Here's the inside story of how I boarded a salmon farm to film inside the disease-ridden cages at Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms). The Go Pro camera never lies (unlike salmon pharmers)! https://t.co/5eZBx5WcOT @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood @marksandspencer @rspcaassured
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 18, 2022
Secret filming inside salmon farms was pioneered in 2016 by award-winning biologist Alexandra Morton in British Columbia whose 'Hard Evidence' was a watershed moment in the fight against disease-ridden fish feedlots.
Big shout out to the pioneers of secret filming & all the brave warriors who dared lift the lid on disease-ridden salmon farming - the underwater filming with Go Pro cameras started @alex4salmon in 2016 has turned the tide! https://t.co/ozbDedwAG6 @seashepherd @CaptPaulWatson pic.twitter.com/S1PPpCd3X9
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 15, 2021
Earlier this month, I filmed safely, biosecurely and secretly on six separate occasions inside four RSPCA Assured salmon farms operated by Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) in the Sound of Mull and Loch Creran. Here's the inside story of how I accessed the lice-infested cages via a kayak:
Droning on & on about salmon farming - here's video footage shot by a drone showing me filming secretly and safely inside Norkskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) in the Sound of Mull on the West coast of Scotland https://t.co/lSiJvNXGVG @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood @rspcaassured
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 26, 2022
Here's the gruesome video evidence uncovered at Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) - a company exclusively sourcing RSPCA Assured Scottish salmon for Marks & Spencer:
Video Exclusive: Secret Filming Exposes Horrific Welfare Abuse Inside RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Farms! https://t.co/PHFsqdRJ7i @rspcaassured @scotseafarms @marksandspencer @ScottishSPCA @APHAgovuk @ProfCMDwyer @LynneUSneddon @ciwf @Animallawyersuk @vivacampaigns @Ecohustler pic.twitter.com/RLJYPfe1w8
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 11, 2022
Since Alexandra Morton secretly filmed inside salmon farms in 2016, a number of campaigners, journalists and truth-tellers have followed in her wake - from George Quocksister and Pamela Anderson in Canada:
To Corin Smith in Scotland:
And Veiga Grétarsdóttir in Iceland:
A quick dip of the GoPro in a salmon feedlot - by Against The Current Iceland.
— Salmon Scotland (@SalmonScotland) August 13, 2021
Look familiar?
Note lice infested, diseased lumpfish. It’s not just salmon that are dying in these cages.@SSPOsays @MairiMcAllan @_KateForbes @HamishMacdonell pic.twitter.com/9lmr643fXs
All power to the Go Pro camera!
The Go Pro Camera Never Lies (Unlike Salmon Farmers) https://t.co/v7uJHswcNK @wildfirstcanada @TryVeg @ciwf @peta @patagonia @SalmonFeedlots @SalmonTroutCons @joe_crowley @andrholder @alex4salmon @ClayoquotAction @NMF_tweet @ArranCoast @SeaShepherdSSCS @CaptPaulWatson @SealifeA pic.twitter.com/yozFwED9Xe
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 15, 2019
Read more via:
The Times: "RSPCA investigates Scottish salmon supplier to M&S over lice accusations"
Video of France 5s 'The Truth About Salmon' featuring Mowi & The Scottish Salmon Company
You Tube Streams 'Eating Our Way to Extinction' - watch the lid lifted on Scottish salmon!
Caught on Camera - How the Go Pro Dealt the Death Blow to Salmon Farming
Backgrounder: Secret Filming Exposes the Welfare Nightmare of Factory Fish Farming
Video Nasties of Dead Farmed Salmon Pile Up All Over the World!
Video Compilation of Welfare Abuse Inside Salmon & Steelhead Trout Farms in Scotland!
Secret Filming Exposes Welfare Abuse Inside Salmon Cages in Iceland & Scotland
Video Nasty: Scottish Salmon's Toxic Soup in Loch Carron!
Videos of Welfare Abuse at The Scottish Salmon Company in Loch Carron (West Strome salmon farm)
Videos of Welfare Abuse at Kames Fish Farming in the Sound of Jura (Shuna Castle)
Seaspiracy's Salmon Shocker: Please Boycott RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon!
Video Exposes Mass Graves of Millions of Diseased Scottish Salmon
Mowi's 'Healthy' RSPCA Assured & ASC-Certified Salmon Farm at Gorsten (as featured in Seaspiracy)
Letter to Police Scotland re. violence & hostility by salmon farmers blocking filming
Policing Scottish Salmon: Landmark Victory for Surveillance of Fish Farms
Lithgow Baron Warned by Police for Threatening Behaviour Over Filming at Hendrix Genetics
The Camera Never Lies About Scottish Salmon!
Video Exposes Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured salmon farm sourced by M&S 'Lochmuir'
Video Nasty: Chemically Embalmed Scottish Salmon at Kames in Loch Tralaig
Secret Filming Exposes Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured Kames
Video Nasty: Thermolicer - the Heated Torture Chamber for Scottish Salmon
Caught on Camera - Mowi's Reckless Breaches of Health & Safety in Loch Alsh
Video Nasty: Mowi's Dead Salmon at 'Bay of the Dead Heads'
Shocking Video Footage from Mowi's 'Bay of the Dead Heads' (Bagh Dail nan Ceann)
The Go Pro Camera Never Lies (Unlike Salmon Farmers)
The Go Pro camera never lies - unlike salmon farmers! https://t.co/noxn89oEZO @salmon_scottish pic.twitter.com/QdpCNIADym
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 12, 2021