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01/27/2023

Mowi's Piscichlamydia & Poxvirus Problems Exposed!

 

Marulaig FHI Oct 2022 #1 Photo

 



 

'Case Information' slipped out by the Scottish Government on 16 January 2023 makes for grim reading of shareholders in Norwegian behemoth Mowi.  

 

 

 

 

The report of Piscichlamydia in Mowi's farmed salmon - sourced from a Patogen diagnostic report - is particularly embarrassing for $almafia lobbyist Tavish Scott who on BBC Scotland's 'The Nine' in April 2021 denied millions of Scottish salmon were dying due to infectious diseases such as Chlamydia, Anaemia, Lice Infestation and other problems (as exposed by Netflix's 'Seaspiracy' documentary).

 

 

 

 

Here's details of an inspection by the Fish Health Inspectorate in October 2022 of Mowi's ASC-certified and RSPCA Assured Marulaig Bay salmon farm in South Uist (Case 2022-0481) including over 150,000 mortalities, Amoebic Gill Disease, Proliferative Gill Disease, Tenacibaculum, Branchiomonas, Poxvirus and Piscichlamydia:

 

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Case 2022-0481 details how mortalities are picked by Whiteshore Cockles for illegal disposal in North Uist:

 

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Case 2022-0481 details how Mowi's ASC-certified and RSPCA Assured salmon farm at Marulaig Bay in South Uist are loaded with up to 10 lice:

 

Marulaig FHI Oct 2022 #7

 

Lochboisdale Pier 4 Oct 9

 

 

Case 2022-0481 includes a Fish Health Inspectorate Visit Report dated 3 November 2022 - detailing extensive disease problems at Mowi's ASC-certified and RSPCA Assured salmon farm at Marulaig Bay in South Uist including chronic hyperplasic branchitis, complex gill issues, vascular disturbance, Amoebic Gill Disease, myocarditis, hepatic necrosis, Vibrio, Salmonid alphavirus, Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis, Piscine Reovirus, Paranucleospora theridion, Salmon Gill Poxvirus and Neoparamoeba perurans:

 

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Case 2022-0481 included a letter to Mowi from the Scottish Government dated 20 October 2022 pointing out that movement records were "inadequately maintained" at Marulaig Bay (certified as "responsible" by the ASC in June 2022):

 

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Case 2022-0481 included photos of samples of farmed salmon taken by the Fish Health Inspectorate illustrating Mowi's disease problems including Amoebic Gill Disease, Proliferative Gill Disease, Tenacibaculum, Branchiomonas, Poxvirus and Piscichlamydia:

 

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The mere mention of the word 'Chlamydia' had $almafia lobbyist Tavish Scott frothing at the mouth when he appeared on BBC Scotland's 'The Nine' show in April 2021 (to debate Netflix's 'Seaspiracy'):

 

 

 

"Let's look at some of the specific claims this documentary [Netflix's Seaspiracy] makes," said BBC Scotland's Martin Geissler in April 2021.  "Don was talking there about the moment he climbs up a ladder and looks into a tank full of dead fish, it's what they call a mortality bin.  It's like a skip of dead fish.  It's not entirely clear in the wording of the documentary what percentage of the fish that are farmed end up in there but they're suggesting it's a lot.  They say they die from lice infestatations, Chlamydia, heart disease, anaemia."

 

Seaspiracy clip #1 50% mortality

 

Seaspiracy clip #2 diseases

 

 

"No, no," interupted $almafia lobbyist Tavish Scott.

 

BBC Scotland The Nine 6 April 2021 #4 Tavish SSPO name

 

 

"Is that true?" asked the BBC's Martin Geissler.

 

BBC Scotland The Nine 6 April 2021 #7 Tavish lying

 

 

"No, it's absolutely not true," replied Tavish Scott.  "It's one of the pack of lies that these extreme activists produce all the time, Martin.  I am disappointed the BBC is giving it air time to this pack of lies tonight".

 

 

 

#14 Gill Disease Poxvirus & Chlamydia Plague Scottish Salmon

 

 

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in April 2021:

 

 

 

 

$camon $cotland reported last week (20 January 2023):

 

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Based upon information published on 9 January 2023 by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate (data up to the end of November 2022), here's the most deadly sea cage salmon farms in Scotland during 2022 - plagued by disease problems such as Rickettsia, Heart & Skeletal Muscle Inflammation, Amoebic Gill Disease, Salmon Gill Poxvirus, Pancreas Disease, Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis, Furunculosis, Piscine Reovirus, Vibrio and Sea Lice:

 

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RSPCA Assured Mowi features prominently in Scottish salmon's 2022 'League of Death' - with 335,921 dead fish reported at Seaforth salmon farm on the Isle of Lewis via 13 'Mortality Event Reports' and 334,998 dead fish at Stulaigh salmon farm in South Uist via 7 'Mortality Event Reports':

 

Jan 2023 sites #46 Seaforth 335K

 

MOWI spoof salmon pack with garnish

 

Jan 2023 sites #51 Stulaigh 334K

 

 

Mowi's Seaforth salmon farm was not awarded ASC certification during 2022 ("decision by certificate holder to voluntarily cancel") and Mowi's Stulaigh salmon farm was awarded ASC certification in June 2022.

 

ASC Irresponsible Mowi

 

 

Other ASC-certified and RSPCA Assured Mowi salmon farms reporting irresponsible levels of mortalities include Marulaig Bay with 185,254 dead fish via 6 'Mortality Event Reports'; Muck with 182,214 dead fish via 6 'Mortality Event Reports' and Ardintoul with 227,610 dead fish via 10 'Mortality Event Reports':

 

Jan 2023 sites #30 Marulaig Bay 185K

Jan 2023 sites #33 Muck 182K

Jan 2023 sites #3 Ardintoul 227K

 

Muck whistleblower photo #1

 

 

$camon $cotland reported in September 2022:

 

Media Backgrounder Year of the Dead Salmon September 2022 #6

 

 

 

Media Backgrounder Year of the Dead Salmon September 2022 #8

 

 

 

No wonder Mowi wants to keep the public away from their disease-ridden feedlots!

 

 

 

 

And no wonder that Mowi is paying £1.3 million to advertise during ITV's 'Next Level Chef':

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

The ASC Runs Out of Greenwash: "Certification Not Awarded" at five salmon farms operated by Mowi & Scottish Sea Farms

Named & Shamed: Scotland's Most Deadly Salmon Farms in 2022 (as sponsored by RSPCA Assured & the ASC)!

Annus Horribilis Salmonis: Mowi's "Troublesome Year" in Scotland - 22% fall in production!

21% Mortality at Mowi's ASC-Certified & RSPCA Assured Marulaig Bay & Rum in ONE WEEK!!!

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!

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!!!

Coming Clean on Welfare Abuse of Cleaner Fish - FOI lifts lid on 100% mortality of wrasse at The Scottish Salmon Company (& over half a million dead salmon)!

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

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!

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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