Daily Record: "'Toxic' salmon farm barge dumped at scenic Scots bay could be spewing chemicals at loch - Locals are now fuming that the wreck has been beached in the middle of Reraig Bay"

 

'Toxic salmon farm barge dumped at scenic Scots bay could be spewing chemicals @Daily_Record https://t.co/lB5NkjJORT @Folketrygdfond @ScotlandSalmon @HighlandCouncil @MCA_media @scotgov @marinescotland @GaelForceGroup @rendabelle

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 26, 2022

 

 

The Daily Record reported (26 December 2022):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of 2 January 2023, the Matador lifting crane (which salvaged the GaelForce feed barge off Portree in early December 2022 and then dumped it in Loch Reraig later in December 2022) was docked in Dublin:

 

 

 

And the Viking Saga (believed to have been used by Bakkafrost to siphon off ca. 690 tons of contaminated water and feed from the salvaged barge) is still docked in Fraserburgh:

 

 

 

 

The Scotsman reported (23 December 2022):

 

Local people are calling for answers after a damaged barge containing toxic & potentially explosive gases was beached in a scenic protected bay in the north-west Highlands @TheScotsman https://t.co/caYfb5qW5V @BonnMees @ScotlandSalmon @GaelForceGroup @MCA_media @scotgov @scotgp

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 22, 2022

 

 

 

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Police Scotland FOI disclosure on toxic feed barge off Portree - now beached in Kishorn?

Public Health Scotland FOI: "an explosive risk.....supportive of the path closure" (but still no warning to the public)

FOI disclosure by Maritime & Coastguard Agency (8 December 2022) - more documents on the 'toxic' & 'explosive' feed barge sunk off Portree!

Mowi's "totally appalling levels of safety, COPFS are going to prosecute" (says Maritime & Coastguard Agency in FOI disclosure)

Update: Toxic Feed Barge Salvaged Off Portree Heading to Loch Carron & then Ardyne!

WHFP: "Questions over fish-feed barge safety measures"

 

Photos of Portree Salvage Operation (next stop is Kishorn)

FOI Floodgates Open on "Explosive" Feed Barge Incident - document dump from Northern Lighthouse Board shines spotlight on salvage operation

P&J: "Stink raised over release of toxic chemicals from sunken fish farm barge off Skye"

Gael Force's Sinking Feeling: barges scuppered by bad weather or is the 'greed of feed' to blame?

Letter to Scottish Ministers re. "Explosive" Scottish Salmon - Please Defuse the Toxic Time-Bomb!

The Times: "Secret plans to evacuate island homes over toxic gas"

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

Bakkafrost is Dead in Water in Scotland - "Explosive" FOI Disclosure Lifts Lid on Hazardous Scottish Salmon!

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

 

 

Why hasn't Bakkafrost reported the costs of the salvage of a 'toxic' & 'explosive' @GaelForceGroup barge to shareholders @Folketrygdfond & the stock exchange? @osloboers https://t.co/1Yy9yu5Wy1
An insider claims @BonnMees lifting crane costs £81K per day with costs now over £1m! pic.twitter.com/ykJ39LAMIA

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 25, 2022