Police Scotland update on the 'toxic' @GaelForceGroup feed barge salvaged off Portree - now beached in Kishorn as ca. 690 tons of "contaminated water and feed" is offloaded in Fraserburgh for waste disposal at Anaerobic Digestion plant? @PoliceScotland https://t.co/9XkgUkAHps pic.twitter.com/SROZfkrJEH
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 19, 2022
A Freedom of Information disclosure by Police Scotland (19 December 2022) reveals:
"This is perhaps the only aspect of the current plan which I would question, but at this stage the group didn’t see a need for a public message, given the positive updates around risk & reassurances by contractors" @PoliceScotland #Explosive @GaelForceGroup @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/jQeX2xM1oH
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 21, 2022
Police Scotland's letter dated 19 December 2022 refused to disclose other information citing 'commercial interests':
According to Marine Traffic, the Matador floating crane (presumably towing the GaelForce feed barge or having beached it) is now in Kishorn (as of 4pm on Monday 19 December 2022):
This has been dumped in a bay (not Kishorn) right on the edge of the Lochcarron MPA, with no warning or explanation to those who live there. It is bigger than the house on the shore and who knows what it is emitting. Shocking.
— Annabel Scott 💙 (@madame_scott) December 19, 2022
According to Marine Traffic, the Viking Saga is in Fraserburgh (as of 3pm on Monday 19 December 2022):
Toxic Scottish Salmon Update: The @GaelForceGroup feed barge which sank off Portree in Nov 2021 is now in Loch Reraig with the Viking Saga (which may be offloading 690 tons of "contaminated water & feed") in Fraserburgh. WTF?! @MCA_media @ScottishEPA @scotgov @HighlandCouncil pic.twitter.com/TV5n4pUyXQ
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 19, 2022
$camon $cotland emailed BioGask near Fraserburgh:
Date: Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 9:21 PM
Subject: 690 tons of "contaminated water & feed" from Bakkafrost barge?
To: <[email protected]>
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A salvage report @briggsmarine detailed how 690 tons of contaminated water/feed would be shipped from Portree via Kishorn to Fairlie - then onto Maltings in Yorkshire for "confidential destruction" via 25 tanker loads. Is this plan still in place? @APHAgovuk @scotgov @ScottishEPA pic.twitter.com/ewzwsDtJyK
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 13, 2022