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!