Named & Shamed: The most deadly salmon farms as greenwashed via @rspcaassured & @ASC_aqua
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 11, 2022
Data sourced via 'Mortality Event Reports' submitted by salmon farms @ScotlandSalmon published via https://t.co/oZtlH0Dpft @scotgov
Bakkafrost is the king of death! @Folketrygdfond pic.twitter.com/tuS6naIjV0
A closer examination of new mortality data published on 6 October 2022 by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate reveals which salmon farms in Scotland are the most deadly in terms of mass mortalities. Here's the list of Scottish salmon's worst serial killers since data was reported by salmon farming companies in 2017* - headed by hatcheries where mortalities are more pronounced in terms of numbers:
If you just focus on the number of 'Mortality Event Reports' filed by fish farms here's Scottish salmon's worst serial killers:
* Note that some data was reported for deaths prior to January 2017; some companies such as Scottish Sea Farms have been historically poor at reporting data in full and, as the Scottish Government points out: "the information presented is not a comprehensive record of fish farm mortality but only details situations where the mortality reporting thresholds have been reached and where this information has been reported to Marine Scotland by the industry or where information has been obtained through FHI surveillance".
$camon $cotland reported last month (30 September 2022):
How may farmed salmon died in Scotland last year?
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 29, 2022
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
Censored: 'commercially damaging' @SalmonScotland Did 22 million salmon die in sea cages & 26 million in freshwater hatcheries & farms last year? https://t.co/CM9bTCPvrQ
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 30, 2022
Surely it is time to force disclosure of mort numbers? @ScottishEPA @SP_RuralAffairs @scotgov @scotgp pic.twitter.com/yQF9mZAdZP
Rest A$$ured - the R$PCA has been captured, co-opted & corrupted by the $almafia! @rspcaassured @MowiScotlandLtd https://t.co/UBBbCWGVRT @SSPOsays @scotseafarms @philip_ciwf @RSPCAChris @RSPCA_PATeam @RSPCA_official @RSPCA_Frontline pic.twitter.com/NxNAwo9emU
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 30, 2021
RSPCA Sponsored Welfare Abuse of Salmon Farms - A Guide to Getting Away with Mass Murder (Theriocide)https://t.co/dnZk1bhb0M @rspcaassured @RSPCAChris @CliveBrazier @RSPCA_official @RSPCA_PATeam @RachRSPCA @ChrisGPackham @onekindtweet @ciwf @Animallawyersuk @LynneUSneddon #RSPCA pic.twitter.com/fvBv9dRavi
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 19, 2021
The Sunday Times reported in February 2022:
Dear @ChrisGPackham - do you approve of salmon farming?
— Ecohustler (@Ecohustler) February 7, 2020
Open letter to the @RSPCA_official calls for an end to the @rspcaassured certification of Scottish salmon -https://t.co/KeVZaH0NBC @onekindtweet @TheGAAIA @philip_ciwf @RebelsAnimal @Animal_Watch @Team4Nature
As RSPCA 'VIPs' you have the power to stop suffering on salmon farms in Scotland - please tell the RSPCA executive to end certification of Scottish salmon! @rspcaassured https://t.co/oFC20taxzO @ChrisGPackham @brianblessed @BillOddie @DrBrianMay @PeterEgan6 @CarolineLucas #RSPCA pic.twitter.com/nYwOM5yTF6
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 5, 2020
In January 2022, Scottish Salmon Watch wrote to the ASC demaning an end to the certification of salmon farms in Scotland as "responsible":
Open letter to the ASC: Please cancel all certification of Mowi's toxic Scottish salmon! https://t.co/N9MwDaN0kQ @ASC_aqua @MowiScotlandLtd @fms_scotland @SalmonTroutCons
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 6, 2022
Scottish salmon is farmed irresponsibly not responsibly! @rspcaassured @ASA_UK @sainsburys @Tesco @LidlGB pic.twitter.com/3L76as7mTY
$camon $cotland reported in August 2022:
How can 56% mortality (i.e. over half the fish dying) be marketed as "responsibly farmed" & "responsibly sourced" @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua @Tesco @sainsburys @MowiScotlandLtd ? https://t.co/PuckNO9qq9 @ASA_UK @ClientEarth @SSC_seafood @LidlGB @AldiUK @ScotlandSalmon #Greenwash pic.twitter.com/h9bILNMmWR
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 23, 2022
Here's data for June 2022 which reveals a staggering mortality rate of 55.9% at Mowi's Greanem salmon farm in North Uist (a site certified by the ASC in April 2022 and accredited as 'welfare-friendly' via RSPCA Assured):
Exposed: Certification of 'responsibly' farmed @MowiScotlandLtd via the Aquaculture Stewardship Council @ASC_aqua permits mortality rates at salmon farms in excess of 36% (not to mention the use of cancer-causing chemicals & antibiotics)! https://t.co/HsXs18bIo6 @rspcaassured pic.twitter.com/XR0vxDDfrQ
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 13, 2021
Read more via:
Dishing the Dirt on Mowi's "Inadequately Maintained" Cleaner Fish Mortality & Movement Records
Death Rates Soar at Salmon Farms (according to data published by Salmon Scotland)
Bakkafrost is Dead in the Water in Scotland - 2021 Annual Report Details "Deadly Cocktail"!
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"
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?
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?
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
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
Halloween Comes Early at Deadly Scottish Salmon - mortalities pile up due to viral disease, fungus, gill infections & lice infestations! @rspcaassured @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond @scotseafarms @LochDuartSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @WesterRossSalmo @scotgp https://t.co/m4lYno6kqZ pic.twitter.com/5mXsgw52ZP
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 9, 2022
Heather Jones @sustain_aqua: "It is great to see such an important global summit returning to Scotland where our aquaculture sector is thriving"https://t.co/oPjfRqoyAz
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 10, 2022
Er, hold on a second, aren't mortality rates at record levels & lice infestations killing millions of salmon? pic.twitter.com/DgETJ60W7l