Green Around the Gills

Bakkafrost's Scottish Salmon Nightmare Gets Worse with 10,000 Tonne Black Hole in Scotland!

 

Bakkafrost's Scottish Salmon Nightmare Gets Worse with 10,000 Tonne Black Hole! @Folketrygdfond @ScotlandSalmon @TavishScott
The £5 million investment of public money in the deadly Applecross facility @marinescotland & @HIEScotland is dead in the water! https://t.co/xWpvFgUlLT pic.twitter.com/ah1ZkiL2iw

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 8, 2022

 

 

 

Investors in beleaguered Bakkafrost Scotland (formerly called The Scottish Salmon Company) must be choking on their 'responsibly sourced' RSPCA Assured Scottish salmon as news of further losses rack up.  Fish Farming Expert reported (8 November 2022):

 

 

 

Bakkafrost's latest financial nightmare during Q3 2022 can be downloaded online here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bakkafrost's Q3 2022 presentation showcases their Applecross Hatchery (formerly known as Russel Burn) - which received £5 million in public funding in December 2021 - as a way out of their financial black hole:

 

 

 

 

 

However, mortality data published by the Scottish Government earlier this month (1 November 2022) reveals that the Applecross Hatchery/Smolt Unit is part of Bakkafrost's problems not the panacea.  In fact, The Scottish Salmon Company (renamed Bakkafrost Scotland in June 2022 but still called The Scottish Salmon Company in the Scottish Government mortality database) has reported 21 'Mortality Event Reports' since July 2017 totalling 2.65 million morts (2,652,412 to be precise).  Yet 12 of those 'Mortality Event Reports' - accounting for 2.45 million morts (2,449,227 to be precise) - were reported this year.  In other words, mortality problems at Applecross are escalating at an alarming rate: 

 

 

 

If you analyse the mortality data published by the Scottish Government earlier this month (1 November 2022) by year, it becomes clear that Bakkafrost's mortality mountain is rising higher than Ben Nevis with 4.65 million morts already reported in 2022 (data up to early October) compared to 1.23 million morts reported in 2019 and over 15 million morts reported by Bakkafrost/The Scottish Salmon Company since May 2015:  

 

 

Nightmare Before Xmas - Bakkafrost's mortalities in Scotland are rising like a scene from the Walking Dead!
How can a rise from 1.23 million dead salmon in 2019 to 4.65 million dead salmon in 2022 be "sustainable"? @Folketrygdfond @NFdep @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/xWpvFgUlLT pic.twitter.com/I76Dr0Xl3X

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 9, 2022

 

In other words, it's shaping up for one mort per pound invested in Bakkafrost Scotland/The Scottish Salmon Company by Highlands & Islands Enterprise and Marine Scotland (who invested £5 million of public money in December 2021)!

 

 

 

 

Here's the highest 'Mortality Event Reports' from Bakkafrost Scotland/The Scottish Salmon Company since 2015 - headed by Applecross Hatchery/Smolt Unit: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fish Farmer reported (8 November 2022):

 

 

 

Salmon Business reported (8 November 2022):

 

 

 

Bakkafrost's mass mortalities are only exceeded by the PR bullshit which saw the company greenwashed as 'sustainable' at the Highlands and Islands Food and Drink Awards earlier this month:

 

 

 

 

As well as winning award after award, Bakkafrost tops Scottish Salmon's latest 'League of Death' (as sponsored by RSPCA Assured and the ASC and sourced from data published by the Scottish Government on 1 November 2022):

 

 

Data Junkies - get your fix of new information on mass mortalities on salmon farms across Scotland - as reported by @scotgov @marinescotland https://t.co/oZtlH0CRpV
Shame on @rspcaassured & @ASC_aqua for greenwashing disease-ridden farmed salmon! @ScotlandSalmon @TavishScott pic.twitter.com/cHCqCzaET1

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 4, 2022

 

 

 

Fish Farmer reported last month (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

 

 

 

In 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

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:

Death Stalks Scottish Salmon - Rising Mortalities Plague RSPCA Assured & ASC-Certified Sites!

RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Infested with 50 Lice, Poxvirus, Necrosis, Lesions & Myocarditis!

Salmon Hell on 'God's Island' - Mass Mortalities Pile Up (Again) at RSPCA Assured Bakkafrost off Isle of Gigha!

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

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

"Our ambition is to become the leading most sustainable salmon producer in Scotland" said Bakkafrost Scotland. "The proactive management of the health & welfare of our salmon is at the forefront of our sustainability strategy" @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/mos56zEnNG#Bollocks pic.twitter.com/KYgJcfOROm

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 18, 2022

 

The Enforcement Problem: New report exposes how welfare abuse inside factory farms (including salmon) slips through the inspection net!

 

New charity connected to Advocates for Animals @AnimallawFDN and @animal_equality have produced a comprehensive report that assesses the enforcement of farm welfare law.

Read the report here: https://t.co/lrttFYfTeH pic.twitter.com/rFOTwRDAjJ

— Advocates for Animals | Solicitors (@Animallawyersuk) November 8, 2022

 

A new report - 'The Enforcement Problem' - published by Animal Equality and the Animal Law Foundation exposes the lack of enforcement with respect to welfare abuse on factory farms (including salmon):

 

 

Animal Equality and @AnimallawFDN have released a groundbreaking new report investigating how animal protection laws are monitored and enforced. What we have found will shock you 👀

Learn more ⬇️https://t.co/bycuDfg10Y pic.twitter.com/sZsu1PkWki

— Animal Equality UK (@animal_equality) November 8, 2022

 

Edie Bowles @AnimallawFDN: "I have been exposed for a long time to what I now call 'The Enforcement Problem'. This is when a law exists on paper, but is grossly underenforced in practice, rendering its value questionable at best and redundant at worst" https://t.co/l7GkEzEXIV pic.twitter.com/KN3RQneR7f

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 8, 2022

 

 

 

 

Abigail Penny @animal_equality: "With an absence of inspections, lack of verifiable data, a failure to provide adequate deterrents & insufficient action when laws are broken, regulatory bodies are leaving major corporations to cause harm with impunity" https://t.co/l7GkEzW0KV pic.twitter.com/nMm3IHPI0U

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 8, 2022

 

The report includes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's undercover footage inside The Scottish Salmon Company published  by Animal Equality in February 2021:

 

 

 

 

The Animal Equality and Animal Law Foundation report - 'The Enforcement Problem' - highlighted the woeful lack of welfare enforcement and made specific reference to undercover investigations at salmon farms in Scotland:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strangely, the Animal Equality and Animal Law Foundation report ignores specific reference to extensive undercover investigations inside salmon farms across Scotland carried out by Compassion in World Farming, Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots, Scottish Salmon Watch and $camon $cotland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What enforcement action is being undertaken to stop systematic welfare abuse inside salmon farms? @rspcaassured @APHAgovuk @marinescotland @scotseafarms @ScottishSPCA @marksandspencer @ProfCMDwyer @CVOScotland @MairiGougeon @ScotlandSalmon @philip_ciwf https://t.co/PHFsqdRJ7i https://t.co/ZVn8DEZo6y pic.twitter.com/HAB4yIj6zj

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 12, 2022

 

 

 

 

The Guardian reported (8 November 2022):

 

 

Excellent research by Animal Equality UK @animal_equality and Animal Law Foundation @AnimallawFDN in today’s Graun: One in 300 animal welfare complaints at UK farms lead to prosecution – study. https://t.co/l18VrHyCNZ

— Kim Stallwood (@grumpyvegan) November 8, 2022

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch wrote to the Secretary of State in April 2021:

 

Given the serious nature of the allegations, Scottish Salmon Watch hope that @DefraGovUK
investigate @APHAgovuk surveillance & inspection of salmon farms in #Scotland @FergusEwingSNP @BenMacpherson @kamesfishfarm @rspcaassured @CGrahameMSP @scotgp https://t.co/vUKNjDsPIR pic.twitter.com/M6H7b9B6BE

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 21, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Whitewashing Welfare Abuse of Scottish Salmon!
Read the inside story - sourced via FOI - into how @APHAgovuk 'inspect' millions of farmed fish & turn a blind eye to welfare abuse @SSPOsays @scotseafarms @kamesfishfarm @rspcaassured @marksandspencer https://t.co/vgp2qsSSsQ pic.twitter.com/APUPVisONy

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 15, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Compassion in World Farming investigated 22 salmon farms in four months between September & December 2020 using cameras, drones & divers. APHA 'inspected' 22 salmon farms in six years (2014 to 2019)! How many did @rspcaassured inspect? https://t.co/vgp2qsBh4g @media_ciwf pic.twitter.com/jMBQsCJZUF

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 20, 2021

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

Open Letter to the RSPCA & ASC - please stop certifying Scottish salmon as "responsibly farmed"!

Video Exclusive: Secret Filming Exposes Horrific Welfare Abuse Inside RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Farms

Closing the Net on Welfare Abuse on Salmon Farms - Scottish Veterinary Service replaces APHA

EXPOSED: Salmon Scotland's Dirty Trade in Cleaner Fish

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

Breaking News: "Horror Videos Reveal Welfare Abuse Inside Scottish Salmon & Trout Cages"

Press Release: "Secret Filming Exposes Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured Mowi - Campaigners call for Mowi to be fined & RSPCA certification rescinded"

Secret Filming Exposes RSPCA ‘Abused’ Scottish Salmon - Welfare Complaint Filed Against M&S Supplier Scottish Sea Farms

Letter to Secretary of State re. Welfare Abuse at Scottish Salmon Farms

Whitewashing Welfare Abuse of Scottish Salmon (as sponsored via RSPCA, SSPCA & APHA)

Revealed: The Farmed Salmon Crisis

Media Backgrounder: The Welfare Nightmare of Scottish Salmon (Updated)

Covid measures ‘didn’t affect farmed salmon welfare’ claim Marine Scotland Science (who were not allowed to inspect farms for half of 2020)!

Ongoing welfare abuse & unnecessary suffering on salmon farms - why no prosecutions?

RSPCA Suspend Salmon Farm Inspections

Censored: Welfare Abuse on Salmon Farms

Photo Dossier of Diseased, Deformed & Abused Scottish Salmon

Welfare Abuse on Scottish Salmon Farms - Legal Action Vs Scottish Ministers & Salmon Farming Companies

Welfare Abuse at Scottish Salmon Farms - Why No Legal Enforcement Or Prosecutions?

Legal Complaint Vs Breaches of Animal Health & Welfare (Scotland) Act

 

 

The creation of the Scottish Veterinary Service is "a major step forward for animal welfare but only if it's fully resourced & empowered to properly police all sectors of animal agriculture in Scotland" @SRUCVets @CVOScotland @ScotGovRural @animal_concernhttps://t.co/7HHnQsjXwa pic.twitter.com/sPl1Y0bwLD

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 18, 2022

 

Norwegian Police brings charges against salmon farmer for alleged violation of the Animal Welfare Act & Food Act https://t.co/ukHrgYmKXE
When will @PoliceScotland @APHAgovuk & @scotgov start policing welfare abuse on salmon farms in Scotland? @ciwf @onekindtweet @scotgp @PETAUK

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 8, 2021

 

 

 

ADDENDUM:

 

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 2:05 PM
Subject: FOI re. welfare of salmon farms since 1 April 2020
To: SM-APHA-Enquiries APHA <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Cc: APHA Corporate Correspondence <[email protected]>

 

Please provide information on welfare inspections, welfare assessments, welfare investigations and welfare abuse relating to salmon farms in Scotland since 1 April 2020.

 

Please include letters, enforcement notices, emails, photos, videos, inspection reports, documents and any other information relating to welfare abuse, welfare inspections, welfare investigations and welfare assessment of salmon farms in Scotland.

 

Please also specify the number of salmon farm visits attended by APHA from 1 May 2020 to 8 November 2022. 

 

Please note that a FOI reply by APHA on 11 May 2020 detailed:

 

 

Cited via: https://donstaniford.typepad.com/my-blog/2021/04/letter-to-defra-re-welfare-abuse-at-scottish-salmon-farms-.html

 

 

Please note from today's Guardian newspaper which reported:

 

The APHA said: “We take breaches of animal welfare legislation very seriously and investigate every allegation that is reported to us.”

 

Via: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/08/one-in-300-animal-welfare-complaints-at-uk-farms-lead-to-prosecution-study

 

 

Read more via The Enforcement Problem: New report exposes how welfare abuse inside factory farms (including salmon) slips through the inspection net!

 

In particular, please provide information - including emails, letters, enforcement action, photos, videos, documents and any other details - relating to welfare complaints submitted by Scottish Salmon Watch and $camon $cotland in May 2021, July 2021, September 2021 and July 2022; namely:

 

- 10 May 2021 vs Scottish Sea Farms (Loch Spelve): https://donstaniford.typepad.com/my-blog/2021/05/secret-filming-exposes-rspca-abused-scottish-salmontry.html

 

- 19 June 2021 vs Mowi salmon farms (Poll Na Gille, Port Na Cro, SW Shuna & Bagh Dail Nan Ceann): https://donstaniford.typepad.com/my-blog/2021/07/welfare-complaint-filed-vs-mowis-rspca-assured-responsibly-sourced-scottish-salmon-.html

 

- 7 September 2021 vs The Scottish Salmon Company (West Strome in Loch Carron): https://donstaniford.typepad.com/my-blog/2021/09/welfare-complaint-vs-the-scottish-salmon-company-in-loch-carron-7-september-2021.html

 

- 11 July 2022 vs Scottish Sea Farms (Fiunary, Scallastle Bay, Fishnish & Creran): https://donstaniford.typepad.com/files/welfare-complaint-vs-scottish-sea-farms-in-sound-of-mull-loch-creran-11-july-2022.pdf

 

 

Over and above the welfare complaints cited above, please provide information on any other welfare issues relating to salmon farms held by APHA since 1 April 2020. 

 

Please consider this a formal FOI request under the relevant FOI and Environmental Information regulations.

 

Please provide a receipt for this FOI request.

 

Please provide the information requested electronically.

 

Thanks,

 

Don Staniford

 

Director, $camon $cotland

 

 

 

 

From: SM-APHA-Enquiries APHA <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 3:05 PM
Subject: Acknowledgement ATIC2927
To: Don Staniford <[email protected]>

 

Ref: ATIC2927

Dear Don Staniford

Thank you for your request for information about salmon farm welfare inspections, which was received on 08 November 2022.  Your request is being considered in respect to the access to information legislation.

As required by the legislation, APHA aim to answer your request within 20 working days from the date we received it.  If for any reason APHA are unable to meet this deadline, you will be kept fully informed of the reasons for this.

In the meantime, if you have any queries, please contact the Access to Information Team at the email address below.

 

ACCESS TO INFORMATION TEAM

Email: [email protected]

"Explosive" FOI disclosure from SEPA on Toxic Gases Spewing from The Scottish Salmon Company (Bakkafrost) Off Portree!

 

"Explosive" FOI disclosure @ScottishEPA on Toxic Gases Spewing from The Scottish Salmon Co (Bakkafrost) off Skye! https://t.co/ZuJ147DRec
Hydrogen Sulphide detected at 55,000 ppm "which puts the gas into explosive range" @ScotlandSalmon @GaelForceGroup @_KateForbes @MairiMcAllan pic.twitter.com/oBbuHr430j

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 8, 2022

 

 

 

$camon $cotland today (7 November 2022) published 'explosive' documents exposing the dangerous nature of salmon farming:

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLOSIVE WARNING: "A gas sample was collected directly from the sunken barge & analysed by a Marine Chemist which provided the results of H2S in concentrations of 55,000 ppm which puts the gas into explosive range" @ScottishEPA @ScotlandSalmon @MCA_media https://t.co/ZuJ147UUgc pic.twitter.com/L2VvtEnOWx

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 8, 2022

 

 

 

"Scottish salmon is an unexploded time-bomb. Toxic gases, mass mortalities, infectious diseases, lice infestations & rising community resistance across the Highlands & Islands will blow salmon farming in Scotland out of the water" https://t.co/ZuJ147UUgc pic.twitter.com/pDpQPSfnVh

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 8, 2022

 

 

 

Read the press release and FOI backgrounder in full online here

 

 

Download FOI documents disclosed by SEPA on 4 November 2022:

SEPA EIR Response F0194491 4 November 2022

Email 1_Update From Barge Recovery works

Email 2_Notification on Barge at Portree

Email 3_Portree Barge Gas Venting Plan Update

Email 3_Salmon Feeder Barge Gas Purging_Attachment

Email 4_Bakkafrost Statement

 

 

 

Last week (1 November 2022), $camon $cotland received a Freedom of Information reply from the Maritime & Coastguard Agency detailing how the sunken feed barge is expected to be lifted to the surface "in November 2022":

 

 

 

Why wasn't a public warning issued on the danger of "explosive" gases spewing from Scottish Salmon's sunken feed barge off Skye? @HighlandCouncil @MCA_media @NHSScotland @marinescotland @PoliceScotland @Ianblackford_MP @_KateForbes @ScotlandSalmon @scotgp https://t.co/ZuJ147DRec https://t.co/kIWoRGRUtL pic.twitter.com/mGwqV4mGB4

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 8, 2022

 

BBC News reported in August 2022:

 

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

 

 

 

$camon Scotland broke the news following a tip-off by a whistleblower on 28 August 2022:

 

Tip-off re. Bakkafrost off Portree: "Their feed barge sank end of last year...a few weeks ago divers [trying to raise it]...stopped as there was found to be very high levels of toxic gasses....this has lead to an exclusion zone....there is a 24hr guard"
True? @ScottishEPA pic.twitter.com/sus4ZLFyqh

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 29, 2022

 

 

WARNING: Dangerous Scottish Salmon - toxic gases containing Hydrogen Sulphide - known as 'swamp gas' - are spewing from Bakkafrost Scotland's salmon farm off Portree https://t.co/b6sRwpqDgi
Avoid Toxic Scottish Salmon! @ScotlandSalmon @_KateForbes @Ianblackford_MP @ScottishEPA pic.twitter.com/p8wrqlOvp2

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2022

 

 

 

Read more via:

Toxic Salmon Barge Salvaged This Month Off Portree (as revealed by FOI disclosure by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency)

500m exclusion zone near Portree Harbour in Skye as barge gives of rotten eggs smell

P&J: "Exclusion zone set up around Skye barge giving off rotten eggs smell"

"Experts tackle lethal gas leaking from sunken feed barge" (Fish Farming Expert)

BBC News: "'Rotten egg' gas leaking from fish feed barge wreck - 500m exclusion zone placed near Portree on Skye"

Toxic Gasses Spew From The Scottish Salmon Company (Bakkafrost Scotland) Off Portree

 

 

Is this 'state-of-the-art' feed barge now spewing toxic gasses on the bottom of the seabed off Portree? @GaelForceGroup @ScotlandSalmon @WHFP1 @bbcalba @marinescotland @ScottishEPA @H_S_E https://t.co/qWI1VyqAVN #HydrogenSulphide #Toxic #Scottish #Salmon pic.twitter.com/o5WTZybupy

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2022

 

Toxic Salmon Barge Salvaged This Month Off Portree (as revealed by FOI disclosure by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency)

 

 

"An exclusion zone was put in place & guard vessel was deployed to patrol the area" @MCA_media "The Secretary of State's Representative for Maritime Salvage has been engaged in the process from outset" https://t.co/jepHbH4N6P
Why no public warning? @ScotlandSalmon @_KateForbes pic.twitter.com/BwbpV3fobn

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 8, 2022

 

 

A Freedom of Information reply from the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (1 November 2022) lifts the lid on the sinking and salvage of a salmon feed barge spewing toxic gases off Portree on the Isle of Skye:

 

 

 

BBC News reported in August 2022:

 

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

 

 

 

The Press & Journal reported in August 2022:

 

The Press & Journal: Don Staniford, of campaign group $camon $cotland, said the barge has lain on the seabed for months, raising the issue on his social media accounts. "Scottish salmon farming is a toxic industry," said Mr Staniford @pressjournal https://t.co/4vz3C9X1Ry

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 31, 2022

 

 

Boat still guards toxic fish farm for public safety. Both SEPA and Scottish Salmon knew about the sinking last year. They just “forgot” to inform the local community? A “need to know” secretive atmosphere. Locals swim and are taught sailing in these waters. Absolutely disgusting. pic.twitter.com/JMPUdc2eZE

— Jon Johnson (@Jonnynogaps) August 31, 2022

 

 

 

Here's drone footage of the Portree salmon farm shot on 29 August 2022 showing what is believed to be a 24 hour guard boat patrolling the site:

 

 

 

 

$camon $cotland reported in August 2022:

 

WARNING: Dangerous Scottish Salmon - toxic gases containing Hydrogen Sulphide - known as 'swamp gas' - are spewing from Bakkafrost Scotland's salmon farm off Portree https://t.co/b6sRwpqDgi
Avoid Toxic Scottish Salmon! @ScotlandSalmon @_KateForbes @Ianblackford_MP @ScottishEPA pic.twitter.com/p8wrqlOvp2

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2022

 

If there is an exclusion zone in place around Bakkafrost's toxic salmon farming operation off the important harbour of Portee on the Isle of Skye it begs the question: is it safe for cruise ships to visit (as The World did last week)?

 

How many miles is the safety exclusion area around Bakkafrost Scotland's Portree salmon farm?
When cruise ships such as 'The World' visit Skye how far away from toxic Scottish salmon do they steer? @MCA_media @H_S_E @scotgov #Toxic #Scottish #Salmon https://t.co/b6sRwpqDgi pic.twitter.com/Gg9oGIdWRo

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2022

 

 

 

Is this the sun setting on the booming tourist industry on the Isle of Skye? An exclusion zone - due to dangerous toxic gasses - around the salmon farm off Portree is not good for business! @_KateForbes @Ianblackford_MP @SkyeforAll @VisitScotland @VisitScotNews @MairiGougeon https://t.co/qJiRonNbSw pic.twitter.com/C9fBp6MTNm

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2022

 

 

The public surely deserve to be told if there is an exclusion zone around the toxic Scottish Salmon Company?

 

Video footage of Bakkafrost's salmon farm off Portree (the boat is on 24 hour guard to stop people going close to the leaking toxic gases from the sunken feed barge) https://t.co/NujiGZv5C9
How big is the safety exclusion zone? @PoliceScotland @ScottishEPA @H_S_E @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/OFmYAJjgZg

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2022

 

 

 

The feed barge which sank may have only been launched in 2019.  Fish Farming Expert reported in March 2019:

 

 

 

Is this 'state-of-the-art' feed barge now spewing toxic gasses on the bottom of the seabed off Portree? @GaelForceGroup @ScotlandSalmon @WHFP1 @bbcalba @marinescotland @ScottishEPA @H_S_E https://t.co/qWI1VyqAVN #HydrogenSulphide #Toxic #Scottish #Salmon pic.twitter.com/o5WTZybupy

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2022

 

 

 

Read more via:

P&J: "Exclusion zone set up around Skye barge giving off rotten eggs smell"

"Experts tackle lethal gas leaking from sunken feed barge" (Fish Farming Expert)

BBC News: "'Rotten egg' gas leaking from fish feed barge wreck - 500m exclusion zone placed near Portree on Skye"

Toxic Gasses Spew From The Scottish Salmon Company (Bakkafrost Scotland) Off Portree

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

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?

 

 

 

Photo of Bakkafrost's toxic feedlot off Portree taken this afternoon - leaking dangerous hydrogen sulphide 'swamp gas' (think rotten eggs). You can see the 24 hour guard boat enforcing a 500 m exclusion zone #Toxic #Scottish #Salmon @ScotlandSalmon @_KateForbes @Ianblackford_MP pic.twitter.com/TAdde51S09

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2022

 

 

Breaking News: potentially lethal toxic gasses leaking from a sunken feed barge at Bakkafrost salmon farm off Portree suspend salvage operation with 24 hour guard & exclusion zone @briggsmarine
Why has the public not been informed of the risks? @ScottishEPA @MairiMcAllan @H_S_E pic.twitter.com/avM09qC0Yp

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2022

 

 

Tip-off re. Bakkafrost off Portree: "Their feed barge sank end of last year...a few weeks ago divers [trying to raise it]...stopped as there was found to be very high levels of toxic gasses....this has lead to an exclusion zone....there is a 24hr guard"
True? @ScottishEPA pic.twitter.com/sus4ZLFyqh

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 29, 2022

 

 

ADDENDUM:

 

From: The Highland Council <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 9:54 AM
Subject: Freedom of Information request FS-Case-463216942 has been submitted
To: <[email protected]>

Your Freedom of Information request has been submitted.

Request summary

Subject of request: Sinking & Salvage of Portree Feed Barge
Details of your request: Please consider this a formal request for information re. the sinking and salvage of the feed barge off Portree.

Please include emails, letters, documents, photos, videos and any other information since 1 November 2021.

Please see attached a FOI reply dated 1 November 2022 from the Maritime & Coastguard Agency which provides more context and more information (and names Highland Council as responsible for the salvage operation).

More details were reported in August 2022 via:
P&J: "Exclusion zone set up around Skye barge giving off rotten eggs smell"
"Experts tackle lethal gas leaking from sunken feed barge" (Fish Farming Expert)
BBC News: "'Rotten egg' gas leaking from fish feed barge wreck - 500m exclusion zone placed near Portree on Skye"
Toxic Gasses Spew From The Scottish Salmon Company (Bakkafrost Scotland) Off Portree

Please consider this a FOI request under the relevant FOI and Environmental Information regulations.

Please provide a receipt of this FOI request.

Please provide the information electronically.

Your reference is FS-Case-463216942. Please quote this if you need to contact us.

We aim to handle your case within 20 working days of the date we received your correspondence, which was 2022-11-04.

Yours sincerely,

Customer Resolution & Improvement Team

 

 

 

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 7:49 AM
Subject: FOI re. sinking & salvage of Portree feed barge
To: Freedom of Information <[email protected]>
Cc: D&I FOI <[email protected]>

 

Please consider this a formal request for information re. the sinking and salvage of the feed barge off Portree.

 

Please include emails, letters, documents, photos, videos and any other information since 1 November 2021.  

 

Please see attached a FOI reply dated 1 November 2022 from the Maritime & Coastguard Agency which provides more context and more information (and names Highland Council as responsible for the salvage operation). 

 

More details were reported in August 2022 via:

P&J: "Exclusion zone set up around Skye barge giving off rotten eggs smell"

"Experts tackle lethal gas leaking from sunken feed barge" (Fish Farming Expert)

BBC News: "'Rotten egg' gas leaking from fish feed barge wreck - 500m exclusion zone placed near Portree on Skye"

Toxic Gasses Spew From The Scottish Salmon Company (Bakkafrost Scotland) Off Portree

 

Please consider this a FOI request under the relevant FOI and Environmental Information regulations.

 

Please provide a receipt of this FOI request.

 

Please provide the information electronically.

 

Thanks,

 

Don Staniford

 

$camon $cotland

 

 

 

 

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: Portree Fish Feed Barge - FOI 4050
To: InformationAssurance <[email protected]>
Cc: Gary Spark <[email protected]>, FOI <[email protected]>, HM Coastguard <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Please consider this a formal request for a review of $camon $cotland's FOI request dated 31 August 2022.

 

Suffice to say that no original documents, emails, letters and other information were disclosed. Only a summary was provided.

 

Please therefore provide a more detailed FOI reply - including source documents.

 

Thanks,

 

Don Staniford

 

Director, $camon $cotland

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Petition Vs Cooke Aquaculture in Scotland Makes Waves Worldwide!

 

Petition against Cooke Aquaculture's expansion plans in Scotland closes in on 500 - please sign and spread the word against disease-ridden salmon farming! @Change https://t.co/IwVGwjIwKi @NOFF_Tasmania @BobBrownFndn @SalmonNews @LivingOceansFdn @NSFAS_Ireland @CCNScotland pic.twitter.com/koGh6Gzsqp

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

A petition against Cooke Aquaculture's expansion plans off Papa Westray in the Northern Orkney Islands is making waves worldwide!

 

 

500 people have now signed a petition calling on Cooke to halt salmon farming expansion in Orkney! https://t.co/IwVGwjrtIi
Please tell @OrkneyCouncil & @CookeScotland to stop polluting pristine coastal waters - enough is enough! @amy_may @PapayRanger @RutterfordArt @KateChatto1 pic.twitter.com/ZVNsfkxflf

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 7, 2022

 

"Fish farming is a pestilence all over the globe," commented Chris Potter echoeing the sentiment of many people who have signed the petition.

 

 

Anne Mosness: "Cooke fish farms allowed hundreds of thousands of nonnative salmon to escape in one disastrous accident in Washington waters along with pollution & pathogens. Our wild species have been at risk for decades from Cooke"https://t.co/YpuUDoBdyK @CookeSeafood #Cooke pic.twitter.com/obKq9tJ67m

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 7, 2022

 

 

 

Cooke's expansion plans in Scotland are attracting the kind of media attention which makes shareholders and investors decidedly jittery:

 

"Enough is enough" said Wendy Elves. "We have seen an increase in salmon farming by stealth...This damaging farm – and all others – must be halted" https://t.co/tz495IqFuo @OrkneyCouncil @CookeScotland @ScotlandSalmon @CCNScotland @PapayRanger @KateChatto1 @RutterfordArt @scotgp

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

Cooke Aquaculture has left a legacy of environmental pollution, mass mortalities, dead seals and welfare abuse! https://t.co/iQKP4evPGU pic.twitter.com/mEYrH0gLOu

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

“Economic development must not come at the long-term detriment of our community who have already welcomed more than our share of industrial fish farming. Further expansion will destroy our way of life and our deep sense of place & purpose” @CookeScotland https://t.co/9z7B0iJDfV pic.twitter.com/gC2y51p7YZ

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 7, 2022

 

 

All over the world there is growing community resistance to Cooke Aquaculture:

 

 

Living Oceans & Global Salmon Farming Resistance allies published an open letter in Aussie 🇦🇺 newspapers, inc @themercurycomau, to Tasmanians & government warning them on Cooke Inc's public record of violations & disregard of regs in 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇱🇬🇧

Read 🧵to TAKE ACTION 👇 pic.twitter.com/a999YdxDI3

— Living Oceans (@living_oceans) November 3, 2022

 

 

Here are some testimonies from GSFR members around the world who have Cooke as their neighbour 👇#rec3forsafeseas #sumofus #tassal #cookeinc #huonaquaculture #petuna #politas #jbs #FishFarmsOut pic.twitter.com/2GV70ePTpc

— Living Oceans (@living_oceans) November 3, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Tasmanian Times reported (2 November 2022):

 

 

 

International spotlight turned on Tasmania:
Warnings as Canadian Giant Buys out Tassal by GSFR @themercurycomau @TassalSalmon @RockliffTeam @tanya_plibersek @9NewsMelb pic.twitter.com/1C9TWeB540

— TAMP -Tasmanian Alliance for Marine Protection (@TAMP_TasMarine) November 1, 2022

 

 

 

The Advocate reported (3 November 2022):

 

 

 

 

Our fish farm campaigner @Alitarctica talking about the takeover of Tassal by Cooke Aquaculture. The #toxic Tasmanian salmon industry is only going to get worse, which seems unimaginable.https://t.co/VByUzbLCcH

— Bob Brown Foundation (@BobBrownFndn) November 3, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

STV News: "Campaigners are calling for an immediate ban on salmon fish farming developments in Scotland over environmental concerns"

Letter from Save Papay to Environment Minister: "enforce a moratorium on fish farms across the whole of Scotland"

Sunday Times: "Islanders up in arms about new fish farm"

Tasmanian TV reporting on Cooke Aquaculture: "one of the world's worst salmon farming companies"

'Organic' Salmon Farming Quadruples in a Decade - 9% of Scottish farmed salmon now greenwashed by Soil Association!

Rubber-stamping Salmon Farm Approvals - 99% success rate!

"Disgrace for democracy...diabolical decision" decries No East Moclett Group on BBC Radio Orkney

The Times: "Author Amy Liptrot joins island’s fish farm protest"

Protests Continue Vs Cooke's Salmon Farming Expansion Off Orkney - appeal vs East Moclett in the pipeline!

Mega Media Splash Vs Cooke's Super-Sized Salmon Farm Off Orkney - The Scotsman, The Herald, The National, Daily Telegraph & even Fish Farmer!!

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 - RSPCA Assured Ouseness Oozes Welfare Abuse!

Shetland salmon packing factory leaks 'blood water' into sea

Cooke's Untreated Blood Water is "Gross" says SEPA - "Poor" processing plant pollutes Mid Yell Voe in Shetland

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

Environmental Event report re. "raw effluent" and overflowing "blood water" at Cooke's Mid Yell processing plant - January 2017

 

 

Petition leaps over 400 - please add your name to the call to stop salmon farming expansion @Change
Save Papay: "It's a simple plea: Enough is Enough!" https://t.co/IwVGwjrtIi @CookeSeafood @CookeScotland @ScotlandSalmon @MairiMcAllan @CCNScotland @ScotSalmonTank @amy_may

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

 

"This is pure propaganda pitched at children. Perhaps they are too young to learn about fish farms as disgusting industrial & chemical complexes where millions of fish - many deformed - die of disease. Shame on you M&S" https://t.co/KS1EkypCoi @marksandspencer @KennyRKemp #MandS pic.twitter.com/JUg7cT8vIO

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 18, 2022

 

Photo Exclusive: Cooke's RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon - fresh from Shetland with eye damage, lesions, diseases & viruses!

 

Sneak Preview: Which @rspcaassured salmon farm are these delicious nay sustainable fish sourced from? Photos taken by the Fish Health Inspectorate @scotgov https://t.co/2sBrJXdrlL
Clue... @CookeScotland @TavishScott @Shetnews @ShFishermen @shetlandtimes @ScotlandSalmon @waitrose pic.twitter.com/HIQ8zJv4LG

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 31, 2022

 

'Case Information' slipped out last month (25 October 2022) by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate exposes the scam that is "responsibly sourced" RSPCA Assured Scottish salmon. 

 

 

 

 

Photo Exclusive: Cooke's @rspcaassured salmon - fresh from Shetland with eye damage, lesions & viruses @CookeScotland @ScotlandSalmon @TavishScott
Inspection @scotgov details moribund fish "hanging vertically", Piscine Myocarditis, Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis & heart disease pic.twitter.com/cht60wNv2x

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 7, 2022

 

Here's excerpts from the inspection report (2022-0110) which details eye damage, moribund fish with one fish "hanging vertically", lesions, infectious diseases and viruses reported at RSPCA Assured Cooke Aquaculture's Vee Taing salmon farm in Shetland during an inspection in April 2022: 

 

 

Lifting the lid on @rspcaassured Scottish salmon - anyone for eye damage, "lesions on the flanks", Piscine Myocarditis, Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis, Cardiomyopathy syndrome, Vibrio & Moritella vicosa (Winter ulcer)? https://t.co/XiUU4MFz35 @CookeScotland @ScotlandSalmon #Cooke pic.twitter.com/ileRlk0qcz

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 7, 2022

 

A 'Fish Health Inspectorate Visit Report' dated 2 September 2022 - published by the Scottish Government on 25 October 2022 - detailed "varying degrees of eye damage and lesions to the flanks", "damaged tails and pectoral fins" and "erosion of the snouts" amongst 50 moribund and lethargic fish and positive tests for Piscine Myocarditis, Moritella vicosa, Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus and Vibrio as well as "pathology consistent with Cardiomyopathy syndrome", peritonitis and splenitis:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last month (14 October 2022), $camon Scotland wrote to the RSPCA calling for an end to the greenwashing of Scottish salmon.

 

Please end torture & cruelty on salmon farms in Scotland! @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd
Stop certifying Scottish salmon as "responsibly sourced" @rspcaassured & "farmed responsibly" @ASC_aqua https://t.co/GdiaY00bHJ #RSPCA #ASC #Scottish #Scamon@philip_ciwf @Animallawyersuk pic.twitter.com/S6O6cYkQQc

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 14, 2022

 

 

Enough is enough! Please stop greenwashing Scottish salmon as 'responsible' & 'organic'! @rspcaassured @SoilAssociation @ASC_aqua @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/XiUU4MnpOX @ChrisGPackham pic.twitter.com/0rBCtg9mxI

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 7, 2022

 

 

Campaigners on Orkney are protesting against plans by Cooke Aquaculture to expand off Papa Westray: 

 

 

 

 

Down Under in Tasmania, protestors earlier this month also raised objections to Cooke's expansion plans with a letter headed 'Tasmania is Cooked' published in newspapers across Australia:

 

 

Living Oceans & Global Salmon Farming Resistance allies published an open letter in Aussie 🇦🇺 newspapers, inc @themercurycomau, to Tasmanians & government warning them on Cooke Inc's public record of violations & disregard of regs in 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇱🇬🇧

Read 🧵to TAKE ACTION 👇 pic.twitter.com/a999YdxDI3

— Living Oceans (@living_oceans) November 3, 2022

 

 

 

 

"Toxic: The Rotting Underbelly of the Tasmanian Salmon Industry" - published @PenguinBooks on 26 April https://t.co/WlBHM9flOl
"Richard Flanagan’s exposé of the salmon farming industry in Tasmania is chilling" #RichardFlanagan
When is the Scottish edition out? @tavishscott pic.twitter.com/uu78TGOKka

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 21, 2021

 

 

 

The Tasmanian Times reported (2 November 2022):

 

 

 

In August 2022, $camon $cotland published gruesome photos of Cooke Aquaculture's 'organic' salmon from Orkney (sourced from a Scottish Government inspection report):

 

Organic Scamon: here's what Cooke Aquaculture's salmon from Westray on Orkney look like (as inspected by @marinescotland in May) @The_Orcadian @bbcorkney @OrkneyCouncil
Why does the @SoilAssociation certify salmon farms as 'organic'? @SoilAssocScot @CookeScotland @cookeseafood pic.twitter.com/7FTcnt01zG

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 24, 2022

 

 

In what warped world can these fish be truly marketed as "responsibly farmed" and "responsibly sourced"?

 

 

 

 

Crook err I mean Cooke claim "various campaigners promote false information about the UK’s number one food export, farm-raised Scottish salmon" https://t.co/2YYUT4dw23
You mean this 'Case Information' @marinescotland showing welfare abuse at 'organic' @CookeScotland off Westray? pic.twitter.com/DDetOlvTiN

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 9, 2022

 

 

 

 

No wonder nearly 500 people have signed a petition against Cooke Aquaculture's expansion plans in Northern Orkney:

 

 

Petition leaps over 400 - please add your name to the call to stop salmon farming expansion @Change
Save Papay: "It's a simple plea: Enough is Enough!" https://t.co/IwVGwjrtIi @CookeSeafood @CookeScotland @ScotlandSalmon @MairiMcAllan @CCNScotland @ScotSalmonTank @amy_may

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

 

Read more via:

Petition Vs Cooke Aquaculture in Scotland Makes Waves Worldwide!

STV News: "Campaigners are calling for an immediate ban on salmon fish farming developments in Scotland over environmental concerns"

Letter from Save Papay to Environment Minister: "enforce a moratorium on fish farms across the whole of Scotland"

Sunday Times: "Islanders up in arms about new fish farm"

Tasmanian TV reporting on Cooke Aquaculture: "one of the world's worst salmon farming companies"

"Disgrace for democracy...diabolical decision" decries No East Moclett Group on BBC Radio Orkney

The Times: "Author Amy Liptrot joins island’s fish farm protest"

Protests Continue Vs Cooke's Salmon Farming Expansion Off Orkney - appeal vs East Moclett in the pipeline!

Mega Media Splash Vs Cooke's Super-Sized Salmon Farm Off Orkney - The Scotsman, The Herald, The National, Daily Telegraph & even Fish Farmer!!

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!

Organic Scamon: Ocado Challenged Over Mowi's 'Responsibly' Farmed Salmon - 100% Bullshit not 100% Scottish!

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!

Net Tightens on Lawsuits vs 'Salmafia' - Cooke "unable to quash lawsuit over deceptive marketing practices"

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

Cooke's Untreated Blood Water is "Gross" says SEPA - "Poor" processing plant pollutes Mid Yell Voe in Shetland

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

Environmental Event report re. "raw effluent" and overflowing "blood water" at Cooke's Mid Yell processing plant - January 2017

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
"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

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 8, 2022

 

 

 

Here are some testimonies from GSFR members around the world who have Cooke as their neighbour 👇#rec3forsafeseas #sumofus #tassal #cookeinc #huonaquaculture #petuna #politas #jbs #FishFarmsOut pic.twitter.com/9MEC0pWFw1

— Living Oceans (@living_oceans) November 3, 2022

 

STV News: "Campaigners are calling for an immediate ban on salmon fish farming developments in Scotland over environmental concerns"

 

STV News: "Campaigners are calling for an immediate ban on salmon fish farming developments in Scotland over environmental concerns" @STVNews @CookeScotland @CookeSeafood @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/OMOyyT49SW @amy_may @KateChatto1 @PapayRanger @RutterfordArt @ArianeBurgessHI

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

 

STV News reported (6 November 2022):

 

 

 

The Press & Journal reported (6 November 2022):

 

"Enough is enough" said Wendy Elves. "We have seen an increase in salmon farming by stealth...This damaging farm – and all others – must be halted" https://t.co/tz495IqFuo @OrkneyCouncil @CookeScotland @ScotlandSalmon @CCNScotland @PapayRanger @KateChatto1 @RutterfordArt @scotgp

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

Save Papay have slammed the planning process @OrkneyCouncil as “farcical” & for going against the community’s objections. Wendy Elves of Vestness described the newly approved farm as a “massive intrusion” on the “fragile environment” @pressjournal https://t.co/tz495IqFuo @scotgp

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

 

Here's a copy of the newspaper version published in the Press & Journal on 7 November 2022:

 

 

"Island group calls for ban on fish farms" reports today's @ltaylor_DCT @pressjournal
"Enough is enough" says Save Papay! @CookeScotland @ScotlandSalmon @TavishScott @CookeSeafood @ArianeBurgessHI @MairiMcAllan https://t.co/NVnA4GcI5g pic.twitter.com/j3mhZqTU5I

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 7, 2022

 

 

Cooke's expansion plans all over the world are meeting with growing resistance from communities and environmental groups.  Living Oceans Tweeted (3 November 2022):

 

Living Oceans & Global Salmon Farming Resistance allies published an open letter in Aussie 🇦🇺 newspapers, inc @themercurycomau, to Tasmanians & government warning them on Cooke Inc's public record of violations & disregard of regs in 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇱🇬🇧

Read 🧵to TAKE ACTION 👇 pic.twitter.com/a999YdxDI3

— Living Oceans (@living_oceans) November 3, 2022

 

 

Here are some testimonies from GSFR members around the world who have Cooke as their neighbour 👇#rec3forsafeseas #sumofus #tassal #cookeinc #huonaquaculture #petuna #politas #jbs #FishFarmsOut pic.twitter.com/9MEC0pWFw1

— Living Oceans (@living_oceans) November 3, 2022

 

 

 

Cooke Inc. & their empire of subsidiaries have a long history of causing environmental damage & violating regulations from collapsed net pens, alien fish escapes, banned pesticide use, & seal shootings.

Read the violation laundry list & full open letter: https://t.co/4dxHt5I1yK

— Living Oceans (@living_oceans) November 3, 2022

 

 

 

Tasmanian TV featured global criticism of Cooke Aquaculture (1 November 2022) who were labelled "one of the world's worst salmon farming companies":

 

 

 

 

 

Gruesome photos of Cooke's RSPCA Assured 'organic' salmon farming operation in Orkney - published earlier this year by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate - lifted the lid on welfare abuse, infectious diseases and mass mortalities:

 

Organic Scamon: here's what Cooke Aquaculture's salmon from Westray on Orkney look like (as inspected by @marinescotland in May) @The_Orcadian @bbcorkney @OrkneyCouncil
Why does the @SoilAssociation certify salmon farms as 'organic'? @SoilAssocScot @CookeScotland @cookeseafood pic.twitter.com/7FTcnt01zG

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 24, 2022

 

 

 

In what warped world can these fish be truly marketed as "responsibly farmed" and "responsibly sourced"?

 

 

 

EXPOSED - the rotten underbelly of Cooke Aquaculture - why is @rspcaassured & @SoilAssociation greenwashing welfare abuse? @cookeseafood @CookeScotland @ScotlandSalmon @AnimalOutlookhttps://t.co/czDvJTEusf @The_Orcadian @OrkneyCouncil @orkneycom pic.twitter.com/Hl92ROBBqM

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 25, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

Letter from Save Papay to Environment Minister: "enforce a moratorium on fish farms across the whole of Scotland"

Sunday Times: "Islanders up in arms about new fish farm"

Tasmanian TV reporting on Cooke Aquaculture: "one of the world's worst salmon farming companies"

'Organic' Salmon Farming Quadruples in a Decade - 9% of Scottish farmed salmon now greenwashed by Soil Association!

Rubber-stamping Salmon Farm Approvals - 99% success rate!

"Disgrace for democracy...diabolical decision" decries No East Moclett Group on BBC Radio Orkney

The Times: "Author Amy Liptrot joins island’s fish farm protest"

Protests Continue Vs Cooke's Salmon Farming Expansion Off Orkney - appeal vs East Moclett in the pipeline!

Mega Media Splash Vs Cooke's Super-Sized Salmon Farm Off Orkney - The Scotsman, The Herald, The National, Daily Telegraph & even Fish Farmer!!

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 - RSPCA Assured Ouseness Oozes Welfare Abuse!

Shetland salmon packing factory leaks 'blood water' into sea

Cooke's Untreated Blood Water is "Gross" says SEPA - "Poor" processing plant pollutes Mid Yell Voe in Shetland

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

Environmental Event report re. "raw effluent" and overflowing "blood water" at Cooke's Mid Yell processing plant - January 2017

 

 

 

Letter from Save Papay hand-delivered from Orkney to Scotland's Environment Minster @MairiMcAllan: "Enforce a moratorium on fish farms across the whole of Scotland"! @scotgov https://t.co/P4URR4ctTg @ArianeBurgessHI @ScotlandSalmon @CookeScotland @SoilAssociation @ScottishEPA pic.twitter.com/euX9GDs1b6

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

 

 

Islanders up in arms about new fish farm - the Save Papay campaign group is seeking legal advice on a judicial review of the East Moclett salmon farm. "Enough is enough" @CookeSeafood @CookeScotland @MairiMcAllan @ScotlandSalmon @SundayTimesScot https://t.co/bHhWvYYCnU @amy_may

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

 

Cooke Aquaculture has left a legacy of environmental pollution, mass mortalities, dead seals and welfare abuse! https://t.co/iQKP4evPGU pic.twitter.com/mEYrH0gLOu

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

 

Islanders up in arms about new fish farm - the Save Papay campaign group is seeking legal advice on a judicial review of the East Moclett salmon farm. "Enough is enough" @CookeSeafood @CookeScotland @MairiMcAllan @ScotlandSalmon @SundayTimesScot https://t.co/bHhWvYYCnU @amy_may

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

 

Cooke Aquaculture has left a legacy of environmental pollution, mass mortalities, dead seals and welfare abuse! https://t.co/iQKP4evPGU pic.twitter.com/mEYrH0gLOu

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

Letter from Save Papay to Environment Minister: "enforce a moratorium on fish farms across the whole of Scotland"

 

Letter from Save Papay hand-delivered from Orkney to Scotland's Environment Minster @MairiMcAllan: "Enforce a moratorium on fish farms across the whole of Scotland"! @scotgov https://t.co/P4URR4ctTg @ArianeBurgessHI @ScotlandSalmon @CookeScotland @SoilAssociation @ScottishEPA pic.twitter.com/euX9GDs1b6

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

Save Papay sent a letter to Scotland's Environment Minister earlier this week (2 November 2022) calling for an immediate moratorium on fish farms in Scotland - just in case the letter got lost in the post artist Chris Rutterford hand-delivered an extra large envelope direct to the Scottish Government in Edinburgh.  

 

 

 

 

The 10-page letter concluded:

 

 

"We now expect clear & decisive action to rein in the exploitation of communities by international fish farm operators riding rough-shod over inadequate regulatory watchdogs" wrote Save Papay in a letter to Scotland's Env Minister @MairiMcAllan @scotgov https://t.co/P4URR4ctTg pic.twitter.com/o99yl3PuJb

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

 

Read the letter in full online here

 

 

 

The Orcadian reported (6 November 2022):

 

The Orcadian: "Papay campaigners appeal to environment minister" @The_Orcadian @MairiMcAllan
The letter describes their effort as a "community-led demand for an immediate moratorium on all fish farm applications & ongoing developments in Scotland" https://t.co/3inu8xFguI #Cooke

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

 

Fish Farmer reported (7 November 2022):

 

Anti-fish farming campaigners are set to appeal formally against the decision by @OrkneyCouncil to approve a new fish farm in the waters off East Moclett on the island of Papa Westray @CookeScotland @ScotlandSalmon @bbcorkney @ArianeBurgessHI @scotgp https://t.co/9z7B0iJDfV

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 7, 2022

 

 

 

https://t.co/wcC28u8KUl pic.twitter.com/n8zg3RGewg

— Chris Rutterford (@RutterfordArt) November 7, 2022

 

 

 

Sign the petition against Cooke's expansion plans online here

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Enough is enough" say Save Papay "No more fish farms" @CookeScotland @CookeSeafood #Cooke
Please sign a petition calling for a halt to salmon farming expansion off Papa Westray! https://t.co/IwVGwjrtIi pic.twitter.com/6dr57PhXRt

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

 

Read more via:

Sunday Times: "Islanders up in arms about new fish farm"

Tasmanian TV reporting on Cooke Aquaculture: "one of the world's worst salmon farming companies"

'Organic' Salmon Farming Quadruples in a Decade - 9% of Scottish farmed salmon now greenwashed by Soil Association!

Rubber-stamping Salmon Farm Approvals - 99% success rate!

"Disgrace for democracy...diabolical decision" decries No East Moclett Group on BBC Radio Orkney

The Times: "Author Amy Liptrot joins island’s fish farm protest"

Protests Continue Vs Cooke's Salmon Farming Expansion Off Orkney - appeal vs East Moclett in the pipeline!

Mega Media Splash Vs Cooke's Super-Sized Salmon Farm Off Orkney - The Scotsman, The Herald, The National, Daily Telegraph & even Fish Farmer!!

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 - RSPCA Assured Ouseness Oozes Welfare Abuse!

Shetland salmon packing factory leaks 'blood water' into sea

Cooke's Untreated Blood Water is "Gross" says SEPA - "Poor" processing plant pollutes Mid Yell Voe in Shetland

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

Environmental Event report re. "raw effluent" and overflowing "blood water" at Cooke's Mid Yell processing plant - January 2017

 

 

"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

 

Sunday Times: "Islanders up in arms about new fish farm"

 

Islanders up in arms about new fish farm - the Save Papay campaign group is seeking legal advice on a judicial review of the East Moclett salmon farm. "Enough is enough" @CookeSeafood @CookeScotland @MairiMcAllan @ScotlandSalmon @SundayTimesScot https://t.co/bHhWvYYCnU @amy_may

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

 

The Sunday Times reported (6 November 2022):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today's Sunday Times reporting on local opposition on Papa Westray to 'organic' expansion in Northern Orkney @CookeScotland https://t.co/5JWBPyXedo @MairiMcAllan @RutterfordArt @ArianeBurgessHI @amy_may @KateChatto1 @Liam4Orkney @OrkneyCouncil @CookeSeafood @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/BSvu2CEtcQ

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

Here's the newspaper version:

 

 

 

"Islanders fight to cast giant fish farm adrift" reports today's @SundayTimesScot "Papa Westray residents claim latest aquaculture expansion around Orkney will generate as much waste as the population of Inverness" https://t.co/bHhWvYYCnU @CookeScotland @ScotlandSalmon @scotgp pic.twitter.com/rNGtiNlWRY

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

 

 

 

Please sign a petition against Cooke's 'organic' expansion in Orkney online here

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

Tasmanian TV reporting on Cooke Aquaculture: "one of the world's worst salmon farming companies"

'Organic' Salmon Farming Quadruples in a Decade - 9% of Scottish farmed salmon now greenwashed by Soil Association!

Rubber-stamping Salmon Farm Approvals - 99% success rate!

"Disgrace for democracy...diabolical decision" decries No East Moclett Group on BBC Radio Orkney

The Times: "Author Amy Liptrot joins island’s fish farm protest"

Protests Continue Vs Cooke's Salmon Farming Expansion Off Orkney - appeal vs East Moclett in the pipeline!

Mega Media Splash Vs Cooke's Super-Sized Salmon Farm Off Orkney - The Scotsman, The Herald, The National, Daily Telegraph & even Fish Farmer!!

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 - RSPCA Assured Ouseness Oozes Welfare Abuse!

Shetland salmon packing factory leaks 'blood water' into sea

Cooke's Untreated Blood Water is "Gross" says SEPA - "Poor" processing plant pollutes Mid Yell Voe in Shetland

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

Environmental Event report re. "raw effluent" and overflowing "blood water" at Cooke's Mid Yell processing plant - January 2017

 

 

"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

 

Death Stalks Scottish Salmon - Rising Mortalities Plague RSPCA Assured & ASC-Certified Sites!

 

 

Data Junkies - get your fix of new information on mass mortalities on salmon farms across Scotland - as reported by @scotgov @marinescotland https://t.co/oZtlH0CRpV
Shame on @rspcaassured & @ASC_aqua for greenwashing disease-ridden farmed salmon! @ScotlandSalmon @TavishScott pic.twitter.com/cHCqCzaET1

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 4, 2022

 

New mortality data published earlier this week (1 November 2022) by the Scottish Government is enough to put you off buying RSPCA Assured and ASC-certified Scottish salmon for life! 

 

 

 

Here's Scottish Salmon's latest 'League of Death' (as sponsored by RSPCA Assured and the ASC and sourced from data published by the Scottish Government on 1 November 2022):

 

 

BREAKING NEWS: New data shows which @rspcaassured & @ASC_aqua salmon farms in Scotland lead the way in deaths! https://t.co/a4Nt0DDZto
Bakkafrost's Applecross @Folketrygdfond tops the league of death followed by @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms & @LochDuartSalmon @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/UNzK9qNRRA

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 4, 2022

 

 

Please boycott Scottish salmon - especially from Bakkafrost (The Scottish Salmon Company), Mowi, Scottish Sea Farms (Norskott Havbruk) and Loch Duart:

 

"Farmed responsibly" claims @ASC_aqua which is auditing @scotseafarms in Loch Nevis. Since 1st September @marinescotland has reported 284,128 dead salmon in Nevis with Complex Gill Disease choking the fish to death @LeroySeafood @ScotlandSalmon
Shame on supermarket greenwashers! pic.twitter.com/QetoHgul95

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 4, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Unrivalled Scottish Salmon from Loch Duart
- 214,625 dead @rspcaassured salmon in Loch Carnan & 50,555 dead @friendofthesea salmon in Loch Laxford since September (AGD, salmon gill pox virus & piscine reovirus cited) @marinescotland https://t.co/oZtlH0CRpV @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/yshgSTcXgT

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 3, 2022

 

 

 

REVEALED: Mass mortalities continue to pile up at @MowiScotlandLtd salmon farms certified as 'responsible' @ASC_aqua @rspcaassured
- 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

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 3, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death Becomes Scottish Salmon: 1.6 million dead salmon at Bakkafrost's Applecross Hatchery; 111,412 dead at Plocropol; 96,427 dead at Strondoir & 88,844 dead at East Tarbert (since 1 September) @marinescotland https://t.co/oZtlH0Usht @ScotlandSalmon @TavishScott @Folketrygdfond pic.twitter.com/UAyYWpuLgx

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 3, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

100,000+ morts at Bakkafrost in Lamlash Bay since early September: "AGD escalated quickly with necrosis on gills....PRV on site...Some physical wounds from handling & low level Tenacibaculum diagnosed" @marinescotland https://t.co/oZtlH0CRpV @ArranCoast @arranbanner @howardlwood pic.twitter.com/AfBodJuCaG

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 3, 2022

 

 

 

Here's video footage of mass mortalities at Strondoir Bay:

 

 

 

 

And video footage of morts piled up on the Isle of Gigha (sourced from East Tarbert Bay and Druimyeon Bay):

 

 

 

Read more via:

Abominable Salmon Certification - the Aquaculture Stewardship Council is Sponsoring Serial Killing in Scotland!

Scottish Scamon: Piscine Reovirus, skin lesions/boils & "hanging" salmon in Loch Creran (sold by M&S as "responsibly sourced" & certified via RSPCA Assured)!

RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Infested with 50 Lice, Poxvirus, Necrosis, Lesions & Myocarditis!

Salmon Hell on 'God's Island' - Mass Mortalities Pile Up (Again) at RSPCA Assured Bakkafrost off Isle of Gigha!

Greenwashing by the ASC - you can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter!

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

Named & Shamed: The Most Deadly Salmon Farms in Scotland (as greenwashed as "responsible" via RSPCA Assured & the ASC)!

Halloween Comes Early at Deadly Scottish Salmon - mortalities pile up due to viral disease, fungus, gill infections & lice infestations!

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!

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)!

Exposed: 10 Million Morts at RSPCA Assured Mowi Since 2019!

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!!

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!

Irresponsible Scottish Salmon Exposed: 'Scotland's Aquaculture' Publishes Data on Toxic Chemicals Use, Morts & Biomass Breaches

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!

Videos of Mort Disposal by The Scottish Salmon Company - like a serial killer disposing of dead bodies before the police arrive!

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

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

Stop the Scottish Salmondemic - please avoid disease-ridden farmed salmon like the proverbial plague!

Taking the Fish - Illegal Salmon Dump Caught Taking Diseased Fish from the Mainland Despite 'Derogation'!

FOI Lifts Lid on the Stench of Scottish Salmon: Government Legal Department Target Illegal Dumping of Diseased Salmon

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)

Netflix's 'Seaspiracy' Exposes Disease-Ridden Scottish Salmon – As Sponsored by the RSPCA & Aquaculture Stewardship Council!

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

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Tasmanian TV reporting on Cooke Aquaculture: "one of the world's worst salmon farming companies"

 

Nightly News 7 Tasmania reporting on the welfare nightmare & environmental pariah that is Cooke Aquaculture: "one of the world's worst salmon farming companies"@7tasnews @CookeSeafood @CookeScotland @TassalSalmon https://t.co/JsBNS9I9a9 pic.twitter.com/E2gZrNbRzZ

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 2, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Cooke should be renamed Crook due to their appalling track record of illegal chemical use, welfare abuse, mass mortalities & infectious diseases. Cooke's salmon farms have spread like a malignant cancer around the world & must be ripped out” https://t.co/xmMnPmvfx1 @cookeseafood pic.twitter.com/8PlyxvtwST

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 2, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some testimonies from GSFR members around the world who have Cooke as their neighbour 👇#rec3forsafeseas #sumofus #tassal #cookeinc #huonaquaculture #petuna #politas #jbs #FishFarmsOut pic.twitter.com/9MEC0pWFw1

— Living Oceans (@living_oceans) November 3, 2022

 

Greenwashing by the ASC - you can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter!

 

 

 

 

Fish Farming Expert reported (1 November 2022):

 

 

Greenwashing Alert: @ASC_aqua-certified salmon now accounts for over 50% of global salmon farming production & salmon accounts for almost 50% of the global tonnage of farmed fish certified via ASC https://t.co/ITc1zMuqcz
You can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter! pic.twitter.com/55COBuM5UK

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 2, 2022

 

 

10 years ago I reported how the fate of the ASC rested on farmed salmon. "If you want to have a certification program for aquaculture then salmon is key" said @ASC_aqua board member Hank Cauley. "Without salmon standards the ASC won't make it" https://t.co/9NvuWGONY9 #Salmoney https://t.co/GUZNDdOH6E pic.twitter.com/R8dp2ZpcjY

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 2, 2022

 

 

Salmon Business reported (4 November 2022):

 

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

Abominable Salmon Certification - the Aquaculture Stewardship Council is Sponsoring Serial Killing in Scotland!

Named & Shamed: The Most Deadly Salmon Farms in Scotland (as greenwashed as "responsible" via RSPCA Assured & the ASC)!

Halloween Comes Early at Deadly Scottish Salmon - mortalities pile up due to viral disease, fungus, gill infections & lice infestations!

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!

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)!

Exposed: 10 Million Morts at RSPCA Assured Mowi Since 2019!

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!!

Charitable Warning: Mowi's Salmon Wagon is Hitting the Road Again - there's no such thing as a free farmed fish lunch!

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!

Open letter to the ASC: Please cancel all certification of Mowi's toxic Scottish salmon!

Mowi's 'Host' With the Most....Toxic Chemicals & Antibiotics (certified as "responsibly farmed" by the ASC)!

ASC cancel Mowi certifications due to exceedances of antibiotics use, escape & "administrative reasons"!

Mass mortalities at ASC-certified Mowi!

Rest Assured - the RSPCA has been captured, co-opted & corrupted by the Salmafia

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)

Netflix's 'Seaspiracy' Exposes Disease-Ridden Scottish Salmon – As Sponsored by the RSPCA & Aquaculture Stewardship Council!

Mowi Moves Goalposts on ASC Certification

ASC-Certified Scottish Salmon Dead in the Water!

Anyone for ASC-Certified Scottish Salmon Doused in Carcinogenic Formaldehyde?

ASC-Certified Shellfish Killers (not to mention seals, diseases, lice, pollution etc)

EXPOSED: Scottish Salmon's Sustainability Scam 

Lipstick on a Pig - WWF's Makeover At Marine Harvest

WWF Greenwashes Marine Harvest

The Abominable Salmon Council - Buyer Beware!

Pepé Le Pew Loves Farmed Salmon!

 

 

 

EXPOSED: The Aquaculture Stewardship Council should be rebranded The Abominable Salmon Council! @ASC_aqua @Salmoskius https://t.co/zcpvAyB9TU
How the hell can mass mortalities, disease & welfare abuse be certified as "responsible"?
Shame on @sainsburys @Tesco @rspcaassured @ciwf pic.twitter.com/2PaGx4uzmO

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 12, 2022

 

 

 

 

10 years ago I revealed how the fate of the ASC depended upon salmon (as divulged by @ASC_aqua board member Hank Cauley) https://t.co/9NvuWGONY9
Now the ASC reports 50%+ of global salmon farming production is ASC-certified & nearly 50% of ASC-certified fish is salmon! #Greenwash pic.twitter.com/Whw1mldcmG

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 2, 2022

 

 

 

Video Message to M&S - Please Stop Greenwashing RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon!

 

Message to M&S: Please stop greenwashing RSPCA Assured 'responsibly sourced' Scottish salmon! @marksandspencer @rspcaassured @scotseafarms @Ecohustler @SSC_seafood @ClientEarth @ScotlandSalmon @RSPCAChris @ScottishSPCA https://t.co/GaoIlzUABe

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022

 

 

 

 

Message to M&S @marksandspencer
Could you please provide a list of all 'Select Farms' used to source your 'responsible' Scottish salmon? @rspcaassured @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood @Ecohustler @feedbackorg @ScotlandSalmon @Feargal_Sharkey @WildFishCons https://t.co/urgRDrLm69 pic.twitter.com/R34c1cJjec

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

M&S deny sourcing from RSPCA Assured Loch Creran but refuse to name the Scottish Sea 'Select Farms' they source from!

Scottish Scamon: Piscine Reovirus, skin lesions/boils & "hanging" salmon in Loch Creran (sold by M&S as "responsibly sourced" & certified via RSPCA Assured)!

Salmon Farming is Criminal - breaches of welfare laws by RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms!

The Times: "Scottish salmon supplier to M&S cleared over welfare claims"

Video: Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) is a Sham, Scam & Consumer Con - Stop Salmon Farming Now!

The Times: "RSPCA investigates Scottish salmon supplier to M&S over lice accusations"

RSPCA Assured "now investigating" welfare abuse at Scottish Sea Farms in the Sound of Mull & Loch Creran!

Video Exclusive: Secret Filming Exposes Horrific Welfare Abuse Inside RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Farms

Photos of Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms

M&S Irresponsibly Sourced Scottish Salmon (as greenwashed by RSPCA Assured)!

Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) Report "Biological Challenges" (i.e. Deaths & Disease)!

Anyone for M&S’s Virus-Laden Scottish Salmon (don’t worry, it’s “responsibly sourced” & RSPCA Assured)?!

It’s Official: Infectious Salmon Anaemia Back to Haunt Scottish Salmon - reported to the World Organization for Animal Health for the first time since 2012!

ASC-Certified/Audited Mass Mortalities Pile Up at Lousy Mowi & Scottish Sea Farms!

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

ISA hits Scottish Sea Farms owner SalMar in Norway - how many hidden cases are lurking on salmon farms in Scotland?

Bullshit Called on M&S's "Responsibly Sourced" Scottish Salmon!

Ecohustler sticks it to "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon sold by M&S!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M&S deny sourcing from RSPCA Assured Loch Creran but refuse to name the Scottish Sea 'Select Farms' they source from!

 

Message to M&S @marksandspencer
Could you please provide a list of all 'Select Farms' used to source your 'responsible' Scottish salmon? @rspcaassured @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood @Ecohustler @feedbackorg @ScotlandSalmon @Feargal_Sharkey @WildFishCons https://t.co/urgRDrLm69 pic.twitter.com/R34c1cJjec

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022

 

$camon $cotland has repeatedly asked M&S to name which 'Select Farms' they source their RSPCA Assured salmon from but they have so far refused to provide a list (although it is public knowledge that M&S source exclusively from Norskott Havbruk/Scottish Sea Farms).   RSPCA Assured was asked yesterday (31 October 2022) if certification had been rescineded for the Loch Creran salmon farm operated by Scottish Sea Farms:

 

From: Hello <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: Loch Creran - did RSPCA Assured rescind certification?
To: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Cc: Hello <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, M&S Executive Office <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Dear Mr Staniford,

 

Thank you for your message. I can confirm that Loch Creran is an RSPCA Assured certified site, however, I cannot provide information regarding their supply chain. I recommend contacting them or the retailer directly.

 

Kind regards, 

 

Xenia

 

 

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 7:54 AM
Subject: Loch Creran - did RSPCA Assured rescind certification?
To: Hello <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Cc: M&S Executive Office <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

 

Has RSPCA Assured rescinded certification for the Loch Creran salmon farm?

 

Please note the recent Tweet by M&S via: https://twitter.com/marksandspencer/status/1586779790774009856

 

Hi Feargal. At M&S, we do not source our RSPCA assured salmon from Loch Creran. Thanks, Emma

— M&S (@marksandspencer) October 30, 2022

 

I just Tweeted in reply: https://twitter.com/TheGAAIA/status/1586988528784769024

 

Which @rspcaassured salmon farms do M&S source from? RSPCA Assured told $camon $cotland in July that Loch Creran was RSPCA certified. Has M&S previously sourced from Loch Creran but stopped following video footage of welfare abuse? @RSPCAChris https://t.co/v8C8G93Nve pic.twitter.com/E0aVqqKcG3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 31, 2022

 

Clarification would be much appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Don Staniford

 

Director, $camon $cotland

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Hello <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: Welfare Complaint vs Scottish Sea Farms in Sound of Mull & Loch Creran
To: Don Staniford <[email protected]>

Hi Don,

 

Yes, all four sites are RSPCA Assured certified.

 

Many thanks

 

RSPCA Assured

On Wed, 13 Jul 2022 at 12:00, Don Staniford <[email protected]> wrote:

Thanks - if you need any other information please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

I saw a Freedom Food logo on the front gates of Fishnish and Scallastle Bay land bases (but Fiunary and Creran do not have land bases). 

 

Are all four sites accredited via RSPCA Assured?

 

Best fishes,

 

Don

On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 11:51 AM Hello <[email protected]> wrote:

 

Dear Don

 

Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention.

 

We are now investigating this matter.

 

Thank you

RSPCA Assured

 

On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 at 08:00, Don Staniford <[email protected]> wrote:

Please consider this a formal complaint against Scottish Sea Farms (Norskott Havbruk) for breaches of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 with respect to ‘Unnecessary Suffering’ (Section 19) and ‘Ensuring Welfare of Animals’ (Section 24). Video evidence shot inside four salmon farms in the Sound of Mull (Fiunary, Fishnish B and Scallastle Bay) and in Loch Creran (Creran A) between 3^rd and 8^th July 2022 presents damning evidence of welfare abuse, lice infestation, infectious diseases and mass mortalities:

 

Welfare Complaint vs Scottish Sea Farms in Sound of Mull & Loch Creran 11 July 2022

 

Welfare complaint filed vs Scottish Sea Farms for 'unnecessary suffering' in the Sound of Mull & Loch Creran @rspcaassured @scotseafarms @ScotlandSalmon @APHAgovuk @policescotland
@ukwildlifecrime @ScottishSPCA @CVOScotland @ProfCMDwyer @LynneUSneddon https://t.co/4hg9Ek5mht pic.twitter.com/3VG4KnLG7r

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 11, 2022

 

 

 

The RSPCA has refused to provide a list of all salmon farms certified as 'welfare friendly' via RSPCA Assured but it is known that 100% of sites operated by Scottish Sea Farms are certified via RSPCA Assured (as detailed on their web-site) and all salmon farming companies operating in Scotland except Organic Sea Harvest are certified via RSPCA Assured (as reported by Fish Farming Expert) - leading to the suggestion that ca. 99% of salmon farming production in Scotland is certified via RSPCA Assured. 

 

From: Hello <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: Open Letter to the RSPCA & ASC - please stop certifying Scottish salmon as "responsibly farmed"!
To: Don Staniford <[email protected]>

 

Hi Don,

Thanks for getting in touch, we will take a look at your letter.

As explained previously, we are unable to publish a list of all of our members but most salmon companies state which assurance schemes they are part of on their websites.

Kind regards

Emily

RSPCA Assured

 

 

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: Open Letter to the RSPCA & ASC - please stop certifying Scottish salmon as "responsibly farmed"!
To: Hello <[email protected]>

 

Emily,

 

Thanks - so if Mowi, for example, states that they as a company are RSPCA Assured does this mean that ALL their salmon farms are RSPCA Assured?

 

Fish Farming Expert reported in March 2021 via: https://www.fishfarmingexpert.com/compassion-in-world-farming-rspca-assured-salmon/scottish-salmon-farmers-urge-auditors-to-make-surprise-site-inspections/1360930

 

"All Scottish salmon farmers are now signed up to the RSPCA Assured accreditation scheme apart from Organic Sea Harvest, which adheres to organic standards through the Soil Association"

 

So does that mean that all Mowi, Scottish Sea Farms, Cooke, The Scottish Salmon Company/Bakkafrost, Loch Duart, Wester Ross and Kames have all their salmon farms certified via RSPCA Assured?

 

Cooke, for example, is certified via the Soil Association but not all of their salmon farms are certified as organic. 

 

And Mowi and Scottish Sea Farms are certified via the ASC but not all of their farms. 

 

What you seem to be suggesting is that RSPCA Assured certifies a company and by extension therefore certifies all of their salmon farms.  Is that correct?

 

Thanks,

 

Don

 

 

 

Fergal Sharkey's Tweet on 30 October 2022 prompted M&S to deny sourcing from the disease-ridden RSPCA Assured salmon farm in Loch Creran:

 

Hi Feargal. At M&S, we do not source our RSPCA assured salmon from Loch Creran. Thanks, Emma

— M&S (@marksandspencer) October 30, 2022

 

 

 

$camon $cotland Tweeted in reply (31 October 2022):

 

Which @rspcaassured salmon farms do M&S source from? RSPCA Assured told $camon $cotland in July that Loch Creran was RSPCA certified. Has M&S previously sourced from Loch Creran but stopped following video footage of welfare abuse? @RSPCAChris https://t.co/v8C8G93Nve pic.twitter.com/E0aVqqKcG3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 31, 2022

 

 

Which @rspcaassured salmon farms do M&S source from? M&S told me in Feb: "We only source from a handful of dedicated farms that are exclusive to our business - meaning we know and trust our Select Farmers to meet our high standards"
Here's a list of mortality rates @scotseafarms pic.twitter.com/MBsekcTOsb

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

$camon $cotland reported (29 October 2022):

 

Gotcha: Secret filming inside @scotseafarms in Loch Creran in July triggered an inspection @scotgov revealing welfare & disease problems with Piscine Reovirus, Heart & Skeletal Muscle Inflammation, exothalmia & "hanging" salmon @rspcaassured @ScotlandSalmon @marksandspencer pic.twitter.com/VFWuJqmRF1

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 29, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

In July 2022, $camon $cotland covertly filmed inside RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Creran and in the Sound of Mull (Scallastle Bay, Fiunary and Fishnish):

 

Video Exclusive: Secret Filming Exposes Horrific Welfare Abuse Inside RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Farms! https://t.co/PHFsqdRJ7i @rspcaassured @scotseafarms @marksandspencer @ScottishSPCA @APHAgovuk @ProfCMDwyer @LynneUSneddon @ciwf @Animallawyersuk @vivacampaigns @Ecohustler pic.twitter.com/RLJYPfe1w8

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 11, 2022

 

 

 

 

"Farmed fish are owed a duty of care & protection from unnecessary suffering under animal welfare law" (Edie Bowles @Animallawyersuk) "The findings in this most recent investigation suggest that these legal requirements are not being adequately enforced" @APHAgovuk @rspcaassured pic.twitter.com/IRwR8UOLaP

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 12, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

In February 2022, M&S told $camon $cotland:

 

From: M&S Executive Office <chairman@customersupport.marksandspencer.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 2:06 PM
Subject: M&S Ref: 1679187
To: <[email protected]>

 

Dear Mr Staniford,

 

Thank you very much for contacting Steven Mclean, Steve Rowe and our Food Press Relation Office. I work in our Executive Team and your email has been sent to me to respond to.

 

I can understand your concerns and I would like to assure you that we are proud of our strong values and the work we do with our farmers. We also care about where our food comes from, as do our customers.

We only source from a handful of dedicated farms that are exclusive to our business—meaning we know and trust our Select Farmers to meet our high standards. We meet the widely recognised RSPCA Assured standards across all of our Select Farms producing salmon, ensuring the best growing conditions so the fish are happier and healthier as a result.

We have worked with Scottish Sea Farms to adopt one of the lowest stocking densities for our salmon at just 1.5% fish to 98.5% water. It makes a huge difference to the welfare of the fish, making them happier and reducing stress.

 

To ensure their is consistency, we audit our Select Farms at least once per year and make it easy for our customers to find out detailed information on our farms such as location and farming methods by using our interactive seafood map.

 

Referring to the images and report that you have referred to in your email, I want to assure you that we were very concerned by some of the footage and allegations of poor welfare and immediately suspended the farm whilst we urgently investigated.

Following our detailed investigation, which included a rigorous in-person inspection by a specially-trained RSPCA farm livestock officer, we found no evidence to support the allegations made. 

 

Unfortunately, it is a reality of farming any animal - and also pet ownership - that from time to time there can be disease outbreaks and other welfare challenges. What is most important is that the person responsible acts swiftly to address them.  We are fully satisfied that the issues identified in the video were being swiftly and responsibly addressed by the farm at the time, in accordance with the RSPCA’s welfare standards. Therefore, the suspension was lifted.

 

I hope this reassures you that any allegations of animal welfare issues, or breaches of the RSPCA Assured membership agreement, are taken very seriously and always thoroughly investigated. But, thankfully, welfare concerns on RSPCA Assured certified farms are extremely rare, and many millions more farm animals are having a better life thanks to the work of the charity.

 

Thank you very much for contacting us with your concerns.

Kind regards

Lindsay Poole
Executive Team
Your M&S Customer Service

 

 

Anyone for M&S’s Virus-Laden Scottish Salmon (don’t worry, it’s “responsibly sourced” & @rspcaassured)?!https://t.co/A1AHbV9xFs @marksandspencer @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood @RSPCA_PATeam @Ecohustler
How many ISA-ridden Scottish salmon have been sold by M&S? #marksandspencer pic.twitter.com/kkNz7OcV1F

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 14, 2022

 

 

 

Read more via:

Scottish Scamon: Piscine Reovirus, skin lesions/boils & "hanging" salmon in Loch Creran (sold by M&S as "responsibly sourced" & certified via RSPCA Assured)!

Salmon Farming is Criminal - breaches of welfare laws by RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms!

The Times: "Scottish salmon supplier to M&S cleared over welfare claims"

Video: Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) is a Sham, Scam & Consumer Con - Stop Salmon Farming Now!

The Times: "RSPCA investigates Scottish salmon supplier to M&S over lice accusations"

RSPCA Assured "now investigating" welfare abuse at Scottish Sea Farms in the Sound of Mull & Loch Creran!

Video Exclusive: Secret Filming Exposes Horrific Welfare Abuse Inside RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Farms

Photos of Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms

M&S Irresponsibly Sourced Scottish Salmon (as greenwashed by RSPCA Assured)!

Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) Report "Biological Challenges" (i.e. Deaths & Disease)!

Anyone for M&S’s Virus-Laden Scottish Salmon (don’t worry, it’s “responsibly sourced” & RSPCA Assured)?!

It’s Official: Infectious Salmon Anaemia Back to Haunt Scottish Salmon - reported to the World Organization for Animal Health for the first time since 2012!

ASC-Certified/Audited Mass Mortalities Pile Up at Lousy Mowi & Scottish Sea Farms!

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

ISA hits Scottish Sea Farms owner SalMar in Norway - how many hidden cases are lurking on salmon farms in Scotland?

Bullshit Called on M&S's "Responsibly Sourced" Scottish Salmon!

Ecohustler sticks it to "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon sold by M&S!

 

 

 

Victory: Loch Long Salmon Farm Refused by National Park Planning Authority!

 

 

 

Big shout out to the brave locals who fought off plans for a salmon farm in Loch Long - your victory is a watershed moment and an inspiration to communities up and down the coast. The tide just turned against toxic salmon farming! @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/TCAGeSuSeC pic.twitter.com/qZ7UmU1gJ0

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022

 

 

 

BBC News reported (31 October 2022):

 

BBC News: @lomondtrossachs "It is our view that such a nationally important landscape is not the appropriate location to host development of such an industrial scale & where the risk of an escape of farmed fish could impact on designated water courses" https://t.co/NvlQEA27F1

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 31, 2022

 

 

 

The Helensburgh Advertiser reported (31 October 2022):

 

Victory: "Planning permission for a proposed new fish farm on Loch Long has been refused. Members of @lomondtrossachs board turned down Loch Long Salmon's plans for a site in the shadow of Beinn Reithe on Monday" @helensburghadv @AFFtheClyde @eviesnowcat https://t.co/jTEIQ4t3Gg

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 31, 2022

 

 

 

Against Fish Farms in the Clyde Tweeted (31 October 2022):

 

Today @lomondtrossachs board rejected #LochLongSalmon fish farm planning application at Loch Long. Although supported by @BrendanOHaraMP, @jenni_minto, @CouncillorBlair & @scotgov, it was opposed by many loch communities. Big thanks to the @AFFtheClyde team & friends pic.twitter.com/ORLu398Pvl

— AFFtheClyde (@AFFtheClyde) October 31, 2022

 

 

 

'Extreme Activists' Exposed: photo exclusive of a motley crew of eco-terrorists who dared to protest publicly vs salmon farming. I have passed this incriminating evidence onto @PoliceScotland with a view to prosecution @theSNP https://t.co/TCAGeSukp4 @ScotlandSalmon @TavishScott pic.twitter.com/AwnqGIfvxS

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022

 

 

 

STV News reported (31 October 2022):

 

STV News: Plans for new salmon fish farm in Trossachs National Park rejected @STVNews https://t.co/FCgWV2pLKO @lomondtrossachs @AFFtheClyde @eviesnowcat

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022

 

 

 

 

Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots reported (1 November 2022):

 

 

 

 

Fish Farming Expert reported (1 November 2022):

 

Loch Long Salmon won't take no for an answer!
"They have gone against the wishes of the community" claims Stewart Hawthorn (ignoring 200 objections & opposition from the local community) @lomondtrossachs @loch_long @ardentinny @AFFtheClyde @eviesnowcat https://t.co/so3zY3FzxT

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022

 

 

 

Lochside Press reported (1 November 2022):

 

Loch Long salmon firm ‘exploring options’ after plan rejected @LochsidePress https://t.co/xqoujyG8IG
Maybe the best/only option is to listen to the overwhelming local opposition & concede to the 10 to 1 vote against the salmon farm? @lomondtrossachs @AFFtheClyde @scotgp

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022

 

 

 

Here's photos from yesterday's site visit and hearing (31 October 2022):

 

 

 

Extreme Activism 101: here's the shocking moment yesterday when raging grannies armed with questions and walking sticks harassed Stewart Hawthorn of Loch Long Salmon Farm. "Please go away and never come back" said one lady. The locals are revolting! @TavishScott @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/fahn02Wjl2

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022

 

 

 

Here's video footage from yesterday's site visit to Loch Long:

 

 

 

Photo Exclusive: A menacing mob of 'extreme activists' poised to riot vs @lomondtrossachs if they granted planning permission to Loch Long Salmon Farm at the public hearing in Arrochar @PoliceScotland has been notified & everyone is now on Suella Braverman's terrorist watch list pic.twitter.com/ziwx3Nx2R8

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022

The moment Stewart Hawthorn of Loch Long Salmon Farm realised his semi-enclosed salmon farm proposal was doomed to failure. Hours later @lomondtrossachs voted 10 to 1 against having a salmon farm inside the National Park @loch_long @ardentinny @AFFtheClyde https://t.co/TCAGeSukp4 pic.twitter.com/txGmCKJZUs

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 2, 2022

 

The Times reported (2 November 2022):

 

Sloppy journalism @Jerwatsonjourno @timesscotland reporting on ‘environmentally friendly’ Loch Long Salmon Farm https://t.co/NfdyU5OceT
Surely comment from all the locals objecting to the failed technology @CermaqCan should have been sought? @AFFtheClyde @ardentinny @eviesnowcat pic.twitter.com/FIeDhhV2lP

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 2, 2022

 

 

 

Read more via:

Loch Long Salmon Farm Dead in the Water this Halloween!

Loch Long - flood of public opposition sinks salmon farm in National Park?

 

 

"This technology is not new, it has been used successfully in Norway, Canada and the Faroe Islands for decades" claims Loch Long Salmon @heraldscotland
If Stewart Hawthorn's idea of 'success' is thousands of salmon dying in their own urine then he can keep it! @lomondtrossachs https://t.co/ridKMprxsJ pic.twitter.com/p1efXbREgH

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 28, 2022

 

 

 

Exclusive: this photo of 'extreme activists' (as @TavishScott @ScotlandSalmon brands opponents) has been passed onto @PoliceScotland as evidence of growing public resistance vs salmon farming. The wee lady with a walking stick is believed to be ringleader https://t.co/TCAGeSukp4 pic.twitter.com/nPjLb9GhUt

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022

 

 

 

"Scottish lawmakers kill semi-closed fish farm project" screams the headline @Salmon_Business https://t.co/q5rXt4pfj8
As millions of factory farmed salmon die cruel deaths across Scotland - nothing to see here! @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/oZtlH0Usht pic.twitter.com/Bkfra0N4ku

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 4, 2022