Green Around the Gills

Changing Markets New Report: "Krill, baby, krill: The corporations profiting from plundering Antarctica"

 

📢 OUT TODAY: New report exposing how leading retailers are complicit in plundering #Antarctica. They are being fooled by the industry's tactics to portray krill products as sustainable. More: https://t.co/HKYu6VyvDV #FishingTheFeed #WorldKrillDay pic.twitter.com/rDCXc3Bcs8

— Changing Markets Foundation (@ChangingMarkets) August 11, 2022

 

 

 

 

Here's a press release from Changing Markets (11 August 2022):

 

 

 

"Krill, Baby, Krill" - read a new report @ChangingMarkets on how salmon farming corporations & supermarkets are profiting from plundering Antarctica https://t.co/RX6s37OBqY @AkerBioMarine @LeroySeafood @ScotlandSalmon @asda @sainsburys @Tesco @marksandspencer @CarrefourGroup pic.twitter.com/Mbh0MIumRW

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 11, 2022

 

 

 

Download 'Krill, Baby, Krill' online here

 

 

 

The report includes:

 

 

 

Going in for the krill - how supermarkets are plundering Antarctica to profit from cheap & nasty farmed salmon @ChangingMarkets @Umwelthilfe https://t.co/OgMOH2p5E7 @LeroySeafood @SkrettingGroup @Cermaq @GriegShetland @BioMarGroup @AkerBioMarine @CCAMLR1 @CarrefourGroup #Krill pic.twitter.com/spHxCX0oNM

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 11, 2022

 

 

 

 

Exposed: How the $almafia goes in for the krill! @ChangingMarkets @AkerBioMarine @LeroySeafood
"Leroy reports that 8% of its fishmeal is made up of Antarctic krill" https://t.co/OgMOH27ufx @LidlUS @LidlGB @Tesco @waitrose @CarrefourGroup @BioMarGroup @ScotlandSalmon #Krill pic.twitter.com/qu8nT9yu4v

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 11, 2022

 

 

More information on krill is available from Changing Markets online here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Ferret reported (11 August 2022):

 

“By continuing to sell krill-fed farmed salmon & pricey krill oil supplements leading supermarkets are complicit in depleting the main source of food for whales, seals & penguins” @SophieNodzenski @ChangingMarkets @FerretScot https://t.co/YZK5YRVUCN pic.twitter.com/EWTvcKq2QU

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 11, 2022

 

 

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” @FerretScot https://t.co/YZK5YRVUCN @ChangingMarkets

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 11, 2022

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch visited Mowi's fish feed factory at Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye in 2019:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

Killing krill: supermarkets and salmon farms under fire

Wild fish stocks squandered to feed farmed salmon, study finds

70,000 Sign Petition Vs "Responsibly Sourced" Scottish Salmon Sold by Sainsbury's!

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

New Report: "Floundering Around: An assessment of where European retailers stand on the sourcing of farmed fish"

Report lambasts supermarkets’ aquaculture sourcing policies

New report: "Investing in troubled waters: the material risks of fish mortality and the use of wild-caught fish in feed for the aquaculture sector"

Mmmm, anyone for soldier flies with their factory farmed salmon?

Feeding A Monster: how European aquaculture and animal feed industries are stealing food from West African communities

Hidden cost of salmon farming almost US$50 billion since 2013

The Hidden Cost of Farmed Salmon: Exploring why Sainsbury’s farmed salmon supplier Mowi doesn’t live up to its sustainable image and what Sainsbury’s needs to do about it

Wasteful and unsustainable: the use of wild fish to feed farmed fish is causing huge environmental and social damage according to new report

Fishing to feed salmon farms is emptying the seas, claims report

Farmed fish diets wiping out wild fish stocks in Asia and Africa

Caught Out: How UK retailers are tackling the use of wild fish in their aquaculture supply chains

Cut ‘wasteful’ Scottish farmed salmon and eat a more diverse range of fish for a sustainable seafood diet

Off the Menu: The Scottish salmon industry’s failure to deliver sustainable nutrition

On the Hook: Certification’s failure to protect wild fish populations from the appetite of the Scottish salmon industry

Can we have our farmed salmon and eat it too?

Geldof Drinks the Kool-Aid, Not Feeds the World

Kofi's United Nations of Aquaculture

Letter to Kofi Annan: Farming Salmon is Stealing Food from Poor People & Our Oceans

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall tackles farmed salmon feed controversy

The Greed of Feed – the hidden cost of your cheap farmed salmon

 

 

A new report @ChangingMarkets - “Krill, baby, krill: The corporations profiting from plundering Antarctica” - concluded that farmed salmon fed by krill are routinely sold by 16 supermarkets in 4 European countries @asda @Tesco @sainsburys @marksandspencer https://t.co/YZK5YRVUCN

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 11, 2022

 

The Ferret: "Killing krill: supermarkets and salmon farms under fire"

 

A new report @ChangingMarkets - “Krill, baby, krill: The corporations profiting from plundering Antarctica” - concluded that farmed salmon fed by krill are routinely sold by 16 supermarkets in 4 European countries @asda @Tesco @sainsburys @marksandspencer https://t.co/YZK5YRVUCN

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 11, 2022

 

 

 

The Ferret reported (11 August 2022):

 

 

 

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

— The Ferret (@FerretScot) August 11, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“By continuing to sell krill-fed farmed salmon & pricey krill oil supplements leading supermarkets are complicit in depleting the main source of food for whales, seals & penguins” @SophieNodzenski @ChangingMarkets @FerretScot https://t.co/YZK5YRVUCN pic.twitter.com/EWTvcKq2QU

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 11, 2022

 

 

 

Today (11 August 2022) is World Krill Day.

 

Finally, Antarctic krill are getting the recognition they deserve.

Join us in recognizing the first #WorldKrillDay this August 11—to celebrate the small but mighty crustaceans at the center of the Southern Ocean ecosystem.https://t.co/l0HVRCcoP4 pic.twitter.com/ksIx8VcS1B

— Pew Environment (@pewenvironment) August 8, 2022

 

 

 

 

The Ferret reported in April 2019:

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

Wild fish stocks squandered to feed farmed salmon, study finds

70,000 Sign Petition Vs "Responsibly Sourced" Scottish Salmon Sold by Sainsbury's!

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

New Report: "Floundering Around: An assessment of where European retailers stand on the sourcing of farmed fish"

Report lambasts supermarkets’ aquaculture sourcing policies

New report: "Investing in troubled waters: the material risks of fish mortality and the use of wild-caught fish in feed for the aquaculture sector"

Mmmm, anyone for soldier flies with their factory farmed salmon?

Feeding A Monster: how European aquaculture and animal feed industries are stealing food from West African communities

Hidden cost of salmon farming almost US$50 billion since 2013

The Hidden Cost of Farmed Salmon: Exploring why Sainsbury’s farmed salmon supplier Mowi doesn’t live up to its sustainable image and what Sainsbury’s needs to do about it

Wasteful and unsustainable: the use of wild fish to feed farmed fish is causing huge environmental and social damage according to new report

Fishing to feed salmon farms is emptying the seas, claims report

Farmed fish diets wiping out wild fish stocks in Asia and Africa

Caught Out: How UK retailers are tackling the use of wild fish in their aquaculture supply chains

Cut ‘wasteful’ Scottish farmed salmon and eat a more diverse range of fish for a sustainable seafood diet

Off the Menu: The Scottish salmon industry’s failure to deliver sustainable nutrition

On the Hook: Certification’s failure to protect wild fish populations from the appetite of the Scottish salmon industry

Can we have our farmed salmon and eat it too?

Geldof Drinks the Kool-Aid, Not Feeds the World

Kofi's United Nations of Aquaculture

Letter to Kofi Annan: Farming Salmon is Stealing Food from Poor People & Our Oceans

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall tackles farmed salmon feed controversy

The Greed of Feed – the hidden cost of your cheap farmed salmon

 

 

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

 

 

 

Floundering Around: Our NEW REPORT📚backed by a coalition of NGOs finds that 76% of Europe's leading retailers are failing to address the sustainability of their farmed fish supply chains #FishingtheFeed https://t.co/2ETW2PeMGu pic.twitter.com/pP1GKbpyx1

— Changing Markets Foundation (@ChangingMarkets) November 18, 2021

 

ENDS Report: "Green watchdog report sees ‘de facto ban’ on use of Acoustic Deterrent Devices in salmon farming"

 

ENDS: "A clamp down on the use of Acoustic Deterrent Devices at Scottish salmon farms has been prompted in the first intervention of its kind by the country’s new green watchdog" @ShoshaAdie @TheENDSReport https://t.co/Zw5PIyuhwc @marinescotland @SealifeA @EnvStanScot @scotgp

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 11, 2022

 

ENDS Report reported (10 August 2022):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read more via: 

• Scottish Greens welcome effective ban on acoustic deterrent devices
• The Ferret: "Critics claim “landmark victory” after curbs on seal scarers"
• Landmark Victory: Sonic Torture of Cetaceans by Salmon Farm ADDs Is Dead in the Water!
• Damning Report: Marine Scotland Caught Breaking EU Law By Environmental Standards Scotland!
• Scottish Salmon Caught Telling Porkies on ADDs?
• "Salmon farms probed for using illegal 'scarers' which threaten dolphins" (Mail on Sunday)
• RSPCA Assured food label scheme accused of protecting ‘salmon farmers and retailers’
• FOI Exposes Lobbying by 'Scottish' Salmon on Killing of Seals & Use of ADDs
• The Oban Times: "Seal scarer devices may harm harbour porpoise"
• "Five out of the six top farms in Scotland" use GenusWave's 'Acoustic Startle Technology' - But is it MMPA compliant & does it comply with EU law?
• "Scientists sound warning over next-gen seal scarers"
• Journal of Applied Ecology: "Auditory impairment from acoustic seal deterrents predicted for harbour porpoises in a marine protected area"
• Fish Farmer: "Seal scarers could harm porpoises, study finds"
• Parliamentary Report: "ADD Use in the Aquaculture Sector"
• Scientific Study into Impact of Low Frequency ADDs Silenced!
• Pulling the Plug on ADD on salmon farms - is turning down the volume enough to comply with the law?
• Sunday Times: "Animal welfare campaigners sound out ban on acoustic seal deterrent"
• Mail On Sunday: "Salmon farmers are 'torturing' porpoises and dolphins with high-pitched noises to protect their stock, campaigners warn"
• Unlicensed use of ADDs in aquaculture is contrary to European Protected Species legislation & completely immoral!
• Daily Record: "Whales and dolphins being 'tortured' by anti-seal scare devices at Scottish fish farms"
• The Guardian: "Scottish salmon farmers to be banned from shooting seals"
• Caught Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
• The Ferret: "Seal scarers used by fish farms branded 'sonic torture'"
• GenusWave 'Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology' - in compliance with the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act??
• Seal shooting at salmon farms doubles before ban
• Ban on seal shooting must be watertight
• Greens want ban on seal scarers
• BBC Countryfile on ADDs impacting on cetaceans
• Sounding Off On Salmon Farms - Acoustic Deterrent Devices evade Marine Noise Registry
• SARF report 112: "Influences of lower-frequency Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs) on cetaceans in Scottish coastal waters"
• The Times: "Noisy fish farms ‘harm other marine life’"
• Mapping widespread and increasing underwater noise pollution from acoustic deterrent devices
• Sounding Off About Scotland's Noisy Salmon Farms - Turn Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices to Protect Cetaceans
• Deafening Impact of Salmon Farms on Cetaceans
• The National: "Warning salmon farm devices could hit wildlife tourism"
• Turning Down the Volume on Salmon Farms is Not Enough: 'Cetacean Friendly' Acoustic Deterrent Devices Still Harm & Must Be Banned 
• Cetaceans Sound Alarm On Salmon Farms - new research sparks EC complaint & call to ban Acoustic Deterrent Devices
• Sunday Herald: "Health of whales, dolphins and porpoises put at risk by underwater alarms"
• Noisy Salmon Farms - Switch Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices Now!

 

 

 

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/zdzkdDDE6b pic.twitter.com/CQpPt6hFei

— Environmental Standards Scotland (@EnvStanScot) August 5, 2022

 

Scottish Greens welcome effective ban on acoustic deterrent devices

 

Scottish Greens welcome effective ban on acoustic deterrent devices @scotgp https://t.co/tBw4FhDtJj @markruskell @ArianeBurgessHI @patrickharvie @lornaslater @ClydePorpoise @marinescotland @CCNScotland @EnvStanScot @OTAQ2 @aceaquatec @ScotlandSalmon @SealifeA @TheSoundOfJura

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 10, 2022

 

 

 

The Scottish Greens isssued a press release earlier today (10 August 2022):

 

 

 

 

 

The National reported (10 August 2022):

 

The devices, also known as 'seal scarers', emit a sound into the water to deter seals from attacking fish farmshttps://t.co/P1bGZoEmBT

— The National (@ScotNational) August 10, 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

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 10, 2022

 

Read more via: 

• The Ferret: "Critics claim “landmark victory” after curbs on seal scarers"
• Landmark Victory: Sonic Torture of Cetaceans by Salmon Farm ADDs Is Dead in the Water!
• Damning Report: Marine Scotland Caught Breaking EU Law By Environmental Standards Scotland!
• Scottish Salmon Caught Telling Porkies on ADDs?
• "Salmon farms probed for using illegal 'scarers' which threaten dolphins" (Mail on Sunday)
• RSPCA Assured food label scheme accused of protecting ‘salmon farmers and retailers’
• FOI Exposes Lobbying by 'Scottish' Salmon on Killing of Seals & Use of ADDs
• The Oban Times: "Seal scarer devices may harm harbour porpoise"
• "Five out of the six top farms in Scotland" use GenusWave's 'Acoustic Startle Technology' - But is it MMPA compliant & does it comply with EU law?
• "Scientists sound warning over next-gen seal scarers"
• Journal of Applied Ecology: "Auditory impairment from acoustic seal deterrents predicted for harbour porpoises in a marine protected area"
• Fish Farmer: "Seal scarers could harm porpoises, study finds"
• Parliamentary Report: "ADD Use in the Aquaculture Sector"
• Scientific Study into Impact of Low Frequency ADDs Silenced!
• Pulling the Plug on ADD on salmon farms - is turning down the volume enough to comply with the law?
• Sunday Times: "Animal welfare campaigners sound out ban on acoustic seal deterrent"
• Mail On Sunday: "Salmon farmers are 'torturing' porpoises and dolphins with high-pitched noises to protect their stock, campaigners warn"
• Unlicensed use of ADDs in aquaculture is contrary to European Protected Species legislation & completely immoral!
• Daily Record: "Whales and dolphins being 'tortured' by anti-seal scare devices at Scottish fish farms"
• The Guardian: "Scottish salmon farmers to be banned from shooting seals"
• Caught Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
• The Ferret: "Seal scarers used by fish farms branded 'sonic torture'"
• GenusWave 'Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology' - in compliance with the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act??
• Seal shooting at salmon farms doubles before ban
• Ban on seal shooting must be watertight
• Greens want ban on seal scarers
• BBC Countryfile on ADDs impacting on cetaceans
• Sounding Off On Salmon Farms - Acoustic Deterrent Devices evade Marine Noise Registry
• SARF report 112: "Influences of lower-frequency Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs) on cetaceans in Scottish coastal waters"
• The Times: "Noisy fish farms ‘harm other marine life’"
• Mapping widespread and increasing underwater noise pollution from acoustic deterrent devices
• Sounding Off About Scotland's Noisy Salmon Farms - Turn Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices to Protect Cetaceans
• Deafening Impact of Salmon Farms on Cetaceans
• The National: "Warning salmon farm devices could hit wildlife tourism"
• Turning Down the Volume on Salmon Farms is Not Enough: 'Cetacean Friendly' Acoustic Deterrent Devices Still Harm & Must Be Banned 
• Cetaceans Sound Alarm On Salmon Farms - new research sparks EC complaint & call to ban Acoustic Deterrent Devices
• Sunday Herald: "Health of whales, dolphins and porpoises put at risk by underwater alarms"
• Noisy Salmon Farms - Switch Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices Now!

 

 

NEW: Marine conservationists are claiming a “landmark victory” after Environmental Standards Scotland effectively bans seal scarers. https://t.co/KPKELWKJTG

— The Ferret (@FerretScot) August 10, 2022

 

The Ferret: "Critics claim “landmark victory” after curbs on seal scarers"

 

NEW: Marine conservationists are claiming a “landmark victory” after Environmental Standards Scotland effectively bans seal scarers. https://t.co/KPKELWKJTG

— The Ferret (@FerretScot) August 10, 2022

 

 

 

The Ferret reported (10 August 2022):

 

 

 

 

Read article in full online here

 

 

"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" @marinescotland https://t.co/dhm53EIgup

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 10, 2022

 

 

 

 

The Ferret reported in August 2021:

 

RSPCA Assured food label scheme accused of protecting ‘salmon farmers and retailers’.

Campaigners are concerned over the use of acoustic deterrent devices (ADDs), aka seal scarers.https://t.co/NYyR429IDd

— The Ferret (@FerretScot) August 9, 2021

 

 

 

The Ferret reported in June 2021:

 

 

 

 

The Ferret reported in June 2020:

 

 

 

 

The Ferret reported in May 2017:

 

 

 

 

Read more via: 

• Landmark Victory: Sonic Torture of Cetaceans by Salmon Farm ADDs Is Dead in the Water!
• Damning Report: Marine Scotland Caught Breaking EU Law By Environmental Standards Scotland!
• Scottish Salmon Caught Telling Porkies on ADDs?
• "Salmon farms probed for using illegal 'scarers' which threaten dolphins" (Mail on Sunday)
• RSPCA Assured food label scheme accused of protecting ‘salmon farmers and retailers’
• FOI Exposes Lobbying by 'Scottish' Salmon on Killing of Seals & Use of ADDs
• The Oban Times: "Seal scarer devices may harm harbour porpoise"
• "Five out of the six top farms in Scotland" use GenusWave's 'Acoustic Startle Technology' - But is it MMPA compliant & does it comply with EU law?
• "Scientists sound warning over next-gen seal scarers"
• Journal of Applied Ecology: "Auditory impairment from acoustic seal deterrents predicted for harbour porpoises in a marine protected area"
• Fish Farmer: "Seal scarers could harm porpoises, study finds"
• Parliamentary Report: "ADD Use in the Aquaculture Sector"
• Scientific Study into Impact of Low Frequency ADDs Silenced!
• Pulling the Plug on ADD on salmon farms - is turning down the volume enough to comply with the law?
• Sunday Times: "Animal welfare campaigners sound out ban on acoustic seal deterrent"
• Mail On Sunday: "Salmon farmers are 'torturing' porpoises and dolphins with high-pitched noises to protect their stock, campaigners warn"
• Unlicensed use of ADDs in aquaculture is contrary to European Protected Species legislation & completely immoral!
• Daily Record: "Whales and dolphins being 'tortured' by anti-seal scare devices at Scottish fish farms"
• The Guardian: "Scottish salmon farmers to be banned from shooting seals"
• Caught Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
• The Ferret: "Seal scarers used by fish farms branded 'sonic torture'"
• GenusWave 'Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology' - in compliance with the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act??
• Seal shooting at salmon farms doubles before ban
• Ban on seal shooting must be watertight
• Greens want ban on seal scarers
• BBC Countryfile on ADDs impacting on cetaceans
• Sounding Off On Salmon Farms - Acoustic Deterrent Devices evade Marine Noise Registry
• SARF report 112: "Influences of lower-frequency Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs) on cetaceans in Scottish coastal waters"
• The Times: "Noisy fish farms ‘harm other marine life’"
• Mapping widespread and increasing underwater noise pollution from acoustic deterrent devices
• Sounding Off About Scotland's Noisy Salmon Farms - Turn Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices to Protect Cetaceans
• Deafening Impact of Salmon Farms on Cetaceans
• The National: "Warning salmon farm devices could hit wildlife tourism"
• Turning Down the Volume on Salmon Farms is Not Enough: 'Cetacean Friendly' Acoustic Deterrent Devices Still Harm & Must Be Banned 
• Cetaceans Sound Alarm On Salmon Farms - new research sparks EC complaint & call to ban Acoustic Deterrent Devices
• Sunday Herald: "Health of whales, dolphins and porpoises put at risk by underwater alarms"
• Noisy Salmon Farms - Switch Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices Now!

 

 

 

A great result! 🎊

Last week a case brought to @EnvStanScot by CCN over the unlawful use of ADDs 📢on salmon farms has led to a de-facto ban on these devices.

ADDs emit high frequency pulses which disturb ceteaceans🐬🐋#CommunityActionhttps://t.co/SE6Y4ozd7R

— Coastal Communities Network (CCN) (@CCNScotland) August 9, 2022

 

Landmark Victory: Sonic Torture of Cetaceans by Salmon Farm ADDs Is Dead in the Water!

 

A great result! 🎊

Last week a case brought to @EnvStanScot by CCN over the unlawful use of ADDs 📢on salmon farms has led to a de-facto ban on these devices.

ADDs emit high frequency pulses which disturb ceteaceans🐬🐋#CommunityActionhttps://t.co/SE6Y4ozd7R

— Coastal Communities Network (CCN) (@CCNScotland) August 9, 2022

 

 

The Coastal Communities Network reported yesterday (9 August 2022):

 

 

 

 

 

Another win for CCN! 🎊 https://t.co/8CLaSShFil

— Coastal Communities Network (CCN) (@CCNScotland) August 5, 2022

 

 

 

 

Sealife Adventures posted on Facebook (6 August 2022):

 

 

 

 

Environmental Standards Scotland reported (5 August 2022):

 

 

 

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/zdzkdDDE6b pic.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

 

 

 

 

West Coast Matters posted on Facebook (7 August 2022):

 

 

 

 

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

— Eòghann MacUalraig (@ewangkennedy) August 7, 2022

 

 

 

 

The Mail On Sunday reported in August 2021:

 

 

 

"Salmon farms probed for using illegal 'scarers' which threaten dolphins" (Mail on Sunday) @ClydePorpoise @OTAQ2 @aceaquatec @marinescotland @NOAA @SSPOsays @salmon_scottish @MowiScotlandLtd @GriegShetland @scotseafarms @MairiGougeon @scotgp https://t.co/opkfPi6ZA0 pic.twitter.com/DubEWfGFLg

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 25, 2021

 

 

The Sunday Times reported in February 2021:

 

Today's Sunday Times: "Animal welfare campaigners sound out ban on acoustic seal deterrent" https://t.co/jvVxtOvxMr @SundayTimesScot
"The Scottish government needs to get on with banning these cruel devices” @markruskell @GreenerScotland @SealifeA @ClydePorpoise @whalesorg pic.twitter.com/6bkWrLif6Y

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 21, 2021

 

 

Did lawyers finally have the bottle to affirm to @GreenerScotland @NicolaSturgeon @strathearnrose that ADD use was illegal? https://t.co/jvVxtOvxMr
Did @SSPOsays see the writing on the wall? @OTAQ2 @aceaquatec @nature_scot @SealifeA @whalesorg @HWDT_org @tex_sim @chazz_findlay https://t.co/0Tunz9ZRqy pic.twitter.com/ObrkjxRrwK

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 21, 2021

 

 

 

The Oban Times reported (22 February 2021):

 

 

"If you use the right nets, you don’t have to use ADDs" said David Ainsley @SealifeA "Now is the time to say to Marine Scotland they must enforce the law" @marinescotland https://t.co/afvN51r4QS@OTAQ2 @aceaquatec @nature_scot @SSPOsays @strathearnrose @GreenerScotland pic.twitter.com/C5J6Cm90bO

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 22, 2021

 

 

The Daily Record reported (3 August 2020):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did Fergus Ewing bully civil servants @marinescotland @ScotGovNetZero @scotgov @nature_scot to silence criticism of the illegal use of Acoustic Deterrent Devices? @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @OTAQ2 @aceaquatec https://t.co/XyeiNygFrI @FergusEwingSNP https://t.co/gSpyfLyHOt pic.twitter.com/tgLnxQeS7t

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 10, 2022

 

 

 

 

Read more via: 

• Damning Report: Marine Scotland Caught Breaking EU Law By Environmental Standards Scotland!
• Scottish Salmon Caught Telling Porkies on ADDs?
• "Salmon farms probed for using illegal 'scarers' which threaten dolphins" (Mail on Sunday)
• RSPCA Assured food label scheme accused of protecting ‘salmon farmers and retailers’
• FOI Exposes Lobbying by 'Scottish' Salmon on Killing of Seals & Use of ADDs
• The Oban Times: "Seal scarer devices may harm harbour porpoise"
• "Five out of the six top farms in Scotland" use GenusWave's 'Acoustic Startle Technology' - But is it MMPA compliant & does it comply with EU law?
• "Scientists sound warning over next-gen seal scarers"
• Journal of Applied Ecology: "Auditory impairment from acoustic seal deterrents predicted for harbour porpoises in a marine protected area"
• Fish Farmer: "Seal scarers could harm porpoises, study finds"
• Parliamentary Report: "ADD Use in the Aquaculture Sector"
• Scientific Study into Impact of Low Frequency ADDs Silenced!
• Pulling the Plug on ADD on salmon farms - is turning down the volume enough to comply with the law?
• Sunday Times: "Animal welfare campaigners sound out ban on acoustic seal deterrent"
• Mail On Sunday: "Salmon farmers are 'torturing' porpoises and dolphins with high-pitched noises to protect their stock, campaigners warn"
• Unlicensed use of ADDs in aquaculture is contrary to European Protected Species legislation & completely immoral!
• Daily Record: "Whales and dolphins being 'tortured' by anti-seal scare devices at Scottish fish farms"
• The Guardian: "Scottish salmon farmers to be banned from shooting seals"
• Caught Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
• The Ferret: "Seal scarers used by fish farms branded 'sonic torture'"
• GenusWave 'Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology' - in compliance with the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act??
• Seal shooting at salmon farms doubles before ban
• Ban on seal shooting must be watertight
• Greens want ban on seal scarers
• BBC Countryfile on ADDs impacting on cetaceans
• Sounding Off On Salmon Farms - Acoustic Deterrent Devices evade Marine Noise Registry
• SARF report 112: "Influences of lower-frequency Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs) on cetaceans in Scottish coastal waters"
• The Times: "Noisy fish farms ‘harm other marine life’"
• Mapping widespread and increasing underwater noise pollution from acoustic deterrent devices
• Sounding Off About Scotland's Noisy Salmon Farms - Turn Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices to Protect Cetaceans
• Deafening Impact of Salmon Farms on Cetaceans
• The National: "Warning salmon farm devices could hit wildlife tourism"
• Turning Down the Volume on Salmon Farms is Not Enough: 'Cetacean Friendly' Acoustic Deterrent Devices Still Harm & Must Be Banned 
• Cetaceans Sound Alarm On Salmon Farms - new research sparks EC complaint & call to ban Acoustic Deterrent Devices
• Sunday Herald: "Health of whales, dolphins and porpoises put at risk by underwater alarms"
• Noisy Salmon Farms - Switch Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices Now!

 

We surveyed @salmon_scottish Gigha farms a couple months ago and were using Acoustic Deterrent Devices illegally without EPS license and now trying to skip 500,000 diseased and dying fish before the Fish Health Inspectorate turn up. What definition of sustainable is this? pic.twitter.com/1XMbd4hiUx

— david nairn (@ClydePorpoise) October 15, 2021

 

 

 

Hyprocrisy @salmon_scottish - Bakkafrost (Faroese owners of 'Scottish' Salmon Co) condemn slaughter of 1,500 dolphins as “totally unacceptable” yet condone welfare abuse of millions of farmed salmon & use of noisy ADDs which harm cetaceans!https://t.co/fI6y3IPk8W @ClydePorpoise

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 17, 2021

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Landmark Victory: sonic torture of cetaceans by salmon farm ADDs is dead in the water - damning report @EnvStanScot catches @marinescotland breaking EU law! @EU_ENV @nature_scot @ScottishEPA @MairiMcAllan @MairiGougeon @ScotGovNetZero @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/el4a3hVBeg pic.twitter.com/gkVg2lmZOO

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 10, 2022

 

 

 

 

The Oban Times reported (22 February 2021):

 

 

"If you use the right nets, you don’t have to use ADDs" said David Ainsley @SealifeA "Now is the time to say to Marine Scotland they must enforce the law" @marinescotland https://t.co/afvN51r4QS@OTAQ2 @aceaquatec @nature_scot @SSPOsays @strathearnrose @GreenerScotland pic.twitter.com/C5J6Cm90bO

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 22, 2021

 

 

The Daily Record reported (3 August 2020):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did Fergus Ewing bully civil servants @marinescotland @ScotGovNetZero @scotgov @nature_scot to silence criticism of the illegal use of Acoustic Deterrent Devices? @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @OTAQ2 @aceaquatec https://t.co/XyeiNygFrI @FergusEwingSNP https://t.co/gSpyfLyHOt pic.twitter.com/tgLnxQeS7t

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 10, 2022

 

 

 

 

Read more via: 

• Damning Report: Marine Scotland Caught Breaking EU Law By Environmental Standards Scotland!
• Scottish Salmon Caught Telling Porkies on ADDs?
• "Salmon farms probed for using illegal 'scarers' which threaten dolphins" (Mail on Sunday)
• RSPCA Assured food label scheme accused of protecting ‘salmon farmers and retailers’
• FOI Exposes Lobbying by 'Scottish' Salmon on Killing of Seals & Use of ADDs
• The Oban Times: "Seal scarer devices may harm harbour porpoise"
• "Five out of the six top farms in Scotland" use GenusWave's 'Acoustic Startle Technology' - But is it MMPA compliant & does it comply with EU law?
• "Scientists sound warning over next-gen seal scarers"
• Journal of Applied Ecology: "Auditory impairment from acoustic seal deterrents predicted for harbour porpoises in a marine protected area"
• Fish Farmer: "Seal scarers could harm porpoises, study finds"
• Parliamentary Report: "ADD Use in the Aquaculture Sector"
• Scientific Study into Impact of Low Frequency ADDs Silenced!
• Pulling the Plug on ADD on salmon farms - is turning down the volume enough to comply with the law?
• Sunday Times: "Animal welfare campaigners sound out ban on acoustic seal deterrent"
• Mail On Sunday: "Salmon farmers are 'torturing' porpoises and dolphins with high-pitched noises to protect their stock, campaigners warn"
• Unlicensed use of ADDs in aquaculture is contrary to European Protected Species legislation & completely immoral!
• Daily Record: "Whales and dolphins being 'tortured' by anti-seal scare devices at Scottish fish farms"
• The Guardian: "Scottish salmon farmers to be banned from shooting seals"
• Caught Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
• The Ferret: "Seal scarers used by fish farms branded 'sonic torture'"
• GenusWave 'Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology' - in compliance with the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act??
• Seal shooting at salmon farms doubles before ban
• Ban on seal shooting must be watertight
• Greens want ban on seal scarers
• BBC Countryfile on ADDs impacting on cetaceans
• Sounding Off On Salmon Farms - Acoustic Deterrent Devices evade Marine Noise Registry
• SARF report 112: "Influences of lower-frequency Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs) on cetaceans in Scottish coastal waters"
• The Times: "Noisy fish farms ‘harm other marine life’"
• Mapping widespread and increasing underwater noise pollution from acoustic deterrent devices
• Sounding Off About Scotland's Noisy Salmon Farms - Turn Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices to Protect Cetaceans
• Deafening Impact of Salmon Farms on Cetaceans
• The National: "Warning salmon farm devices could hit wildlife tourism"
• Turning Down the Volume on Salmon Farms is Not Enough: 'Cetacean Friendly' Acoustic Deterrent Devices Still Harm & Must Be Banned 
• Cetaceans Sound Alarm On Salmon Farms - new research sparks EC complaint & call to ban Acoustic Deterrent Devices
• Sunday Herald: "Health of whales, dolphins and porpoises put at risk by underwater alarms"
• Noisy Salmon Farms - Switch Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices Now!

 

Damning Report: Marine Scotland Caught Breaking EU Law By Environmental Standards Scotland!

 

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/zdzkdDDE6b pic.twitter.com/CQpPt6hFei

— Environmental Standards Scotland (@EnvStanScot) August 5, 2022

 

 

Environmental Standards Scotland reported (5 August 2022):

 

 

 

Landmark Victory: sonic torture of cetaceans by salmon farm ADDs is dead in the water - damning report @EnvStanScot catches @marinescotland breaking EU law! @EU_ENV @nature_scot @ScottishEPA @MairiMcAllan @MairiGougeon @ScotGovNetZero @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/el4a3hVBeg pic.twitter.com/gkVg2lmZOO

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 10, 2022

 

 

Which member of @ScotlandSalmon was still using ADDs illegally in 2022? "One fish farm was observed operating an ADD & @marinescotland issued the
operator an Enforcement Notice" @EnvStanScot https://t.co/CGkuGvbmHN@HamishMacdonell @AthollDuncan @tavishscott @MowiScotlandLtd https://t.co/B2oiC7tltw pic.twitter.com/F2JmR7bAFU

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 10, 2022

 

 

 

Here's the summary from Enironmental Standards Scotland:

 

 

Which civil servants @marinescotland @ScotGovNetZero @nature_scot turned blind eyes to EU law @EU_ENV & allowed fish farms to operate illegally for decades? https://t.co/SXBkXkQXQ0
Did bully @FergusEwingSNP @theSNP silence enforcement? @scotgov @ScotlandSalmon @ArianeBurgessHI pic.twitter.com/0Of5QT6hb7

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 10, 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

— Eòghann MacUalraig (@ewangkennedy) August 10, 2022

 

 

Download the Environmental Standards Scotland report - "Marine Scotland's Enforcment of Acoustic Deterrent Devices" - in full online here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The damning report published by Environmental Standards Scotland includes:

 

 

 

 

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" @EnvStanScot pic.twitter.com/lUcKPFAy75

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 10, 2022

 

 

And the report spells out how Marine Scotland presided over the illegal use of ADDs by salmon farms across Scotland for decades:

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

Environmental Standards Scotland 'inspection progress update' (May 2022): "One fish farm was observed operating an ADD & @marinescotland issued the operator an Enforcement Notice" https://t.co/CGkuGvbmHN
Which salmon farm was still operating illegally? @ScotlandSalmon @scotgp pic.twitter.com/FBSBVJI3nb

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 10, 2022

 

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

 

Fish Farmer reported in November 2021:

 

 

 

 

"Five out of the six top farms in Scotland" use GenusWave's 'Acoustic Startle Technology' - but is it MMPA compliant & does it comply with EU law?https://t.co/Mnc3yvlWby @NOAA @marinescotland @MairiMcAllan @MairiGougeon @SSPOsays @chazz_findlay @denrisch @SAMSoceannews @EU_ENV pic.twitter.com/PIcWYW6DXI

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021

 

 

 

Read more via: 

• Landmark Victory: Sonic Torture of Cetaceans by ADDs Is Dead in the Water!
• Scottish Salmon Caught Telling Porkies on ADDs?
• "Salmon farms probed for using illegal 'scarers' which threaten dolphins" (Mail on Sunday)
• RSPCA Assured food label scheme accused of protecting ‘salmon farmers and retailers’
• FOI Exposes Lobbying by 'Scottish' Salmon on Killing of Seals & Use of ADDs
• The Oban Times: "Seal scarer devices may harm harbour porpoise"
• "Five out of the six top farms in Scotland" use GenusWave's 'Acoustic Startle Technology' - But is it MMPA compliant & does it comply with EU law?
• "Scientists sound warning over next-gen seal scarers"
• Journal of Applied Ecology: "Auditory impairment from acoustic seal deterrents predicted for harbour porpoises in a marine protected area"
• Fish Farmer: "Seal scarers could harm porpoises, study finds"
• Parliamentary Report: "ADD Use in the Aquaculture Sector"
• Scientific Study into Impact of Low Frequency ADDs Silenced!
• Pulling the Plug on ADD on salmon farms - is turning down the volume enough to comply with the law?
• Sunday Times: "Animal welfare campaigners sound out ban on acoustic seal deterrent"
• Mail On Sunday: "Salmon farmers are 'torturing' porpoises and dolphins with high-pitched noises to protect their stock, campaigners warn"
• Unlicensed use of ADDs in aquaculture is contrary to European Protected Species legislation & completely immoral!
• Daily Record: "Whales and dolphins being 'tortured' by anti-seal scare devices at Scottish fish farms"
• The Guardian: "Scottish salmon farmers to be banned from shooting seals"
• Caught Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
• The Ferret: "Seal scarers used by fish farms branded 'sonic torture'"
• GenusWave 'Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology' - in compliance with the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act??
• Seal shooting at salmon farms doubles before ban
• Ban on seal shooting must be watertight
• Greens want ban on seal scarers
• BBC Countryfile on ADDs impacting on cetaceans
• Sounding Off On Salmon Farms - Acoustic Deterrent Devices evade Marine Noise Registry
• SARF report 112: "Influences of lower-frequency Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs) on cetaceans in Scottish coastal waters"
• The Times: "Noisy fish farms ‘harm other marine life’"
• Mapping widespread and increasing underwater noise pollution from acoustic deterrent devices
• Sounding Off About Scotland's Noisy Salmon Farms - Turn Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices to Protect Cetaceans
• Deafening Impact of Salmon Farms on Cetaceans
• The National: "Warning salmon farm devices could hit wildlife tourism"
• Turning Down the Volume on Salmon Farms is Not Enough: 'Cetacean Friendly' Acoustic Deterrent Devices Still Harm & Must Be Banned 
• Cetaceans Sound Alarm On Salmon Farms - new research sparks EC complaint & call to ban Acoustic Deterrent Devices
• Sunday Herald: "Health of whales, dolphins and porpoises put at risk by underwater alarms"
• Noisy Salmon Farms - Switch Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices Now!

 

 

 

A great result! 🎊

Last week a case brought to @EnvStanScot by CCN over the unlawful use of ADDs 📢on salmon farms has led to a de-facto ban on these devices.

ADDs emit high frequency pulses which disturb ceteaceans🐬🐋#CommunityActionhttps://t.co/SE6Y4ozd7R

— Coastal Communities Network (CCN) (@CCNScotland) August 9, 2022

 

 

 

 

Surely it is @scotgp who are the bad joke for not forcing @scotgov to comply with EU law? @EU_ENV @nature_scot @ArianeBurgessHI @patrickharvie @lornaslater @POScotParl @ScotParl @NicolaSturgeon @ScotGovNetZero
The silence of the greens on salmon farming issues is deafening! pic.twitter.com/vrYQ8RuxXj

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 10, 2022

 

Biomass Breaches - when will SEPA revoke salmon farm licences?

 

"Chile’s environment agency revoked the permits for Nova Austral’s Aracena 10, Cockburn 14 & Cockburn 23 farms in July for overproduction by 25%, 15% & 30%" https://t.co/zxtmawFTUV
When will @ScottishEPA @marinescotland act vs biomass breaches? @scotseafarms @MowiScotlandLtd

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 2, 2022

 

 

 

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). 

 

 

 

EXPOSED: Illegal salmon farming production in Scotland exceeds 100,000 tonnes - 978 breaches of biomass since 2002 with 9,192 tonnes exceeded in 2021 @ScottishEPA https://t.co/IhzPWhUNBT
Where's there Muck there's $almoney! @MowiScotlandLtd @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/ddlGso9jhL

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 3, 2022

 

 

 

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: 

 

 

 

 

2021 is one of the worst years for overproduction by salmon farms in Scotland (data collated from Scotland's Aquaculture database of monthly returns submitted by salmon farming companies):

 

 

 

 

Mowi is by far and away the worst offender with their RSPCA Assured salmon farms at Poll Na Gille, Muck, Gorsten, Carradale and Bagh Dail Nan Ceann featuring prominently in the list of shame.   Here's a sneaky peek inside Mowi's "responsibly sourced" disease-ridden operations (sourced from secret filming and leaked photos by whistleblowers) which have featured on Netflix's 'Seaspiracy' and on French TV:

 

This shocking leaked footage shows salmon being eaten alive by lice at a fish farm in Scotland! pic.twitter.com/EoUO3dv5ee

— seaspiracy (@seaspiracy) August 2, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Here's what Mowi's @rspcaassured salmon looked like after 300,000 died in the Beast from the East in 2018 at their Carradale farm (the same site hit yesterday by Storm Ellen) https://t.co/hyztwncvhO Skinless Scottish salmon anyone? @MowiScotlandLtd @sainsburys @LidlGB @AldiUK pic.twitter.com/xjf3JM20jG

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 21, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

— STV News (@STVNews) October 20, 2021

 

 

 

 

The Ferret reported in February 2021:

 

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 Ferret (@FerretScot) February 3, 2021

 

 

 

The Ferret reported in April 2020:

 

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

— The Ferret (@FerretScot) April 7, 2020

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

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

SEPA Boss Quits - Scotland's Environmental Watchdog is Dead in the Water!

Greenwashing by Scottish Salmon - as sponsored by SEPA!

Fish farm pollution rules relaxed for Brexit

Fury as fish farm pesticide pollution rises 72% in a year

Under the Cloak of Coronavirus: SEPA open the floodgates to lobster-killing chemicals!

6 green rules that have been relaxed in response to Covid-19

The Ferret: "Environmental rules for salmon farming industry relaxed"

SEPA relax environmental controls during Coronavirus crisis

Shame on SEPA the Laggard not Leader (even the sloths at SSPO are quicker at publishing data)!

EXPOSED: Scottish Salmon's Cascading Use of Cancer-Causing Chemical

Salmon farming giant Mowi probed over chemical use

Leading fish farm watchdog joins fish farm industry

Fish farming industry bids to relax limits on toxic pesticide

All is Not Well With Sick Scottish Salmon

The Scottish Environment Pollution Agency

SEPA's Shame on Salmon Farming

Slicegate: Anatomy & Chronology of an Environmental Lobotomy - How the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency was Sliced to death by the Scottish Government and salmon farming lobby

 

 

 

As @TerryAHearn looks back on his 7 year tenure in charge of SEPA his legacy is so toxic that it may require years of rehab to recover from! https://t.co/agiEHPr1tF @ScottishEPA @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @scotgp @marinescotland @MairiGougeon @nature_scot pic.twitter.com/qN6HCREVII

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 23, 2022

 

"The True Cost of Industrial Fish Farming"

 

Industrial fish farming is horrific on so many different levels - animal welfare, the environment, human health. I caught up with one of those tirelessly exposing the green-wash, Don Staniford @TheGAAIA #EndSeafoodGreenwashing #salmonwars @RSPCA_official https://t.co/Uws05NmZqy

— Martin Whybrow (@martinwhybrow) August 1, 2022

 

 

 

Smarter Communities reported (1 August 2022):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

Go Pro Filming Inside Salmon Farms - the Inside Story!

Caught on Camera - How the Go Pro Dealt the Death Blow to Salmon Farming

Seaspiracy's Salmon Shocker: Please Boycott RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon!

Video/Photo Exclusive: Mowi's RSPCA Assured Welfare Nightmare - complaints filed for breaches of welfare laws

 

 

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

 

Loch Long - flood of public opposition sinks salmon farm in National Park?

 

Loch Long - flood of public opposition sinks salmon farm in National Park? @lomondtrossachs @loch_long @YesLochLong @long_loch @SaveLoch @scotgp @ArranCoast @WildFishCons @Argyll_Fish @SRTristan @craig_borland @TheSoundOfJura @ewangkennedy @helensburghadv https://t.co/xyKpO9f4Pk pic.twitter.com/YAiAiDBtAI

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 1, 2022

 

 

Objections are flooding in from members of the public concerned at a "reckless" and "mind boggling" proposal for a new salmon farm in Loch Long (within the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park). 

 

Representations to @lomondtrossachs National Park indicates majority opposed to Loch Long Beinn Reithe fish farm https://t.co/95mkEaSmDP @ArianeBurgessHI @RhodaGrant @jenni_minto @MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllan @FairlieCoastal @TheGAAIA @GuyLinleyAdams @TheSoundOfJura pic.twitter.com/D1b8E7f5LQ

— AFFtheClyde (@AFFtheClyde) August 2, 2022

 

 

 

Public objections to the Loch Long Salmon Farm - along with other documents - can be found online via the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park website

 

 

 

Here's some of the more recent objections:

 

James Warne (26 July 2022):  "To introduce a fish farm on the edge of the marine protection area surrounded by national park would be reckless"

 

 

 

Jon Scarr (25 July 2022):

 

 

 

Alexis Soubeyrand (25 July 2022):

 

 

 

Thomas Crowe (24 July 2022):

 

 

Susanne Graaf (23 July 2022):

 

 

 

Lynne Williams (22 July 2022):

 

 

 

Douglas Locke (22 July 2022):

 

 

 

Alun Struthers (20 July 2022):

 

 

 

 

And here's some previous objections:

 

Cove and Kilcreggan Community Council (23 May 2022):

 

 

 

Community of Arran Seabed Trust (22 December 2021):

 

 

 

Friends of the Sound of Jura (7 December 2021):

 

 

And the 7-page objection letter ends with:

 

 

 

Argyll Fisheries Trust (6 December 2021):

 

 

 

John Nelson (5 December 2021):

 

 

 

Hilary Worton (5 December 2021):

 

 

 

Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association (5 December 2021):

 

 

 

 

Salmon & Trout Conservation Scotland (4 December 2021):

 

 

 

And Salmon & Trout Conservation Scotland's objection ends with:

 

 

 

 

Salmon & Trout Conservation (since renamed Wild Fish) blogged in March 2022:

 

 

 

 

Helensburgh Advertiser reported last week (29 July 2022):

 

 

 

 

To file an objection (the deadline is Friday 5 August 2022) or to find out more information visit the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park website