Scottish salmon is an unwanted Xmas gift which keeps on being re-gifted - please join the global boycott against pharmed salmon! https://t.co/N1ATXqfNah pic.twitter.com/EJXYqVqkfz
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 24, 2022
Anyone watching the gruesome video footage published earlier this month by Dale Vince and Ecotricity will never eat Scottish salmon ever again!
Anyone watching the gruesome video footage published earlier this month by Dale Vince and Ecotricity will never eat Scottish salmon ever again! @DaleVince @ecotricity https://t.co/rjUnmagkig pic.twitter.com/8Y2RzYzje3
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 24, 2022
Since Alexandra Morton first dipped her Go Pro camera inside a salmon farm in Canada in 2016 the 'hard evidence' of welfare abuse, mass mortalities, infectious diseases and lice infestation has piled up all over the world.
In 2017, Sea Shepherd published further video footage shot inside salmon farms with Pamela Anderson and First Nations hereditary chief George Quocksister boarding a salmon farm in British Columbia in 2019 armed with Go Pros:
In Norway, Swedish journalist and fly-fisherman Mikel Frodin boarded a salmon farm and filmed welfare abuse inside a salmon farm in 2017 (as featured on Swedish TV and in the film 'Artifishal'):
Swedish TV on secret filming by Mikael Frödin inside a disease-ridden Norwegian salmon farm https://t.co/BJwV9RyMCN @TV4 WWF reacts with sharp criticism against the Norwegian salmon farming industry @WWFNorge @WWFSverige pic.twitter.com/Pqqk6lxZ87
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 2, 2018
The BBC 'One Show' lifted the lid on mass mortalities, lice infestation and welfare problems in 2018:
The BBC 'One Show' and The Ferret featured video footage collected by Corin Smith of Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots (shot inside a salmon farm in Loch Roag):
In February 2021, Animal Equality published stomach-churning video footage shot inside a harvesting station operated by The Scottish Salmon Company (Bakkafrost):
Watch further footage shot covertly inside RSPCA Assured salmon farms across Scotland via:
Scottish salmon farming certainly does not have a monopoly on welfare abuse - in 2019 Animal Outlook released undercover video footage shot inside a salmon farm in Maine in the United States:
In August 2021, the North Atlantic Salmon Fund published horrific video footage captured by Veiga Grétarsdóttir:
A quick dip of the GoPro in a salmon feedlot - by Against The Current Iceland.
— Salmon Scotland (@SalmonScotland) August 13, 2021
Look familiar?
Note lice infested, diseased lumpfish. It’s not just salmon that are dying in these cages.@SSPOsays @MairiMcAllan @_KateForbes @HamishMacdonell pic.twitter.com/9lmr643fXs
In March 2021, Compassion in World Farming published shocking video evidence of endemic suffering across Scotland following a covert investigation of over 20 salmon farms:
Netflix's 'Seaspiracy' - released in March 2021 - also features undercover video footage exposing the problems of salmon farming in Scotland:
Seaspiracy also published video footage shot secretly inside Mowi salmon farms in Scotland in July 2021 - racking up over 1 million views on Instagram and Twitter:
This shocking leaked footage shows salmon being eaten alive by lice at a fish farm in Scotland! pic.twitter.com/EoUO3dv5ee
— seaspiracy (@seaspiracy) August 2, 2021
In November 2021, French TV broadcast video footage shot inside salmon farms operated by Mowi and The Scottish Salmon Company (Bakkafrost):
Video of French TV's 'The Truth About Salmon' featuring Mowi & The Scottish Salmon Company https://t.co/PIwqhztqhu @France5tv @hugoclement @MowiScotlandLtd @salmon_scottish @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond @Try_Lochlander @waitrose @sainsburys @Tesco @LidlGB @AldiUK @SaumonLabel pic.twitter.com/u16uaGZ97K
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 21, 2021
The Kate Winslet-narrated film 'Eating Our Way to Extinction' - launched in September 2021 - showcases the shocking nature of salmon farming in Scotland using covert video footage:
'Eating Our Way to Extinction' - narrated by Kate Winslet - is streaming now on You Tube https://t.co/QTFYkQXu5G@EatingOur @SSPOsays @MowiScotlandLtd @salmon_scottish @tavishscott @HamishMacdonell #eowte #eating2extinction #broxstarproductions pic.twitter.com/M1XWsWmTv3
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 20, 2021
Undercover footage showing the extent of welfare abuse, mortalities, chemical use.
— Salmon Scotland (@SalmonScotland) October 22, 2021
“This is what the industry doesn’t want us to see”@MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllan @MathesonMichael #COP26 pic.twitter.com/o9OAKjjuxm
A summary of covert video footage shot inside salmon farms in Scotland was published in November 2021:
Compilation of video evidence of welfare abuse at salmon & trout farms in Scotland - please share with any friends & family who are thinking of buying Scottish salmon this Xmas! #SalmonPledgehttps://t.co/KpDhQ6r9rf @salmon_scottish @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @kamesfishfarm pic.twitter.com/jChjco3xB7
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 25, 2021
In October 2022, WildFish published an eye-opening video exposing the horrors of salmon farming in Scotland:
If anybody still harbours doubts about how filthy, damaging and toxic the salmon pharming industry is, watch this. Not for the faint hearted, but will gaurantee you'll never eat farmed salmon again. Doesn't say Wild on the packaging? It's defo farmed.https://t.co/mEprje5Gdx
— Niall McKillop (@Badabrach) October 7, 2022
Salmon farming is an unwanted Xmas gift which keeps on being re-gifted. $camon $cotland uncovered welfare abuse inside Scottish Sea Farms (Norskott Havbruk) in July 2022:
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
The take-home message this Xmas and into 2023 is to boycott Scottish salmon - as well as other salmon farmed all over the world!
Don't buy salmon this Christmas! https://t.co/6Aa0Zk7wkU @DaleVince @ecotricity @ScotlandSalmon @WildFishCons @Tesco @sainsburys @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua @waitrose @marksandspencer @Ecohustler
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 18, 2022
Thanks for all of your questions and comments - here's a list of all the places you can buy this salmon - if you still like the look of it. https://t.co/lwcyGyCgiw pic.twitter.com/F0YOONcFlA
— Dale Vince (@DaleVince) December 15, 2022
Please take the salmon pledge not to eat farmed salmon!
Want to end the nightmare of salmon farming? Please join the global boycott against farmed salmon! https://t.co/FpKosacuJq @pamfoundation @seashepherd_uk pic.twitter.com/4whTg61z2n
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 2, 2021
If you have any video footage or photos shot inside salmon farms or have damning information on welfare abuse inside the salmon farming industry please pass on to Don Staniford via [email protected] - or use our confidential contact form online here
Calling All Whistleblowers - please pass on photos of dead seals killed at salmon farms! https://t.co/xFcHeR4kEv@SSPOsays @salmon_scottish @scotseafarms @ScotlandMowi @GriegShetland @CookeScotland @LochDuartSalmon @WesterRossSalmo @Try_Lochlander @ptfss @strandings @tavishscott pic.twitter.com/NTpiU44pQ1
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 1, 2021
Read more via:
Go Pro Filming Inside Salmon Farms - the Inside Story!
The Times: "RSPCA investigates Scottish salmon supplier to M&S over lice accusations"
Video of France 5s 'The Truth About Salmon' featuring Mowi & The Scottish Salmon Company
You Tube Streams 'Eating Our Way to Extinction' - watch the lid lifted on Scottish salmon!
Caught on Camera - How the Go Pro Dealt the Death Blow to Salmon Farming
Backgrounder: Secret Filming Exposes the Welfare Nightmare of Factory Fish Farming
Video Nasties of Dead Farmed Salmon Pile Up All Over the World!
Video Compilation of Welfare Abuse Inside Salmon & Steelhead Trout Farms in Scotland!
Secret Filming Exposes Welfare Abuse Inside Salmon Cages in Iceland & Scotland
Video Nasty: Scottish Salmon's Toxic Soup in Loch Carron!
Videos of Welfare Abuse at The Scottish Salmon Company in Loch Carron (West Strome salmon farm)
Videos of Welfare Abuse at Kames Fish Farming in the Sound of Jura (Shuna Castle)
Seaspiracy's Salmon Shocker: Please Boycott RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon!
Video Exposes Mass Graves of Millions of Diseased Scottish Salmon
Mowi's 'Healthy' RSPCA Assured & ASC-Certified Salmon Farm at Gorsten (as featured in Seaspiracy)
Letter to Police Scotland re. violence & hostility by salmon farmers blocking filming
Policing Scottish Salmon: Landmark Victory for Surveillance of Fish Farms
Lithgow Baron Warned by Police for Threatening Behaviour Over Filming at Hendrix Genetics
The Camera Never Lies About Scottish Salmon!
Video Exposes Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured salmon farm sourced by M&S 'Lochmuir'
Video Nasty: Chemically Embalmed Scottish Salmon at Kames in Loch Tralaig
Secret Filming Exposes Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured Kames
Video Nasty: Thermolicer - the Heated Torture Chamber for Scottish Salmon
Caught on Camera - Mowi's Reckless Breaches of Health & Safety in Loch Alsh
Video Nasty: Mowi's Dead Salmon at 'Bay of the Dead Heads'
Shocking Video Footage from Mowi's 'Bay of the Dead Heads' (Bagh Dail nan Ceann)
The Go Pro Camera Never Lies (Unlike Salmon Farmers)
Here's the inside story of how I boarded a salmon farm to film inside the disease-ridden cages at Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms). The Go Pro camera never lies (unlike salmon pharmers)! https://t.co/5eZBx5WcOT @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood @marksandspencer @rspcaassured
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 18, 2022
X-rated videos: undercover filming since 2016 has lifted the lid on welfare abuse inside salmon farms in #Scotland, #Canada, #US, #Norway & #Iceland! https://t.co/N1ATXqfNah#BoycottFarmedSalmon pic.twitter.com/BjxdJtZd6S
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 24, 2022
"Well worth making sure all ensiler hatches are clear of debris & no drippy bins of morts are lying around before he arrives" advises a salmon farmer in an internal email obtained via a Subject Access Request.
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 18, 2023
Top advice - we're watching! @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/Pq6nzt027t pic.twitter.com/9SS7zeCxSZ