Green Around the Gills

Death Rates Soar at Salmon Farms (according to data published by Salmon Scotland)

 

Check out the new mortality data published @ScotlandSalmon for August 2022 - headed by 61.4% cumulative mortality at Bakkafrost's Vuia Mor salmon farm in Loch Roag on the Isle of Lewis @Folketrygdfond @WHFP1 @HebridesNews @rspcaassured @ciwf https://t.co/R94JP3iYqX pic.twitter.com/TmLAFzyzA8

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 4, 2022

 

 

 

Mortality data just published by Salmon Scotland for August 2022 shows how death rates at salmon farms across Scotland are soaring to record levels:

 

 

 

Shout Out to @rspcaassured Loch Duart for leading the monthly mortality chart for August - a 27.4% death rate in Loch Laxford (a Special Area of Conservation) is way ahead of 18.2% at Wester Ross (Ardmair)! @LochDuartSalmon @WesterRossSalmo @MowiScotlandLtd @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/zwYPa2KMYe

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 4, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Last week (30 September 2022), $camon $cotland wrote to the Scottish Parliament:

 

 

"Force the salmon farming industry to publish mortality numbers" @SP_RuralAffairs @ScotlandSalmon @ScottishEPA @marinescotland
"It is not difficult to see why the salmon farming industry do not want the data disclosed to the public" @TavishScott @ArianeBurgessHI @fincarson pic.twitter.com/Cb7pub2QDy

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 30, 2022

 

 

 

 

$camon $cotland reported (26 September 2022):

 

All hail Bakkafrost Scotland (formerly The Scottish Salmon Company) - Scottish salmon's King of Death! https://t.co/Ju6L8xNZjw
How can 82.1% mortality (that's 4 in every 5 fish dying a cruel death) be branded "responsibly sourced"? @rspcaassured @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond pic.twitter.com/zc4OuDlw2x

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 26, 2022

 

 

 

Read more via:

Bakkafrost is Dead in the Water in Scotland - 2021 Annual Report Details "Deadly Cocktail"!

Death Deflation: 13 Million Morts On Scottish Salmon Farms in 2021 - More Like 22 Million (& maybe 50 million if you add freshwater)!  

Letter to Scottish Parliament re. farmed salmon mortalities "increasing at an alarming rate" from former convenor of Rural Committee

Press Release: "Year of the Dead Salmon: Scottish Salmon Plagued by Mass Mortality Problems"

Media Backgrounder: Year of the Dead Salmon - Bakkafrost Scotland is the King of Death!

Herald On Sunday: "Inquiry into salmon farming demanded after "sickening" levels of fish deaths"

Fake News? Over 50% Mortality at RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Farms - how can supermarkets advertise it as "responsibly sourced"?

56% Mortality at RSPCA Assured Mowi (but don't worry, it's certified as "farmed responsibly" by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council)!

Over 80% Mortality at The Scottish Salmon Company!!!

Dead in the Water - Scottish Salmon's Mortality Mountain Piles Ever Higher in 2021!

Mass Mortalities - 66% in one month at The Scottish Salmon Company on the Isle of Gigha!

STV News: "Thousands of rotting salmon ‘stink out’ village after mass death at farm"

X-Rated Video: 90% Mortality at The Faroese/Norwegian 'Scottish' Salmon Company?!

"The shocking death rates on Scotland's salmon farms revealed"

2020: The Year of Diseased Scottish Salmon - 27,000 Tonnes of Dead Fish, the Worst On Record!

Update: Mortality Rate Over 36% At RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon!

Revealed: Burned, Buried & Ensiled Scottish Salmon 

Update: 25 Million Mass Mortalities on Scottish Salmon Farms

54 Million Farmed Fish Died in Norway in 2021 - How Many Farmed Salmon Died in Scotland?

Revealed: 30+ Million Dead Scottish Salmon Since 2017 - over 8 million morts reported last year & over half a million in first two weeks of 2022!!

52 million deaths in Norway - how many millions died on Scottish salmon farms in 2020?

The Case Against Scottish Salmon - An Update on Diseases & Mass Mortalities!

2.2 Million Missing Mortalities at Scottish Sea Farms?

Alexa, how many salmon die each year on Scottish salmon farms? 42 million* (but we don't know for sure as the answer is deemed "commercially damaging")!

Over One Million Morts for Scottish Salmon in September 2020!

Survival of the Unhealthiest Scottish Salmon - New data reveals shocking mortality rates!

Dead in the Water - New Data Reveals Mass Mortalities & Disease on Scottish Salmon Farms

The Ferret: "Farmed salmon deaths from disease reach record high"

The Killing Farms - Scottish Salmon's Horror Story Continues!

Solving Scottish Salmon's Multi-Million Mortality Problem

Scottish Salmon's Mort Mountain Leaps Over 10 Million - FOI reveals 2.3 million dead salmon at Marine Harvest farms in 2017

A disgrace: Ten million salmon thrown away by fish farm industry in last year alone

Death rate at salmon farms doubles to 20m fish a year

Scottish watchdog labelled ‘lapdog’ after agreeing to keep fish farm deaths secret

 

 

How may farmed salmon died in Scotland last year?
We don't know because @ScottishEPA stopped publishing the data in 2013 after @ScotlandSalmon lobbied vs disclosure arguing publication would be 'commercially damaging'. But based on previous data it could be 22 million morts! pic.twitter.com/7b7YeE00Xw

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 29, 2022

 

 

Bernie Madoff Accounting - when @ScotlandSalmon claim £760m in value from salmon farming they fail to factor in welfare abuse, mass mortalities & toxic pollution. The true cost of cheap Scottish salmon is paid by millions of dead fish! @ciwf @onekindtweet @marinescotland @scotgp pic.twitter.com/Ip4VPPS9W2

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 6, 2022

 

 

Addendum:

 

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 7:08 PM
Subject: FOI request re. farmed salmon & salmon farming mortalities since 1 January 2018
To: <[email protected]>

Please provide information on farmed salmon and salmon farming mortalities since 1 January 2020.

 

Please include any photos, videos, letters, emails and any other documents relating to farmed salmon and salmon farming.

 

Please include testing results, discussions and any other information relating to waste effluents from trucks and tankers transporting farmed salmon. 

 

Please include any correspondence with  SEPA, Marine Scotland, Salmon Scotland, Mowi, D R MacLeod, Billy Bowie, Ferguson Transport, Gogar Transport and any other haulage/transport companies in relation to farmed salmon and salmon farming mortalities. 

 

As context, I posted this comment in a Facebook group earlier today via: https://www.facebook.com/groups/355584584105/posts/10160267169684106/

 

 

 

 

Here's a reply which suggests that CalMac conducted testing:

 

 

 

The Times article from June 2022 includes via https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/haulier-kicks-up-stink-over-ferry-ban-xzrmmq8w3

 

 

 

The Daily Mail reported in June 2022 via https://www.pressreader.com/uk/scottish-daily-mail/20220610/281981791239008

 

 

 

Please consider this an official request for information under the relevant FOI and Environmental Information regulations.

 

Please provide the information electronically.

 

Please provide a receipt for this FOI request.

 

You may be interested in new data on the shocking rise in farmed salmon mortalities via:

Death Rates Soar at Salmon Farms (according to data published by Salmon Scotland)

 

Thanks,

 

 

Don Staniford

 

Director, $camon $cotland

 

Bakkafrost is Dead in the Water in Scotland - 2021 Annual Report Details "Deadly Cocktail"!

 

New name: same mass deaths, disease & welfare abuse #Bakkafrost #ScottishSalmon
Unethical & morally bankrupt Bakkafrost is dead in the water in Scotland! @Folketrygdfond @NFdep @FerdOwner @ScotlandSalmon @Try_Lochlander @MairiGougeon @TavishScott @scotgp https://t.co/uqc2JDwH9G pic.twitter.com/F0SC8kFpOU

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 4, 2022

 

The bad news just keeps on coming for investors and shareholders in The Scottish Salmon Company (renamed Bakkafrost Scotland in June 2022).   Fish Farmer reported yesterday (3 October 2022):

 

Bakkafrost’s Scotland arm saw losses double in 2021 - "compromised gill health and secondary complications including blooms of micro jellyfish and fish handling during necessary treatments" @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond @NFdep #Bakkafrost https://t.co/y7oei699W7

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 3, 2022

 

Fish Farming Expert reported (3 October 2022):

 

 

Bakkafrost's 2021 Annual Report certainly makes for grim reading for Scotland:

 

 

 

Delve deeper into Bakkafrost's 2021 Annual Report and the lethal nature of Scottish salmon's "deadly cocktail" becomes apparent:

 

 

 

 

Bakkafrost's 2021 Annual Report details a "deadly cocktail" in Scotland https://t.co/EUMQwr47Oe
Is Bakkafrost (formerly called The Scottish Salmon Company) dead in the water in Scotland? @Folketrygdfond @NFdep @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/z1FfWaIqLT

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 4, 2022

 

 

Last month (26 September 2022), $camon $cotland exposed how Bakkafrost was Scottish salmon's King of Death:

 

All hail Bakkafrost Scotland (formerly The Scottish Salmon Company) - Scottish salmon's King of Death! https://t.co/Ju6L8xNZjw
How can 82.1% mortality (that's 4 in every 5 fish dying a cruel death) be branded "responsibly sourced"? @rspcaassured @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond pic.twitter.com/zc4OuDlw2x

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 26, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

$camon $cotland reported last month (28 September 2022):

 

EXPOSED: Photos of diseased salmon taken by @scotgov health inspectors at visits to farms - how can such abuse be marketed as "responsible" & 'welfare-friendly'? @rspcaassured @ScotlandSalmon @SoilAssociation @SoilAssocScot @ASC_aqua @scotgp @ciwf @onekindtweet @Animallawyersuk pic.twitter.com/NEFMuk504z

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 28, 2022

 

 

Here's photos of disease-ridden farmed salmon from RSPCA Assured Bakkafrost Scotland (called The Scottish Salmon Company until June 2022) in Loch Roag at Taranaish - sourced from a Scottish Government inspection conducted in December 2021 (the Fish Health Inspectorate reported salmon gill poxvirus, epitheliocystis, Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis, and Neoparamoeba perurans, the causative agent of Amoebic Gill Disease):

 

 

 

 

The bad smell coming from Bakkafrost - whose largest shareholder is the Norwegian Government - reeks of rotten eggs.  The news of Bakkafrost Scotland leaking dangerous toxic gasses off Portree - as reported in August 2022 by BBC News, The Press & Journal, The National and other media - comes as no surprise to anyone who has tracked The Scottish Salmon Company since it reared its ugly head in Scotland back in 2009 (bankrolled by $almoney-launderer Yury Lopatinsky).  

 

BBC News: 'Rotten egg' gas leaking from fish feed barge wreck - a 500m exclusion zone has been placed around the wreck of a salmon feed barge near Portree on Skye https://t.co/nRuwKkZyTy @BBCScotlandNews @bbcalba @ScottishEPA @marinescotland @H_S_E @MCA_media @PoliceScotland

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2022

 

 

 

Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots reported in March 2022:

 

 

 

 

$camon $cotland reported in March 2022:

 

Breaking News: 715,592 dead fish reported at The Scottish Salmon Company's Applecross/Russel Burn Hatchery in 6 incidents during 2022! @salmon_scottish @Folketrygdfond @ScotlandSalmon
"Systemic investigation ongoing" reports @marinescotland @ScotGovRural https://t.co/DqDKfxGm84 pic.twitter.com/h8M0e8XElw

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 7, 2022

 

 

The mortality data - sourced from data returns submitted by salmon farming companies to the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate - details 90 'Mortality Event Reports' totalling 1,811,299 dead farmed fish reported thus far in 2022 (data up to mid-February) - including 715,592 dead farmed salmon in six incidents at The Scottish Salmon Company's Applecross Smolt Unit at Russel Burn on the shore of Loch Kishorn:

 

 

 

A whistleblower told Scottish Salmon Watch in January that 600,000 farmed salmon had died in a welfare disaster @salmon_scottish's Applecross Hatchery - today @marinescotland reported 715,592 farmed salmon had died with a "systemic investigation ongoing"! https://t.co/DqDKfxFOiw pic.twitter.com/Hbb6bOPH2k

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 7, 2022

 

 

Hey taxpayer, @MairiGougeon gave £5MILLION of your cash to Faroese company Bakkafrost to build a salmon hatchery - in the name of “sustainable growth”.

☠️ 715,000 baby salmon just died there ☠️

Please tell her to stop this madness. https://t.co/wU1KZIYxc8

— Salmon Scotland (@SalmonScotland) March 8, 2022

 

 

In total, The Scottish Salmon Company has already reported a staggering 911,499 dead farmed fish in 37 incidents during 2022 including:

 

 

"Systemic investigation ongoing" by @marinescotland @APHAgovuk at The Scottish Salmon Company's Applecross Hatchery at Loch Kishorn following the deaths of over 700,000 farmed salmon! @salmon_scottish @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond https://t.co/DqDKfxFOiw
Nothing to see here! pic.twitter.com/AwVXS8F3g4

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 8, 2022

 

 

 

$camon $cotland reported in February 2022:

 

The Scottish Salmon Co report 4.1 million mortalities since 1 January 2021 via 293 'Mortality Events' headed by Druimyeon Bay salmon farm off the Isle of Gigha with 148,628 morts in one week in October 2021! @salmon_scottish @Folketrygdfond @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/tBz56oIRHK pic.twitter.com/eHI9EZxIr1

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 18, 2022

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in January 2022:

 

Fresh Scottish Salmon anyone? Here's freshly published photos of disease-ridden fish farmed @salmon_scottish off Skye & the Isle of Gigha @marinescotland
Please boycott Scottish salmon! @Folketrygdfond @waitrose @coopuk @coopukpress @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/WK0SjATflz pic.twitter.com/MIBNEityBk

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 12, 2022

 

 

 

The 'Scottish' Salmon Company's Faroese/Norwegian owner Bakkafrost is also suffering from welfare problems at home in the Faroes. 

 

Faroes TV reports on a heavy fine for Bakkafrost - owner of The 'Scottish' Salmon Company @salmon_scottish & whose largest shareholder is the Norwegian Government @Folketrygdfond @NFdep @fiskeridir https://t.co/NuO5RChXaK @Tinganes @faroesenews @faroe_islands @Faroes2EU

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2021

 

 

Intrafish reported in December 2021:

 

Intrafish report: "Notification of Bakkafrost fine of 67 million creates complications - the warning comes as a result of a possible violation of the Animal Welfare Act". Bakkafrost was notified of the fine (£7.7 million) by the Prime Minister's office https://t.co/eDFgAvPi9d pic.twitter.com/HK4t4RYBzL

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 8, 2021

 

 

 

 

French TV reported in November 2021 on welfare abuse, mass mortalities and lice infestation at The Scottish Salmon Company's West Strome salmon farm in Loch Carron:

 

Video of French TV's 'The Truth About Salmon' featuring Mowi & The Scottish Salmon Company https://t.co/PIwqhztqhu @France5tv @hugoclement @MowiScotlandLtd @salmon_scottish @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond @Try_Lochlander @waitrose @sainsburys @Tesco @LidlGB @AldiUK @SaumonLabel pic.twitter.com/u16uaGZ97K

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 21, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

STV News reported in October 2021:

 

Thousands of rotting salmon ‘stink out’ village after mass death at farm.https://t.co/hOoOmXr0n7

— STV News (@STVNews) October 20, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots reported in October 2021:

 

 

 

 

The Isle of Gigha - in Old Norse it means "God's island" or "good island" - has been hit by another Viking invasion in the shape of the Norwegian/Faroese-owned 'Scottish' Salmon Co. @salmon_scottish
What the hell are you doing? @Folketrygdfond @SSPOsays https://t.co/OzmwVhMj6p pic.twitter.com/F1wVVPyoGC

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 18, 2021

 

 

 

 

In November 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch wrote to the Norwegian Government (as the largest shareholder in Bakkafrost and shareholder in other salmon farming companies) asking it to divest from unethical and irresponsible salmon farming in Scotland.

 

Did you know that the Norwegian Government's Pension Fund (derived from Norway's oil revenues) is the largest or 2nd largest shareholder in companies which account for 80% of 'Scottish' salmon farming? @Folketrygdfond @MowiScotlandLtd @salmon_scottish https://t.co/4P1m3g2CvT pic.twitter.com/Sl6bFlcwaK

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 30, 2020

 

 

 

Read more on The 'Scottish' Salmon Company's Faroese/Norwegian owners online here

 

Over 5 Million Dead 'Scottish' Salmon Since 2017 @salmon_scottish - sponsored by investors from Norway, Sweden, Faroes, USA, Denmark, Belgium & Luxembourg! @Folketrygdfond @NorwayMFA @fiskeridir @NFdep @Try_Lochlander @SSPOsays @FergusEwingMSP @strathearnrose @marinescotland pic.twitter.com/37ehamHX24

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 13, 2020

 

 

 

Read more via:

Media Backgrounder: Year of the Dead Salmon - Bakkafrost Scotland is the King of Death!

1.8 Million Morts Reported on Scottish Fish Farms Already in 2022!

Revealed: 30+ Million Dead Scottish Salmon Since 2017 - over 8 million morts reported last year & over half a million in first two weeks of 2022!!

Over 80% Mortality at The Scottish Salmon Company!!!

Mass Mortalities - 66% in one month at The Scottish Salmon Company on the Isle of Gigha!

Scottish Salmon Exposed - Photos highlight the disease & welfare nightmare at The Scottish Salmon Company!

Channel 4 News on Scottish Salmon Spying on Corin Smith!

Bakkafrost (Faroese/Norwegian owner of The 'Scottish' Salmon Company) set for hefty fine in the Faroes!

Salmongate: Corin Smith's 'Subject Access Requests' to the Salmafia Reveal Spying by Scottish Salmon!

The Spy Who Loved 'Scottish' Salmon - from Russia, Ukraine, Switzerland, Norway & the Faroes with Love for Salmoney!

Herald/Ferret: "Scottish Salmon Company chief hired investigator to 'snoop' on fish farming critic"

Video of France 5s 'The Truth About Salmon' featuring Mowi & The Scottish Salmon Company

STV News: "Thousands of rotting salmon ‘stink out’ village after mass death at farm"

X-Rated Video: 90% Mortality at The Faroese/Norwegian 'Scottish' Salmon Company?!

Photos of Welfare Abuse at The Scottish Salmon Company in Loch Carron (West Strome salmon farm)

Videos of Welfare Abuse at The Scottish Salmon Company in Loch Carron (West Strome salmon farm)

Animal Equality Exposes Scottish Salmon Slaughterhouse

Norwegian Government Asked to Divest from 'Unethical' & 'Irresponsible' Scottish Salmon!

Over 5 Million Dead 'Scottish' Salmon Since 2017 - Sponsored by Investors from Norway, the Faroes etc!

The Camera Never Lies About Scottish Salmon!

Photo Dossier of Diseased, Deformed & Abused Scottish Salmon

The Severely Damaged Scottish Salmon Company - For Sale Now!

Maaey day for the Scottish Salmon Company

Ground-truthing disease-ridden Scottish salmon

Mmmm Blind Scottish Salmon with Boils, Anyone?

Whistleblower Photos of The Scottish Salmon Company

 

 

Scottish Salmon never tasted good - but you wouldn't serve these poor creatures @salmon_scottish to your cat! These photos published @scotgov show why people should boycott @ScotlandSalmon! @waitrose @coopuk @asda @Morrisons @Tesco @sainsburys @AldiUK @LidlGB @marksandspencer pic.twitter.com/PtmKBgjuPi

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 12, 2022