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11/16/2022

Risk Assessment Highlighted 'High' Risk of Exposure to Public from Toxic Hydrogen Sulphide Gases - Why the f*ck was there no public warning?

 





 

Here's a Risk Assessment from Vanderpers Maritime dated 16 August 2022 in relation to the risk of exposure to the public from toxic Hydrogen Sulphide gas and public risk of exposure to explosion from a sunken feed barge at Bakkafrost's salmon farm off Portree on the Isle of Skye:

 

Vanderpers RA 16 Aug 2022 #1

 

Vanderpers RA 16 Aug 2022 #2

 

Vanderpers RA 16 Aug 2022 #3

 

 

Vanderpers RA 16 Aug 2022 #4

 

 

Vanderpers RA 16 Aug 2022 #5

Vanderpers RA 16 Aug 2022 #6

 

 

 

 

 

Download the 17-page report in full online here

 

Explosive graphic #2

 



 

 

$camon $cotland revealed on Monday (14 November 2022):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Questions are now being asked why Bakkafrost (called The Scottish Salmon Company until June 2022) continued to operate their farm off Portree whilst toxic gases were leaking underwater.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data published by Salmon Scotland shows that Bakkafrost farmed salmon at their Portree site until June 2022:

 

Salmon Scotland June 2022
 

 



 

 

How long will Bakkafrost's sunken feed barge remain rotting on the bottom of Loch Portree and when will Bakkafrost report the financial fallout from the sinking and clusterfuck of a salvage operation to their shareholders and the Norwegian stock exchange (Bakkafrost's largest shareholder is the Norwegian Government)?

 

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 5:09 AM
Subject: Re: Toxic Gasses at Bakkafrost Scotland?
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
 
Further to $camon Scotland's email of 30 August 2022 (still unanswered), could you please provide an update on the state of the salvage operation off Portree including any public/environmental risks arising from leaking toxic gases?
 
When will Bakkafrost be reporting the financial costs of the salvage operation to the Oslo stock exchange (I understand there are disclosure rules under the Norwegian Securities Trading Act) and Bakkafrost shareholders (the largest being the Norwegian Government as represented by Folketrygdfondet)?
 
Documents obtained via FOI detail the "explosive" nature of Bakkafrost's feed barge, the public risks from explosion (Hydrogen Sulphide toxic gases were found in August at 55,000 ppm - levels within the "explosive range") and legal action between Bakkafrost and Briggs Marine (which presumably adds to the costs):
 
 
An update would be much appreciated.
 
Thanks,
 
Don Staniford
 
$camon $cotland
 
 
 
Bakkafrost Salmoney
 
 
 
From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 12:52 PM
Subject: Toxic Gasses at Bakkafrost Scotland?
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>


Can Bakkafrost please comment publicly on the toxic gasses spewing from a sunken feed barge off Portree on the Isle of Skye?
 
 
The salvage operation for the sunken feed barge was notified to various agencies earlier this month via The Scottish Salmon Company: http://whamassoc.org.uk/bundles/app/downloads/62f14a6b8b2b9_SSC_Notice%20to%20Mariners_Portree.pdf
 
Bakkafrost email Aug 2022
 
 
I was just searching Bakkafrost's financial reports: https://www.bakkafrost.com/en/investor-relations/
 
 
Where is the sunken feed barge incident cited in Bakkafrost quarterly reports?  
 
Grieg Seafood, for example, reported losses due to a sunken feed barge on the Isle of Skye in 2018 to shareholders and investors: https://www.fishfarmingexpert.com/grieg-grieg-shetland-salmon/feed-barge-sinking-scuppers-grieg-shetlands-q1-profits/1256638
 
 
Surely Bakkafrost has a duty to report such losses to shareholders and stock exchange?
 
Thanks,
 
 
Don Staniford
 
Director, $camon $cotland
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Note that the salvage of a feed barge in Loch Dunvegan [correction: Loch Snizort] on the Isle of Skye by Grieg Seafood cost ca. £1 million (and there was no feed reported in the sunken barge):

 

 

 

Ocean Kinetics #4

 

 

 

 

Ocean Kinetics #5

 

 



 

Read more via:

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Document dump by Scottish Government following FOI review: floodgates opened on "explosive" salmon barge off Portree!

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

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

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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