"A disgrace for democracy....it's a diabolical decision" says Wendy Elves of Papa Westray's No East Moclett @bbcorkney "Everyone should be heard, everyone should count....the decision was made before we entered the room" @OrkneyCouncil @CookeScotland @cookeseafood @amy_may pic.twitter.com/htXviS828H
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 13, 2022
Wendy Elves of No East Moclett Group on Papa Westray pulled no punches when she spoke to BBC Radio Orkney about the approval of a new super-sized salmon farm in North Sound to be operated by Canadian giant Cooke Aquaculture:
Listen to the whole news segment on BBC Radio Orkney (starts at 24 minutes 30 seconds) online here
The blue lagoon of Holm Sound at low tide. In a South Westerly this will become the receptacle for the waste from 4000 tonnes of Salmon… Set the benchmark now for what we are about to lose.. @TheGAAIA @TheOpenSeas @ArianeBurgessHI pic.twitter.com/qbBZ0a49FJ
— Papay Ranger (@PapayRanger) September 15, 2022
Poor decision making yet again by @OrkneyIslandsCouncil. A death knell served to the Papay #Marine Protected Area by approving yet another fish farm to be built in an environmentally sensitive area. #plasticpollution #Seagrass #kelpforest #biodiversity #Ecosystemservices
— Dr Joanne Porter #WorkingToContract (@JoanneSPorter) September 8, 2022
Commenting after the shameful decision by Orkney Islands Council (8 September 2022) to grant approval to what will be Scotland's largest salmon farm off the island of Papa Westray, No East Moclett Group told $camon $cotland:
"No East Moclett Group is considering our options and will be filing an appeal subject to legal opinion. No means no - the population of Papay are fed up of having to fight off salmon farm developers from encroaching into their precious inshore waters" https://t.co/LgaNEHGVY1 pic.twitter.com/MqtdiCTJbe
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 8, 2022
"Granting approval without proper consultation or community support is an affront to local democracy. In ignoring blanket opposition, OIC and Cooke have treated islanders on Papa Westray with sheer contempt. No East Moclett Group is considering our options and will be filing an appeal subject to legal opinion. No means no - the population of Papay are fed up of having to fight off salmon farm developers from encroaching into their precious inshore waters. Enough is enough - allowing further expansion of 'organic' salmon farming in Orkney is a threat to the marine environment and tourism. Today's decision is just the beginning of our fight against Cooke and the council's unreasonable approval of Scotland's largest salmon farm".
"Granting approval without proper consultation or community support is an affront to local democracy. In ignoring blanket opposition, @OrkneyCouncil & @CookeScotland have treated islanders on Papay with sheer contempt" (No East Moclett Group)https://t.co/LgaNEHGo8t @amy_may pic.twitter.com/rFKLJqjJNm
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 8, 2022
"Enough is enough - allowing further expansion of 'organic' salmon farming in Orkney is a threat to the marine environment & tourism. This is just the beginning of our fight vs Cooke & the council's unreasonable approval of Scotland's largest salmon farm" https://t.co/LgaNEHGo8t pic.twitter.com/jdDjYNItj7
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 9, 2022
Read more via:
The Times: "Author Amy Liptrot joins island’s fish farm protest"
Daily Telegraph: "Orkney locals 'disregarded' over huge salmon farm plan"
No Way To Salmon Farm Off Papa Westray
Photos: Papa Westray Protest Vs Cooke Makes Waves Off Orkney!
Too Many Cookes - community resistance on Orkney spoils super-sized salmon plan off Papa Westray
Cooke's Organic Scamon Exposed by Gruesome Photos from Orkney!
Organic Scamon - The Soil Association's List of Shame!
Scottish 'Organic' Scamon Leaps 181% - 4,462 tonnes to 12,528 tonnes from 2019 to 2020!
'Organic' Salmon Fit for the Queen? Not Even Fit for Her Dogs!
Toxic Salmon Corrodes Soil Association's 'Organic' Principles
Scottish salmon is so not organic!
Organic Salmon Belongs in the Bin Not Your Shopping Basket!
Dutch TV slams "organic" salmon
EXPOSED: Scottish 'Organic' Scamon
Organic” farmed salmon – let’s get real
Shetland salmon packing factory leaks 'blood water' into sea
BBC Radio Shetland on Cooke's "untreated blood water" in Scotland
BBC News: "Shetland salmon packing factory leaks 'blood water' into sea"
More troubles for Cooke, with Scottish “blood water” claims
Organic Scamon - The Greenwashing of Toxic Farmed Salmon
Why organic salmon is causing a nasty smell
Concern over organic salmon farms
"Organically Farmed Salmon Is An Oxymoron" (The Organic Standard, 2001)
The battle goes on vs Cooke Aquaculture's 'organic' expansion off Orkney @RutterfordArt
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 8, 2022
"I find it particularly distressing that the planning process has been handled in such an underhand way. There has been a duplicitous lack of transparency" #Appeal @OrkneyCouncil @amy_may pic.twitter.com/X0ckYOw1cw
This decision on Orkney lies squarely at the door of @MairiGougeon @FergusEwingSNP @theSNP @scottishgreens who continue to push promote & support the unsustainable expansion of Open pen polluting salmon farming against public opinion. https://t.co/OYJ8FalEfb
— Howard Wood (@howardlwood) September 13, 2022