Annus Horribilis Salmonis: Mowi's "Troublesome Year" in Scotland https://t.co/wW3RQnMWTD
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 9, 2022
2022 farmed salmon production predicted to be 50,000 tonnes - down 22% on the 64,400 tonnes in 2021. "Our Scottish farming operations has experienced a troublesome year" @MowiScotlandLtd pic.twitter.com/hRwvuUHmQU
Back in 1992, Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II referred to the year as her 'Annus Horribilis' which she would not look back on with 'undiluted pleasure'.
When Norwegian giant Mowi - who have held a Royal Warrant for over 30 years and who market their factory farmed salmon as "responsibly sourced" via RSPCA Assured where Her Majesty the Queen is still listed as royal patron - may look back on 2022 as their very own Annus Horribilis Salmonis.
Mowi's Q3 2022 financial report - published earlier today (9 November 2022) - certainly makes for grim reading for shareholders in the Norwegian behemoth. "Our Scottish farming operations has experienced a troublesome year with regards to biology and the 2022 volume guidance has been reduced," reports the Q3 2022 report.
Mowi's Q3 2022 report remembers Her Majesty the Queen with "pride" (a word nobody in their right mind could truthfully use in the same sentence as RSPCA Assured and ASC-certified Mowi Scotland):
Mowi's Q3 2022 presentation published earlier today (9 November 2022) cannot hide the problems in Scotland:
Fish Farmer reported (9 November 2022):
Fish Farming Expert reported (9 November 2022):
Mowi know they're really up s**t creek in Scotland when the pro-salmon farming trade press report on their "troublesome year" & 10,000 tonne losses in 2022! @MowiScotlandLtd @fishfarmermag @salmonfarming1 https://t.co/wW3RQnMWTD @TavishScott @ScotlandSalmon @HamishMacdonell pic.twitter.com/LZ8h9QGnx8
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 9, 2022
Delve down deeper into mortality data published by the salmon farming industry, the Scottish Government and Mowi themselves and the horrible nature of 2022 becomes all too clear. $camon $cotland reported last week (3 November 2022):
REVEALED: Mass mortalities continue to pile up at @MowiScotlandLtd salmon farms certified as 'responsible' @ASC_aqua @rspcaassured
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 3, 2022
- 326,169 morts at Stulaigh, 180,660 at Muck & 176,588 at Marulaig since September @marinescotland https://t.co/oZtlH0Usht
WTF?! @sainsburys @Tesco pic.twitter.com/AfRdtriLuf
$camon $cotland reported last month (23 October 2022):
EXPOSED: 21% mortality in ONE WEEK at Mowi's Marulaig Bay salmon farm in South Uist - nothing to see here as it's certified as "farmed responsibly" @ASC_aqua & welfare-friendly via @rspcaassured https://t.co/Tzx20nWZRr @MowiScotlandLtd @ScotlandSalmon @TavishScott @MairiGougeon pic.twitter.com/8w3UwePVGG
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 23, 2022
Read & Weep: 19.5% mortality (that's one in every five fish dead) in ONE WEEK @MowiScotlandLtd in South Uist (Stulaigh) & 15.5% on Muck @ScotlandSalmon
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 23, 2022
How can you condone such profound animal cruelty as "responsible"? @ASC_aqua @rspcaassured @RSPCAChris https://t.co/Sc3IPkwtyg pic.twitter.com/03gjFRdXiT
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):
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
$camon $cotland reported last month (11 October 2022):
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:
$camon $cotland reported in September 2022:
EXPOSED: Mowi's Mortality Nightmare - 59.5% death rate @rspcaassured Loch Greshornish & 55.9% death rate @ASC_aqua Greanem (Grey Horse Outer) @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/OAfRglN8zB
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 26, 2022
How can Mowi's salmon be marketed as "responsibly sourced"? @sainsburys @Tesco @ASA_UK #Scamon pic.twitter.com/0bshm1oXbX
Mowi's Q2 2022 financial report published in August 2022 also detailed huge problems in Scotland:
Mowi's Q2 2022 report reveals that Scottish salmon farming production fell 32% from Q2 2021 (falling from 19,162 to 12,954 tonnes) due to disease problems such as AGD & CMS, treatment mortality & poor quality "externally sourced" eggs @MowiScotlandLtd https://t.co/7VPQLKsfHP pic.twitter.com/u6gmrCJUip
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 24, 2022
"Incident based mortality losses in the quarter amounted to EUR 2.8 million mainly related to gill issues, treatment mortality & predators...the biological situation has been negatively impacted by gill issues, including AGD, algae & jelly fish" https://t.co/7VPQLKsfHP pic.twitter.com/dSbvWnrbZq
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 24, 2022
Read more via:
Death Stalks Scottish Salmon - Rising Mortalities Plague RSPCA Assured & ASC-Certified Sites!
21% Mortality at Mowi's ASC-Certified & RSPCA Assured Marulaig Bay & Rum in ONE WEEK!!!
RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Infested with 50 Lice, Poxvirus, Necrosis, Lesions & Myocarditis!
Greenwashing by the ASC - you can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter!
Death Rates Soar at Salmon Farms (according to data published by Salmon Scotland)
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!
Exposed: 10 Million Morts at RSPCA Assured Mowi Since 2019!
Mowi's "Woes in Scotland" - Disease & Deaths Cause £5.6 Million Losses!
Over 80% Mortality at The Scottish Salmon Company!!!
ASC-Certified/Audited Mass Mortalities Pile Up at Lousy Mowi & Scottish Sea Farms!
New Mortality Data for Disease-Ridden Scottish Salmon - 700,000+ in the first two weeks of December!
Mass mortalities at ASC-certified Mowi!
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!
Lousy 'Scottish' Salmon - the most lice-infested salmon farms named & shamed!
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?!
Video Nasties of Dead Farmed Salmon Pile Up All Over the World!
Demand for moratorium on new fish farms after mortality rates revealed
"The shocking death rates on Scotland's salmon farms revealed"
Rest Assured - the RSPCA has been captured, co-opted & corrupted by the Salmafia
The Times: "Fish graveyard ‘severely hampers’ life for islanders, officials claim"
Update: Mortality Rate Over 36% At RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon!
Mowi's 'Healthy' RSPCA Assured & ASC-Certified Salmon Farm at Gorsten (as featured in Seaspiracy)
Mowi Moves Goalposts on ASC Certification
ASC-Certified Scottish Salmon Dead in the Water!
Anyone for ASC-Certified Scottish Salmon Doused in Carcinogenic Formaldehyde?
Revealed: Burned, Buried & Ensiled Scottish Salmon
Update: 25 Million Mass Mortalities on Scottish Salmon Farms
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?
Mass Mortalities Continue to Plague Scottish Salmon
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 decade ago I fought a SLAPP suit in Canada vs @Cermaq (then owned by @NFdep). Now I am being sued by Norwegian behemoth @MowiScotlandLtd for exposing welfare abuse inside their salmon feedlots in Scotland - the fight to defend public waters is on! https://t.co/8DiUbdgavy pic.twitter.com/SA0YDNC1UV
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 2, 2022
Salmon farm firm takes legal action against animal welfare campaigner. https://t.co/WvAYizqTSJ
— STV News (@STVNews) October 11, 2021
STV News: "Given the gruesome nature of welfare abuse, mass mortalities & lice infestations it is not surprising that this Norwegian-owned behemoth wants to stop the public from finding out the ugly truth about Scottish salmon" https://t.co/HlRWu4RmVO @STVNews @giannilmarini pic.twitter.com/o8kveENGsj
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 11, 2021