The Press & Journal: Don Staniford, of campaign group $camon $cotland, said the barge has lain on the seabed for months, raising the issue on his social media accounts. "Scottish salmon farming is a toxic industry," said Mr Staniford @pressjournalhttps://t.co/4vz3C9X1Ry
Here's a photo of the 24 hour guard boat patrolling the exclusion zone around the toxic Scottish salmon company off Portree:
Boat still guards toxic fish farm for public safety. Both SEPA and Scottish Salmon knew about the sinking last year. They just “forgot” to inform the local community? A “need to know” secretive atmosphere. Locals swim and are taught sailing in these waters. Absolutely disgusting. pic.twitter.com/JMPUdc2eZE
Here's drone footage of the Portree salmon farm shot on 29 August 2022 showing what is believed to be a 24 hour guard boat patrolling the site:
When Scottish Salmon Watch visited the Portree salmon farm in November 2019 we were blocked from filming by The Scottish Salmon Company (you can see a feed barge in the video):
The Scottish Salmon Company blocked me from filming at the Portree salmon farm when Scottish Salmon Watch visited in November 2019:
Here's drone footage of the Portree salmon farm shot yesterday (29 August 2022) showing what is believed to be a 24 hour guard boat patrolling the site:
Here's a photo taken overlooking the toxic feedlot this afternoon (30 August 2022):
Breaking News: potentially lethal toxic gasses leaking from a sunken feed barge at Bakkafrost salmon farm off Portree suspend salvage operation with 24 hour guard & exclusion zone @briggsmarine Why has the public not been informed of the risks? @ScottishEPA@MairiMcAllan@H_S_Epic.twitter.com/avM09qC0Yp
Breaking News: potentially lethal toxic gasses leaking from a sunken feed barge at Bakkafrost salmon farm off Portree suspend salvage operation with 24 hour guard & exclusion zone @briggsmarine Why has the public not been informed of the risks? @ScottishEPA@MairiMcAllan@H_S_Epic.twitter.com/avM09qC0Yp
I recently came back to my home town of Portree for a visit, and found out the problems that have been going on at the Scottish Salmon Company (now Bakkafrost). Their feed barge sank end of last year with over 400t of feed on board and I believe the deck was also full of tubs filled with mortalites.
This barge has laid on the seabed since then and a few weeks ago a team of divers have come to the site to start the process of raising the barge, however this was stopped for over a week as there was found to be very high levels of toxic gasses emerging from the barge and the old feed, this has lead to an exclusion zone being put in place around the farm because of the dangers of these gasses and there is a 24hr guard by a boat.
I am not sure if you are aware of this that has been happening and all the risks that is happening to the environment, its just another of a long list of how salmon farms are damaging the environment.
Thanks
The toxic gas is most likely to be H2S, Hydrogen sulfide which, with a high ppm count of between 500 and about 1000 ppm in the atmosphere, is fatal. What have you got to say @ScottishEPA ? And why haven't you said already since this is a public safety issue.
Late last night, $camon $cotland received corroboration from a second source on the Isle of Skye who confirmed:
"Yes it is true, I heard about it late last night. I can’t remember what the gas is, Sulphur something - very toxic in tiny parts per million. Apparently if you can smell it it’s too late you have had too high a dose. Briggs Marine were the divers and they have left the site."
The toxic gas is understood - heard from sources with knowledge of the aborted salvage operation - to be Hydrogen Sulphide which is also known as swamp gas, stink damp and sewer gas.
Diving at sites exposed to Hydrogen Sulphide pollution can be fatal.
If there is an exclusion zone in place around Bakkafrost's toxic salmon farming operation off the important harbour of Portee on the Isle of Skye it begs the question: is it safe for cruise ships to visit (as The World did last week)?
Please find enclosed a tip-off via $camon $cotland's website last night detailing an incident regarding a sunken barge at Bakkafrost Scotland (The Scottish Salmon Company) off Portree on the Isle of Skye - including:
"This barge has laid on the seabed since then [the end of last year] and a few weeks ago a team of divers have come to the site to start the process of raising the barge, however this was stopped for over a week as there was found to be very high levels of toxic gasses emerging from the barge and the old feed, this has lead to an exclusion zone being put in place around the farm because of the dangers of these gasses and there is a 24hr guard by a boat"
This may have been the feed barge which sank - filmed in November 2019 when Scottish Salmon Watch was prevented by The Scottish Salmon Company (since renamed Bakkafrost Scotland) at the Portree salmon farm:
Hidden from the community, this smacks of a cover up to beat all cover ups. We demand to know what quantity was onboard, what effect the cargo/feed & diesel will have, how they plan to mitigate any effect and why has it only come to light after months being submerged. https://t.co/LDvIbsK0Mb
When Storm Arwen sank Bakkafrost's feed barge off Skye in November 2021 was it reported to investors & the stock exchange? @Folketrygdfond@euronext When @GriegShetland lost a feed barge on Skye in 2017 - costing NOK 10 million (£921,000) - they reported it. Just saying... pic.twitter.com/ryqn3H3C3r
BBC Radio Orkney reported (24 August 2022) that the local community council has raised concerns about waste impacts - concerns echoed by a new protest group set up on Papa Westray. "They have a limit of 3,850 tonnes of fish - now the effluent just for East Moclett works out to the equivalent of 49,500 humans," said Katherine Chattington of No East Moclett Group. "Cooke Aquaculture haven't been absolutely upfront with us - they didn't involve Papa Westray community council on the planning application. They only involved Westray community council."
"The local community don't want another @CookeScotland farm on their doorstep & if local communities don't want large industrial farms shouldn't that count for more than a companies wishes to expand in the face of the fact that we need to be addressing these environmental issues" pic.twitter.com/wNYKcCecKc
"I'm objecting to this particular farm at this time because there's already a number of Cooke Aquaculture farms in the area," said Ariane Burgess, Green MSP for the Highlands and Islands who is spearheading a petition against Cooke's expansion plans at East Moclett. "The local community don't want another one on their doorstep and if local communities don't want large industrial farms shouldn't that count for more than a companies wishes to expand in the face of the fact that we need to be absolutely addressing these environmental issues."
"It is a very sad state of affairs when local residents state that there is no point putting in letters of objection to this planning application because historically concerns & objections have been ignored" (Papa Westray's Wendy Elves) @OrkneyCouncilhttps://t.co/V4BIATLIZhpic.twitter.com/m5guCvhF1y
"I am a resident of Papay & object in the strongest terms to this fish farm. It will bring no benefits to the island & much harm to the environment & marine life. Do we have to invite David Attenborough to get people to see sense?" (Sylvan Jenaer @OrkneyCouncil)@cookeseafoodpic.twitter.com/9snQWcZ5ir
"Despite being classed as organic, the farm plans to use chemotherapeutics" wrote Sophie Chattington "Deltamethrin has been shown not only to be acutely toxic to non-target crustaceans such as lobster larvae, but also found to have a large impact zone around the farm itself" pic.twitter.com/5pfHJb4lJp
"My children make up 50% of the school numbers & we hope they will carry on loving Papay for years to come but with the beaches being surrounded & polluted, where can they play? We already spend the time picking up rope & pipe. Is this need or greed?" (Paul Baker @OrkneyCouncil) pic.twitter.com/5A8a0VZ3bM
"Intensive salmon farming runs counter to the ways the sea should be protected. The easterly view from the Papay school which I wrote about in my book The Outrun is an iconic and beautiful part of life on the island that is currently unspoiled by industry" @amy_may@OrkneyCouncilpic.twitter.com/VAH9BJ1fjE
Jade Jones Elves: "The pollution this will bring to the surrounding area & to the marine life seems uncalled for & is a major over sight on the council's & company's behalf. This is not a risk worth taking so close to a protected area! We need to protect our remaining wild zones" pic.twitter.com/4l8gyFjtIb
Community opposition has followed Cooke Aquaculture all over the world - especially in North America where Cooke's lice-infested feedlots have left a trail of death, disease and legal action in their wake. Here's just some of the bad press generated by Cooke's lousy feedlots (trying Googling 'Cooke salmon illegal chemicals'; 'Cooke salmon escapes'; 'Cooke salmon disease PRV' and 'Cooke salmon protests' and you catch the drift):
"The criminal corporations & their complicit politicians are actively harming the marine environment & pushing their toxic product to unaware consumers. After reading Salmon Wars I doubt you will choose to eat net pen farmed salmon again" (Yvon Choinard @patagonia) #SalmonWarspic.twitter.com/K5clcU6l06
A cartoon published in the Canadian press around the same time illustrates the toxic nature of Cooke Aquaculture.
Cooke's disease-ridden feedlots in Washington in the United States have kept journalists busy for years - here's a few articles from The Seattle Times on the spread of Piscine Reovirus:
The spread of infectious diseases and viruses has plagued Cooke's operations all over the world - including Chile:
Death shadows Cooke Aquaculture's lethal salmon feedlots. In February 2019, The Sunday Post reported that following an investigation by Marine Scotland Cooke Aquaculture was fined £2,000 for failing to report the killing of five seals in Basta Voe to the licencing authority within 48 hours.
Locals already have to work year-round clearing salmon farm waste and debris from their beaches and shores. They don’t want to lose their last stretch of shoreline where they can swim or enjoy the beach without noise and pollution! https://t.co/adaN2Waf9w@scotgp@OrkneyCouncil
The truth - “Organic” Scottish Farmed Salmon! Why are Cooke Aquaculture Scot. surprised we don’t want a 7th site on the shores of Papa Westray? Potentially increasing the cumulative fish faeces and effluent in the local marine environment, equivalent to 116,952 people every day! https://t.co/plP6McXIxG
Mort data published for May 2022 by Salmon Scotland shows that Cooke's RSPCA Assured and 'organic' salmon farm at Ouseness had the highest monthly mortality rate of all Cooke sites with 5.7% attributed to bacterial disease:
Locals already have to work year-round clearing salmon farm waste and debris from their beaches and shores. They don’t want to lose their last stretch of shoreline where they can swim or enjoy the beach without noise and pollution! https://t.co/adaN2Waf9w@scotgp@OrkneyCouncil
The truth - “Organic” Scottish Farmed Salmon! Why are Cooke Aquaculture Scot. surprised we don’t want a 7th site on the shores of Papa Westray? Potentially increasing the cumulative fish faeces and effluent in the local marine environment, equivalent to 116,952 people every day! https://t.co/plP6McXIxG
The 'Case Information' reports on site inspections carried out by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate - often several months after inspections - and is well worth tracking for updates on infectious diseases, mass mortalities and welfare problems on salmon farms across Scotland.
A letter dated 18 May 2022 from the Fish Health Inspectorate found that Mowi's movement records for their Linnhe salmon farm were "inadequately maintained".
Mowi's Q2 2022 report reveals that Scottish salmon farming production fell 32% from Q2 2021 (falling from 19,162 to 12,954 tonnes) due to disease problems such as AGD & CMS, treatment mortality & poor quality "externally sourced" eggs @MowiScotlandLtdhttps://t.co/7VPQLKsfHPpic.twitter.com/u6gmrCJUip
Mowi's Q2 2022 report reveals that Scottish salmon farming production fell 32% from Q2 2021 (falling from 19,162 to 12,954 tonnes) due to disease problems such as AGD & CMS, treatment mortality & poor quality "externally sourced" eggs @MowiScotlandLtdhttps://t.co/7VPQLKsfHPpic.twitter.com/u6gmrCJUip
Mowi's Q2 2022 financial report (published on 24 August) makes for grim reading on the Scottish front.
"Incident based mortality losses in the quarter amounted to EUR 2.8 million mainly related to gill issues, treatment mortality & predators...the biological situation has been negatively impacted by gill issues, including AGD, algae & jelly fish" https://t.co/7VPQLKsfHPpic.twitter.com/dSbvWnrbZq
"Poor production on stocks grown from externally sourced eggs negatively impacted volumes & costs compared with Q2 2021. These eggs were introduced in absence of other options following the EU-imposed export ban on Norwegian eggs in 2019" @MowiScotlandLtdhttps://t.co/7VPQLKsfHPpic.twitter.com/0q2NaE8nVS
Mowi Q2 report: "Harvest volumes in Scotland dropped as expected compared with the second quarter of 2021 & were 1,000 tonnes below guidance. Lower biomass coming into the quarter & below-normal growth rates impacted harvested volumes" @MowiScotlandLtdhttps://t.co/7VPQLKsfHPpic.twitter.com/ri1TWDTatq
But don't worry - as well as being accredited as 'welfare friendly' via RSPCA Assured and certified as "farmed responsibly" by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council, Mowi have the ringing endorsement of Compassion in World Farming. Here's p16 of Mowi's Q2 2022 report:
Mowi's Q2 2022 report explaining why the $almafia paid $85 million to settle a US anti-trust lawsuit: "Mowi has agreed to a settlement for pure commercial purposes. The settlement does not involve any admission of liability or wrongdoing" @MowiScotlandLtdhttps://t.co/7VPQLKsfHPpic.twitter.com/SFST3fr3Xo
Here's a Facebook post showing Mowi's Greanem salmon farm in Cheesebay, North Uist (also known as Grey Horse Channel Outer), first starting production in late 2019:
First fish going into our new site #greanem in Cheesebay North Uist 🐟
Thanks to site manager #Ian Wiseman for sharing and welcome to our new members of Mowi team in Uist - have a great 1st cycle guys pic.twitter.com/s3L6tNjVMI
Scotland's Aquaculture online database records Mowi's Greanem salmon farm as Grey Horse Channel Outer - with the first production cycle commencing in November 2019 (harvested out in November 2020) and with a second production cycle starting in April 2021:
Mowi's Greanem (Grey Horse Channel Outer) salmon farm has reported non-conformity (i.e. breaches) of lice limits throughout 2022 - here's the sea lice data published by the Scottish Government which shows that Mowi's ASC-certified Greanem (Grey Horse Channel Outer) salmon farm is the worst site for lice infestation in the whole of Scotland during 2022 with further use of the toxic chemical Salmosan (Azamethiphos) and use of a torture chamber called the Thermolicer:
Mowi's lice and mortality reporting in March 2022 detailed problems at Greanem (Grey Horse Channel Outer):
[Note that the number of farmed salmon at Mowi's Greanem/Grey Horse Channel Outer site was detailed as 476,707 fish during the Scottish Government's inspection on 25 May 2022 - but in a previous Scottish Government inspection on 6 October 2021 the number of farmed salmon was detailed as 1,025,000 (i.e. over half Mowi's ASC-certified and RSPCA Assured salmon died in a period of 7 months!)]
In total, Mowi's Greanem (Grey Horse Channel Outer) salmon farm has officially reported over half a million (554,224) morts since December 2019 - that's over only two production cycles via 26 'Mortality Event Reports' (note that only mortality events exceeding a certain threshold are required to be reported)! Here's the largest mass mortalities reported by Mowi at their ASC-certified and RSPCA Assured salmon farm at Greanem (Grey Horse Channel Outer) in the Sound of Harris, North Uist:
Watch Chris Ninnes, CEO of the Aquaculture Stewardship Council, on @BBCCountryfile hammer the nail in the coffin of Scottish salmon by demanding less than 10% mortality on @ASC_aqua certified farms - 77% of salmon farms cannot meet the mortality standard! @SSPOsays@ScotlandMowipic.twitter.com/TZzuKoIXWB
"The ‘10%’ maximum mortality rate in a farm’s most recent production cycle refers to “viral disease-related mortality”* [5.1.5] and not to overall mortalities if other non-viral causes have been explained/specified. The latter could include predators, bacterial, algal-bloom, stress –related etc. mortalities. [* “Viral disease-related mortality count shall include unspecified and unexplained mortality as it could be related to viral disease.”]".
A damning report by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate - relating to an inspection on 6 October 2021 - detailed disease and mortality problems in a stock of fish which then numbered over 1 million fish (by the time the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate visited in May 2022 the number of RSPCA Assured salmon was down below a million - a decrease of 53.5% from 1,025,000 to 476,707 fish):
A Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate Visit Report dated 29 October 2021 detailed proliferative gill pathology, evidence of amoebic gill diseaseand presence ofepitheliocystis, Paranucleosporatheridion(syn,Desmozoon lepeophtherii), salmon gill poxvirus (SGPV), Aeromonassp.andVibriosp at Mowi's RSPCA Assured Greanem (Grey Horse Channel Outer) salmon farm:
Tanglewest, our campaigns researcher, discusses the impact of the recent heatwave on sea lice numbers and what it means for wild fish. https://t.co/sZtPf3WGtW#wildfish#sealice
Latest lice data online via https://t.co/buaKeHsA4g 2022 infestation levels headed by ASC-certified Mowi @ASC_aqua at Grey Horse Channel Outer (Greanem) where the toxic chemical Azamethiphos (Salmosan) is being used @rspcaassured How the hell can this be "responsibly farmed"? pic.twitter.com/k9IhahlYVp
Following the spill of 11,000 litres of contaminated water from a wellboat in Norway, the Scottish Government and Scottish Environment Protection Agency have both admitted that they have zero information on the ecological impacts of a spill of the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in Scottish waters.
Here's $camon $cotland's FOI request dated 21 July 2022:
From: Don Staniford<salmonfarmingkills@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 10:33 AM Subject: Imidacloprid spill in Norway - 110,000 litres of contaminated water spilled into sea in Nordland To: <scottish.ministers@gov.scot>, <CEU@gov.scot> Cc: <directormarinescotland@gov.scot>, Media <publicrelations@sepa.org.uk>, Pollard, Peter <peter.pollard@sepa.org.uk>, Sinclair, Douglas <douglas.sinclair@sepa.org.uk>, <nicole.paterson@sepa.org.uk>, Burgess A (Ariane), MSP <Ariane.Burgess.msp@parliament.scot>, Ruskell M (Mark), MSP <Mark.Ruskell.msp@parliament.scot>, MSP <Patrick.Harvie.msp@parliament.scot>, Johnstone A (Alison), MSP <Alison.Johnstone.msp@parliament.scot>
Are Scottish Ministers aware of the incident on 1 June 2022 when 110,000 litres of contaminated well boat water containing the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid spilled into the sea in Nordland, Norway?
$camon $cotland views the use of Imidacloprid - dubbed 'Novichok for insects' by Professor Dave Goulson of the University of Sussex) - in Scottish waters as reckless in the extreme (especially in view of information in the patent that "leakage" and "loss of agent in the environment" can occur): https://twitter.com/TheGAAIA/status/1550030529466179589
However, we are extremely concerned at the lack of public information and support from inside the Scottish Government for the use of Imidacloprid in salmon pharming:
Finally, please provide any information on spillage, leakage and/or discharge of Imidacloprid - including the June 2022 incident in Norway - in salmon farming.
For example, has Benchmark, Mowi, Scottish Sea Farms (Norskott Havbruk), Grieg Seafood, The Scottish Salmon Company/Bakkafrost Scotland, Salmon Scotland or any other parties submitted documents as part of any ecological and environmental risk assessments referring to spillage, leakage and/or discharge of Imidacloprid?
Has the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (copied into this email) conducted any environmental risk assessments of spillage, leakage and/or discharge of Imidacloprid in salmon farming?
Please consider this a formal request for information under the relevant FOI and Environmental Information regulations.
Thanks,
Don Staniford
Director, $camon $cotland
After a major spillage of a neonicotinoid into the North Sea, the company involves says it is fine 'cos the pesticide degrades rapidly. This is patently untrue, flying in the face of all scientific evidence. https://t.co/3YmQvunLpP
Norwegian-owned Benchmark keep on cranking up the PR. Fish Farming Expert reported (30 August 2022):
Pumping up the PR: "More than 34 million farmed salmon have been treated for sea lice with the novel bath treatment Ectosan Vet [the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid] since it started being used commercially in Norway a year ago" @WeAreBenchmark@scotgphttps://t.co/CR6AIyhdSUpic.twitter.com/hYaJsiGyNn
Neonicotinoid dealer Benchmark - pushing 'Novichok for insects' in salmon pharming - increased losses by 163% to £30.5 m "due to increased depreciation associated with CleanTreat". Is Imidacloprid use dead in the water in Scotland? @ScottishEPA@scotgovhttps://t.co/RfnuMYRqsRpic.twitter.com/8dF1PDtJxK
Campaigner Don Staniford said:“Importing fishmeal from South America & Antarctica to fuel the insatiable appetite of Scottish salmon creates a huge ecological footprint. Salmon farming is ethically and environmentally bankrupt” @Sunday_Post@ScotlandSalmonhttps://t.co/pSCW4Um4up
The Scottish salmon farming campaigner, Don Staniford, called for the salmon industry’s “licence to krill” to be immediately revoked. “The use of Antarctic krill in farmed salmon feed is ethically and ecologically bankrupt” @FerretScothttps://t.co/YZK5YRVUCN@ChangingMarkets
Asda, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Tesco sell farmed salmon fed on krill from the Antarctic, according to a report by campaigners.https://t.co/IWWO8sZAbx
We’ve reached an informal resolution with Marine Scotland about licencing and enforcement procedures around the use of Acoustic Deterrent Devices in marine environments. Read the report here: https://t.co/zdzkdDDE6bpic.twitter.com/CQpPt6hFei
— Environmental Standards Scotland (@EnvStanScot) August 5, 2022
"Marine Scotland undertakes regular compliance inspections and, to date, one deployed device has been detected. This was subsequently removed following enforcement action by Marine Scotland" @marinescotland Which member of @ScotlandSalmon was caught using ADDs illegally? https://t.co/JIUJf729NP
NEW: Marine conservationists are claiming a “landmark victory” after Environmental Standards Scotland effectively bans seal scarers. https://t.co/KPKELWKJTG
NEW: Marine conservationists are claiming a “landmark victory” after Environmental Standards Scotland effectively bans seal scarers. https://t.co/KPKELWKJTG
"This is a great result" said David Ainsley @SealifeA@CCNScotland "Harbour porpoises and dolphins will enjoy greater protection as a result. Any salmon farmers who try to use ADDs must now expect enforcement action against them" @marinescotlandhttps://t.co/dhm53EIgup
We’ve reached an informal resolution with Marine Scotland about licencing and enforcement procedures around the use of Acoustic Deterrent Devices in marine environments. Read the report here: https://t.co/zdzkdDDE6bpic.twitter.com/CQpPt6hFei
— Environmental Standards Scotland (@EnvStanScot) August 5, 2022
Download the Environmental Standards Scotland report - "Marine Scotland's Enforcment of Accoustic Deterrent Devices" - in full online here
Last week saw an absolutely massive victory for all those who have campaigned for years to stop the illegal harassment of whales, dolphins and porpoise in our inshore waters. pic.twitter.com/QZSfy2Bffy
We’ve reached an informal resolution with Marine Scotland about licencing and enforcement procedures around the use of Acoustic Deterrent Devices in marine environments. Read the report here: https://t.co/zdzkdDDE6bpic.twitter.com/CQpPt6hFei
— Environmental Standards Scotland (@EnvStanScot) August 5, 2022
In the interest of openness I'm sharing the letter I sent to the Lord Advocate after our meeting with @marinescotland on 25 November 2019 and the reply received from the latter. It was disappointing that @COPFS decided not to investigate obvious law breaking. pic.twitter.com/zFpoa3FHEk
Why @ScotlandSalmon can't be trusted to self-regulate: "Marine Scotland’s approach to ensuring compliance appeared to place the onus on the aquaculture industry to self-determine whether the ADDs in use disturb cetacean species & whether they required an EPS licence" @EnvStanScotpic.twitter.com/lUcKPFAy75
The ESS report (5 August 2022) summarized how there was a lack of confidence in Marine Scotland preventing unlawful use of ADDs by salmon farmers:
'Informal resolution' of the illegal use of ADDs by salmon farms across Scotland was undertaken:
The ESS report (5 August 2022) cited one salmon farm which had been served with an enforcement notice during 2022 with respect to the illegal use of ADDs:
The salmon farming sector has seen the writing on the wall (which spells out "ADDs are illegal") for a while now. Fish Farming Expert reported in November 2021:
Over 100,000 tonnes of illegal fish farming production has been officially reported in Scotland since 2002 - with Mowi (formerly called Marine Harvest) responsible for almost half of the biomass breaches/exceedances in terms of tonnage reported to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA sets pollution limits on maximum permitted biomass for each fish farm in Scotland).
Here's the 60 monthly biomass exceedances reported by fish farms to SEPA during 2021 totalling 9,192 tonnes of illegal production (data for Q1 2022 has still not been reported):
Here's the top 100 biomass exceedances since 2002 (from when data is available) totalling 102,207 tonnes of illegal production in 978 reported breaches - headed by Mowi's appositely named Muck salmon farm:
The Scottish Salmon Company (recently renamed Bakkafrost Scotland) is another serial offender with their Druimyeon Bay salmon farm off the Isle of Gigha guilty of repeated biomass breaches.
Thousands of rotting salmon ‘stink out’ village after mass death at farm.https://t.co/hOoOmXr0n7
Moves by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to help the #salmon farming industry cope with #Brexit business losses are a "dereliction of duty", say campaigners.https://t.co/IoVSkN0pn5
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has agreed to relax restrictions on the weight and duration of salmon in cages to help fish farms cope with #coronavirus staff shortages - but critics warn this will cause more pollution.https://t.co/qHtuhqSL0F