certification of Mowi's toxic Scottish salmon! https://t.co/N9MwDaN0kQ @ASC_aqua @MowiScotlandLtd @fms_scotland @SalmonTroutCons
Scottish salmon is farmed irresponsibly not responsibly! @rspcaassured @ASA_UK @sainsburys @Tesco @LidlGB pic.twitter.com/3L76as7mTY

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 6, 2022

 

Darth Vader Takes the Pledge Not to Eat Pharmed Salmon - May the Force Be With You!

 

 

 

 

Salmon farming is such a toxic and ethically bankrupt industry that even Darth Vader wouldn't eat farmed salmon! 

 

 

 

On Star Wars Day - and every day - please boycott farmed salmon! https://t.co/VIX2qQBc0I@Tesco @ASC_aqua @MowiScotlandLtd #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou pic.twitter.com/xSOZR2jXuU

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 4, 2022

 

 

 

On Star Wars Day (May 4th) and every day henceforth please pledge to boycott farmed salmon - take the salmon pledge now!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The tide has turned against salmon pharming.   In December 2021, over 70,000 people signed a petition against "responsibly sourced" salmon sold by Sainsbury's:  

 

70,000 people sign petition vs "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon sold by Sainsbury's! @sainsburys https://t.co/X7JfKVeSil@SumOfUs @ChangingMarkets @SainsburysNews

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 19, 2021

 

 

Farmed salmon sold by @Sainsburys has a dreadful impact on coastal communities half a world away. #FishingTheFeed pic.twitter.com/WhKO7V9ajg

— SumOfUs (@SumOfUs) December 15, 2021

 

 

 

 

In November 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch filed complaints against "responsibly farmed" and "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon sold by supermarkets in the UK with Trading and Advertising Standards.

 

Irresponsibly Farmed Scottish Salmon - Complaints Filed Vs Supermarkets with Advertising & Trading Standards! @ASA_UK @CMAgovUK @TSScot @NTSscamsteam @wirraltsd @CEC_TS @GlasgowCC @SalmonScotland @ScotlandSalmon @Ecohustler @animal_concern @ClientEarth https://t.co/XjkuDA7WsB pic.twitter.com/d4dp6VURvU

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 22, 2021

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in October 2021:

 

Climavore spawns boycott of farmed salmon across the UK - take the pledge not to eat Scottish salmon today! https://t.co/zLYzqghPIh @SSPOsays @MowiScotlandLtd @sainsburys @LidlGB @salmon_scottish @scotseafarms @Tesco @asda @Morrisons @marksandspencer @waitrose @coopuk https://t.co/tc9TA0Xwsw pic.twitter.com/sRRiW4utBk

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 12, 2021

 

 

 

Here's ocean advocate Katie Tunn from the Isle of Skye explaining her 10 reasons to boycott farmed salmon:

 

 

 

 

Read more reasons to boycott pharmed salmon online here

 

 

Want to end the nightmare of salmon farming? Please join the global boycott against farmed salmon! https://t.co/FpKosacuJq @pamfoundation @seashepherd_uk pic.twitter.com/4whTg61z2n

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 2, 2021

 

 

Farmed Salmon? No Thanks! https://t.co/srvE2G4DEs
Proudly display your opposition to salmon farming - take the salmon pledge today! #Boycott #Farmed #Salmon pic.twitter.com/9QnqGQMJ4V

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 5, 2021

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

• Advertising Complaint Vs Sainsbury's "Responsibly Sourced" Scottish Salmon
• Greenwasher of the Year - Mowi & the ASC share the spoiled Scottish salmon!
• Death of Mowi Worker Clive Hendry Makes International Waves on Memorial Day
• NowThis: "Salmon farming has lost the war on sea lice"
• Press Statement: "Death Becomes Scottish Salmon"
• Coming Clean on Welfare Abuse of Cleaner Fish - FOI lifts lid on 100% mortality of wrasse at The Scottish Salmon Company (& over half a million dead salmon)!
• Make a Video Pledge to Boycott Farmed Salmon Today!
• Take the Salmon Pledge - please join the boycott against farmed salmon!
• Salmon Pledge Goes Wild Around the World! 

 

 

Complaint filed @asa_uk Vs @sainsburys for deceptive advertising of "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon @ASC_aqua @rspcaassured
"Sainsbury’s is clearly guilty of deceptive advertising and should be forced to remove all adverts" writes Scamon Scotland https://t.co/vomcYIZ4Cd pic.twitter.com/v16obcf4IA

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 4, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Even Darth Vader does not eat farmed salmon! https://t.co/FpKosacuJq #StarWarsDay #MayThe4thBeWithYou pic.twitter.com/QwDfTLhyNh

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 4, 2022

 

 

 

 

The Herald: "The toxic salmon farm chemicals that are a risk to swimmers"

 

What a report into toxic salmon farm pesticides on open water swimmers says - and why I wouldn't swim near these farms https://t.co/GQ5m1deHyW

— Vicky Allan (@vicky_allan) May 3, 2022

 

The Herald reported (3 May 2022):

 

 

 

Exposed: 40 Million+ Litres of Toxic Hydrogen Peroxide Used on ‘Responsibly Farmed’, RSPCA Assured & ‘Organic’ Scottish Salmon Since 2016! @SoilAssociation @ASC_aqua @rspcaassured @MowiScotlandLtd @salmon_scottish @LochDuartSalmon @ScottishEPA @scotgov https://t.co/4JUGpQLv8J pic.twitter.com/79IQSZ3ujI

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 15, 2022

 

 

 

Read more via The Ferret (1 May 2022):

 

A report - commissioned from consultants by a fish farming industry body - concluded that levels of hydrogen peroxide in salmon cages could be 28 times higher than those considered safe for swimmers.https://t.co/5j2s97lAxV

— The Ferret (@FerretScot) May 1, 2022

 

 

 

 

Read more on the use of toxic chemicals and antibiotics on salmon farms in Scotland via:

Toxic Salmon: FOI Reveals Lobbying To Use Banned Neonicotinoid in Scotland - will trials of Imidacloprid take place this year?

"Novichok for Insects" Unleashed on Scottish Salmon This Summer?

Exposed: 40 Million+ Litres of Toxic Hydrogen Peroxide Used on ‘Responsibly Farmed’, RSPCA Assured & ‘Organic’ Scottish Salmon Since 2016!

The Ferret/Sunday National: "Use of Drugs At Fish Farms Rises 50 Times in Six Years"

Drug Addict Alert: Scottish Salmon's Fifty-Fold Increase in Antibiotics Since 2016!

Media Backgrounder: "Mowi's Increasing Disease Problems Drives Increases in Antibiotic Use"

Toxic Scottish Salmon - Chemical Use Doubles Since 2018!

Slicegate: How SEPA Opened the Floodgates to Toxic Scottish Salmon (Following Intense Lobbying from the Salmafia)!

Mowi's 'Host' With the Most....Toxic Chemicals & Antibiotics (certified as "responsibly farmed" by the ASC)!

 

 

Toxic Salmon: FOI Reveals Lobbying To Use Banned Neonicotinoid in Scotland - will trials of Imidacloprid take place this year? @ScottishEPA @marinescotland @MowiScotlandLtd @sustain_aqua @WeAreBenchmark @LeroySeafood @scotseafarms @vmdgovuk @scotgphttps://t.co/fO4qj5HUfh #BMK08 pic.twitter.com/G345o5I8DW

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 16, 2022

 

 

 

Advertising Complaint Vs Sainsbury's "Responsibly Sourced" Scottish Salmon

 

Complaint filed today vs Sainsbury's for falsely advertising "responsibly sourced salmon" @ASA_UK
"No amount of greenwashing can hide the fact that Scottish salmon farming is inherently unsustainable and irresponsible" @sainsburys @ASC_aqua @rspcaassured https://t.co/vomcYIZ4Cd pic.twitter.com/ZMQQDMiLFn

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 4, 2022

 

$camon Scotland today (4 May 2022), filed a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority against Sainsbury's for falsely advertising "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon - read the complaint in full online here.

 

Big ad for "responsibly sourced salmon" in this weekend's @theipaper . No mention of in 2014 460,000 tonnes of wild-caught fish were used to produce 179,000 tonnes of salmon in Scotland. What's sustainable about that? @rspcaassured @TheGAAIA @SainsburysNews pic.twitter.com/wI5wMp1KEr

— Sue Everett (@suesustainable) April 24, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

"How can ASC-certified Scottish salmon be advertised and marketed by Sainsbury’s (and other retailers) as 'responsibly sourced' when mortality rates, disease problems, toxic chemical use and use of antibiotics are so high?" wrote $camon Scotland.   "How can it be deemed 'responsible' to source from salmon farms infested with parasites which peer-reviewed science has shown can be lethal to wild fish?"

 

 

"In conclusion, $camon $cotland reiterates the hard evidence submitted in November 2021 and alerts the ASA to new data on the irresponsible use of antibiotics and chemicals; mass mortalities of farmed salmon and cleaner fish; and lice infestation on ASC-certified salmon farms," concluded the complaint to the ASA (4 May 2022).  "Sainsbury’s is clearly guilty of deceptive advertising and should be forced to remove all adverts claiming to source from “responsible” salmon farms in newspapers, Facebook and other media.  Please send Sainsbury’s the crystal clear message that they cannot continue misleading consumers about the provenance of farmed salmon.  No amount of greenwashing by the ASC, RSPCA Assured and supermarket advertisers can hide the fact that Scottish salmon farming is inherently unsustainable and irresponsible."

 

 

 

Read the ASA complaint in full online here

 

 

 

 

Complaint filed @asa_uk Vs @sainsburys for deceptive advertising of "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon @ASC_aqua @rspcaassured
"Sainsbury’s is clearly guilty of deceptive advertising and should be forced to remove all adverts" writes Scamon Scotland https://t.co/vomcYIZ4Cd pic.twitter.com/v16obcf4IA

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 4, 2022

 

 

Yesterday (3 May 2022), the ASC and Mowi won the prestigious 'Greenwasher of the Year' award.

 

Breaking News: Norwegian giant Mowi and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council share the shameless 'Greenwasher of the Year' award at this year's Scamons! https://t.co/DTVAlbNivP @MowiScotlandLtd @ASC_aqua @aquacultureuk @sainsburys @Tesco pic.twitter.com/ATY696uEt3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 3, 2022

 

 

 

In January 2022, Scottish Salmon Watch wrote an open letter to the ASC calling for an end to the certification of Scottish salmon.

 

Open letter to the ASC: Please cancel all certification of Mowi's toxic Scottish salmon! https://t.co/N9MwDaN0kQ @ASC_aqua @MowiScotlandLtd @fms_scotland @SalmonTroutCons
Scottish salmon is farmed irresponsibly not responsibly! @rspcaassured @ASA_UK @sainsburys @Tesco @LidlGB pic.twitter.com/3L76as7mTY

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 6, 2022

 

 

 

In November 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch filed complaints against Sainsbury's and other supermarkets with the ASA and Trading Standards.

 

Irresponsibly Farmed Scottish Salmon - Complaints Filed Vs Supermarkets with Advertising & Trading Standards! @ASA_UK @CMAgovUK @TSScot @NTSscamsteam @wirraltsd @CEC_TS @GlasgowCC @SalmonScotland @ScotlandSalmon @Ecohustler @animal_concern @ClientEarth https://t.co/XjkuDA7WsB pic.twitter.com/d4dp6VURvU

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 22, 2021

 

 

 

In March 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch reported that Mowi had moved the goalposts on ASC certification.

 

Mowi move goalposts on @ASC_aqua certification - first they pledged 100% ASC certification by 2020, then moved it to 2025 & now they expand to @ourGSSI recognised standards including @BAP_Aquaculture @GLOBALGAP & @BordIascMhara https://t.co/sGg4fT1MIR @MowiScotlandLtd #Greenwash pic.twitter.com/t0WEhnHPdO

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 26, 2021

 

 

In other words, the industry-dominated ASC is moving the goalposts to allow more salmon farms to meet their ever weakening and widening salmon standard.

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

Greenwasher of the Year - Mowi & the ASC share the spoiled Scottish salmon!

Exposed: 40 Million+ Litres of Toxic Hydrogen Peroxide Used on ‘Responsibly Farmed’, RSPCA Assured & ‘Organic’ Scottish Salmon Since 2016!

1.8 Million Morts Reported on Scottish Fish Farms Already in 2022!

Revealed: 30+ Million Dead Scottish Salmon Since 2017 - over 8 million morts reported last year & over half a million in first two weeks of 2022!!

Media Backgrounder: "Mowi's Increasing Disease Problems Drives Increases in Antibiotic Use"

Bullshit Called on Mowi's "Sustainability" Claims!

Mowi's Pure Bullshit (#1 in a regular series): "hardly any chemical treatments at all"

Complaint vs Ocado & Sainsbury's 'Organic' Scottish Salmon "Farmed Responsibly" by Mowi Filed with Trading & Advertising Standards

ASC-Certified/Audited Mass Mortalities Pile Up at Lousy Mowi & Scottish Sea Farms!

Open letter to the ASC: Please cancel all certification of Mowi's toxic Scottish salmon!

Mowi's 'Host' With the Most....Toxic Chemicals & Antibiotics (certified as "responsibly farmed" by the ASC)!

ASC cancel Mowi certifications due to exceedances of antibiotics use, escape & "administrative reasons"!

Mass mortalities at ASC-certified Mowi!

Greenwashing 'Sustainable' Salmon - how supermarkets brand themselves as "responsible" via ClientEarth!

Irresponsibly Farmed Scottish Salmon - Complaints Filed Vs Supermarkets with Advertising & Trading Standards!

Complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority Vs ‘Responsibly Farmed’ Mowi Scottish salmon as advertised by Tesco & Sainsbury’s

Media Backgrounder: Irresponsibly Farmed Scottish Salmon

Complaint to the Competition & Markets Authority and Trading Standards Vs Supermarkets (Aldi, ASDA, Lidl, M&S, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco & Waitrose) for deceptive marketing of ‘Responsibly Farmed’ & ‘Responsibly Sourced’ Scottish Salmon

Hard Evidence Submitted with CMA & Trading Standards Complaint

Supermarkets Investigated by Competition and Markets Authority - "Responsibly Farmed/Sourced" Green Claims Questioned!

Bullshit Called on M&S's "Responsibly Sourced" Scottish Salmon!

Gotcha: Mowi's "Responsibly Farmed" Scottish Salmon Caught in Advertising Standards Net!

ASC endorses banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in salmon farming

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

Mowi's 'Healthy' RSPCA Assured & ASC-Certified Salmon Farm at Gorsten (as featured in Seaspiracy)

Mowi Moves Goalposts on ASC Certification

ASC-Certified Scottish Salmon Dead in the Water!

Anyone for ASC-Certified Scottish Salmon Doused in Carcinogenic Formaldehyde?

ASC-Certified Shellfish Killers (not to mention seals, diseases, lice, pollution etc)

EXPOSED: Scottish Salmon's Sustainability Scam 

Lipstick on a Pig - WWF's Makeover At Marine Harvest

WWF Greenwashes Marine Harvest

The Abominable Salmon Council - Buyer Beware!

Pepé Le Pew Loves Farmed Salmon!

 

 

 

 

 

Complaint filed @ASA_UK today Vs @sainsburys for deceptive advertising of "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon @ASC_aqua @rspcaassured https://t.co/vomcYIZ4Cd Thanks for posting the newspaper advert - any more? pic.twitter.com/8I6tAVvKys

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 4, 2022

 

 

 

Addendum:

 

From: Don Staniford <salmonfarmingkills@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 4, 2022 at 6:43 AM
Subject: Complaint Vs Sainsbury's
To: Celia Howarth <celiah@asa.org.uk>, David Barber <davidb@asa.org.uk>

 

Please find attached a complaint to the ASA re. Sainsbury's.

 

Also online via: ASA Complaint Vs Sainsbury's "Responsibly Sourced" Scottish Salmon

 

Please acknowledge receipt of this complaint. 

 

Thanks,

 

Don Staniford

 

Director of $camon $cotland (formerly Scottish Salmon Watch)

Greenwasher of the Year - Mowi & the ASC share the spoiled Scottish salmon!

 

Breaking News: Norwegian giant Mowi and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council share the shameless 'Greenwasher of the Year' award at this year's Scamons! https://t.co/DTVAlbNivP @MowiScotlandLtd @ASC_aqua @aquacultureuk @sainsburys @Tesco pic.twitter.com/ATY696uEt3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 3, 2022

 

At this year's 'Scamons' (the alternative to tomorrow's Aquaculture Awards held in Aviemore) there was particularly fierce competition between salmon farming companies, supermarkets and certification bodies desperate to brand 'Scottish' salmon as "responsible" and "sustainable".  In the end, it was just too close to call with Mowi and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council sharing the 'Greenwasher of the Year' award. 

 

 

 

 

Mowi's stream of utter bullshit continued unabated during 2021 and the first quarter of 2022 (despite rising use of antibiotics, mass mortalities, lice infestation and toxic chemicals):

 

 

Bullshit Alert: "Sustainability is deeply engrained in the Mowi culture and at the heart of everything we do," claims Mowi's CEO Ivar Vindheim. "Mowi is at the forefront when it comes to sustainable food production" https://t.co/s1726IolTd pic.twitter.com/SqN5v02hzT

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 16, 2022

 

 

 

"We are leading the world.....in sustainable and responsible food production" (Ben Hadfield in September 2021 as quoted in a Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation press release)

 

 

 

 

 

Not to be outdone, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council is doing their damndest to surpass their sister organisation (the Marine Conservation Society) in their shameless greenwashing.  

 

Open letter to the ASC: Please cancel all certification of Mowi's toxic Scottish salmon! https://t.co/N9MwDaN0kQ @ASC_aqua @MowiScotlandLtd @fms_scotland @SalmonTroutCons
Scottish salmon is farmed irresponsibly not responsibly! @rspcaassured @ASA_UK @sainsburys @Tesco @LidlGB pic.twitter.com/3L76as7mTY

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 6, 2022

 

 

 

"ASC will play a crucial role in ensuring a growing supply of environmentally sustainably and socially responsible food from the aquaculture industry" (Ally Dingwall in November 2021 as quoted in Fish Farming Expert)

 

 

 

The ASC's stamp of approval comes in the wake of rising use of antibiotics and toxic chemical use. 

 

 

 

 

And mass mortalities piling up faster than you can say: "The ASC salmon standard is not worth the paper it's written on". 

 

 

 

 

A decade ago back in 2012 I exposed how the Aquaculture Stewardship Council - dubbed the Abominable Salmon Council - had been corrupted by commercial forces intent on watering down the standards to accommodate farmed salmon.    As I wrote in April 2012:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last decade has seen Mowi desperately try every trick in the book - from bending the rules, watering down the standards and moving the goalposts - to force Scottish salmon into the ASC.   Scottish Salmon Watch reported in March 2021: 

 

Mowi move goalposts on @ASC_aqua certification - first they pledged 100% ASC certification by 2020, then moved it to 2025 & now they expand to @ourGSSI recognised standards including @BAP_Aquaculture @GLOBALGAP & @BordIascMhara https://t.co/sGg4fT1MIR @MowiScotlandLtd #Greenwash pic.twitter.com/t0WEhnHPdO

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 26, 2021

 

 

In other words, the industry-dominated ASC is moving the goalposts to allow more salmon farms to meet their ever weakening and widening salmon standard.

 

 

 

 

Mowi's Q4 2021 Report included:

 

The key person driving the certification of 'Scottish' salmon as "responsible" via the ASC is Ally Dingwall who used to work for Marine Harvest (renamed Mowi in 2018) and Sainsbury's. 

 

 

 

Alistair Dingwell from @ASC_aqua gave a very informative talk today about Navigating the Pathway to Social Licence for Aquaculture at day one of #aquacultureuk today. Don’t forget to stop by stand 199 to visit the International Aquafeed team! pic.twitter.com/EVNSqFx6Wf

— The Aquaculturists (@IAFmagazine) May 3, 2022

 

 

Next up in the conference tent:

Navigating the pathway to social licence for aquaculture | Alastair Dingwall - @ASC_aqua | 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM.

See you there! pic.twitter.com/hf6JnsJbMg

— Aquaculture UK (@aquacultureuk) May 3, 2022

 

 

In December 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch exposed how the 'Sustainable Seafood Coalition' had greenwashed Scottish salmon.

 

Greenwashing 'Sustainable' Salmon - how supermarkets brand themselves as "responsible" via ClientEarth! https://t.co/aTzLjczZcp @SSC_seafood @ClientEarth @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua @SoilAssociation @GSA_Seafood @ourGSSI @ScotlandSalmon @SalmonTroutCons @Ecohustler @ASA_UK @CMAgovUK pic.twitter.com/rAWoDpGjRH

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 25, 2021

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

The Worst Salmon Toilets in Scotland (even worse than Trainspotting)!

The Scamons: Voting Now Open for 'Best Supporting Bullshit' Award!

Awards Alert: Nominations Open for the 'Scamons'!

Camera Shy at The Scamons!

Live from 'The Scamons' in Norway!

The Scamons & Sockeyes - Aquaculture Academy Awards 2013

The Sockeyes - Oscar Loves Wild Salmon!

 

 

Voting is now open for 'Best Supporting Bullshit' at The Scamons (held in Aviemore on May 4) @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @ScotlandSalmon @ScottishSPCA @ASC_aqua
Voting closes on 30 April - more details via https://t.co/fjF3wYBa0o @aquacultureuk @DiversifiedUK @MacAviemore pic.twitter.com/1qy8yLLu1w

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 21, 2022

 

 

 

 

Not to be outdone, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council is doing their damndest to surpass their sister organisation (the Marine Conservation Society) in their shameless greenwashing.  

 

Open letter to the ASC: Please cancel all certification of Mowi's toxic Scottish salmon! https://t.co/N9MwDaN0kQ @ASC_aqua @MowiScotlandLtd @fms_scotland @SalmonTroutCons
Scottish salmon is farmed irresponsibly not responsibly! @rspcaassured @ASA_UK @sainsburys @Tesco @LidlGB pic.twitter.com/3L76as7mTY

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 6, 2022

 

 

 

"ASC will play a crucial role in ensuring a growing supply of environmentally sustainably and socially responsible food from the aquaculture industry" (Ally Dingwall in November 2021 as quoted in Fish Farming Expert)

 

 

 

The ASC's stamp of approval comes in the wake of rising use of antibiotics and toxic chemical use. 

 

 

 

 

And mass mortalities piling up faster than you can say: "The ASC salmon standard is not worth the paper it's written on". 

 

 

 

 

A decade ago back in 2012 I exposed how the Aquaculture Stewardship Council - dubbed the Abominable Salmon Council - had been corrupted by commercial forces intent on watering down the standards to accommodate farmed salmon.    As I wrote in April 2012:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last decade has seen Mowi desperately try every trick in the book - from bending the rules, watering down the standards and moving the goalposts - to force Scottish salmon into the ASC.   Scottish Salmon Watch reported in March 2021: 

 

Mowi move goalposts on @ASC_aqua certification - first they pledged 100% ASC certification by 2020, then moved it to 2025 & now they expand to @ourGSSI recognised standards including @BAP_Aquaculture @GLOBALGAP & @BordIascMhara https://t.co/sGg4fT1MIR @MowiScotlandLtd #Greenwash pic.twitter.com/t0WEhnHPdO

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 26, 2021

 

 

In other words, the industry-dominated ASC is moving the goalposts to allow more salmon farms to meet their ever weakening and widening salmon standard.

 

 

 

 

Mowi's Q4 2021 Report included:

 

The key person driving the certification of 'Scottish' salmon as "responsible" via the ASC is Ally Dingwall who used to work for Marine Harvest (renamed Mowi in 2018) and Sainsbury's. 

 

 

 

Alistair Dingwell from @ASC_aqua gave a very informative talk today about Navigating the Pathway to Social Licence for Aquaculture at day one of #aquacultureuk today. Don’t forget to stop by stand 199 to visit the International Aquafeed team! pic.twitter.com/EVNSqFx6Wf

— The Aquaculturists (@IAFmagazine) May 3, 2022

 

 

 

Not to be outdone, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council is doing their damndest to surpass their sister organisation (the Marine Conservation Society) in their shameless greenwashing.  

 

Open letter to the ASC: Please cancel all certification of Mowi's toxic Scottish salmon! https://t.co/N9MwDaN0kQ @ASC_aqua @MowiScotlandLtd @fms_scotland @SalmonTroutCons
Scottish salmon is farmed irresponsibly not responsibly! @rspcaassured @ASA_UK @sainsburys @Tesco @LidlGB pic.twitter.com/3L76as7mTY

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 6, 2022

 

 

 

"ASC will play a crucial role in ensuring a growing supply of environmentally sustainably and socially responsible food from the aquaculture industry" (Ally Dingwall in November 2021 as quoted in Fish Farming Expert)

 

 

 

The ASC's stamp of approval comes in the wake of rising use of antibiotics and toxic chemical use. 

 

 

 

 

And mass mortalities piling up faster than you can say: "The ASC salmon standard is not worth the paper it's written on". 

 

 

 

 

A decade ago back in 2012 I exposed how the Aquaculture Stewardship Council - dubbed the Abominable Salmon Council - had been corrupted by commercial forces intent on watering down the standards to accommodate farmed salmon.    As I wrote in April 2012:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last decade has seen Mowi desperately try every trick in the book - from bending the rules, watering down the standards and moving the goalposts - to force Scottish salmon into the ASC.   Scottish Salmon Watch reported in March 2021: 

 

Mowi move goalposts on @ASC_aqua certification - first they pledged 100% ASC certification by 2020, then moved it to 2025 & now they expand to @ourGSSI recognised standards including @BAP_Aquaculture @GLOBALGAP & @BordIascMhara https://t.co/sGg4fT1MIR @MowiScotlandLtd #Greenwash pic.twitter.com/t0WEhnHPdO

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 26, 2021

 

 

In other words, the industry-dominated ASC is moving the goalposts to allow more salmon farms to meet their ever weakening and widening salmon standard.

 

 

 

 

Mowi's Q4 2021 Report included:

 

The key person driving the certification of 'Scottish' salmon as "responsible" via the ASC is Ally Dingwall who used to work for Marine Harvest (renamed Mowi in 2018) and Sainsbury's. 

 

 

 

Alistair Dingwell from @ASC_aqua gave a very informative talk today about Navigating the Pathway to Social Licence for Aquaculture at day one of #aquacultureuk today. Don’t forget to stop by stand 199 to visit the International Aquafeed team! pic.twitter.com/EVNSqFx6Wf

— The Aquaculturists (@IAFmagazine) May 3, 2022