Norwegian giant Mowi is scheduled to appear in Inverness Sheriff Court on Tuesday (9 May 2023):
There does not appear to be any information publicly available yet on the criminal charges against Mowi but the case could be related to the corporate killing of Clive Hendry - who was killed in February 2020 at Mowi's Ardtinoul salmon farm in Loch Alsh.
Here's an email obtained via Freedom of Information from the Maritime & Coastguard Agency dated December 2021:
The Times reported in November 2021:
Catriona Lockhart, widow of Mowi worker Clive Hendry, spoke out against corporate killing on International Workers Day in Edinburgh last month (28 April 2023):
Thompsons Solicitors reported in June 2021:
I posted on Facebook in October 2021:
Scottish Hazards reported in May 2021:
BBC Scotland reported in May 2021:
STV News reported (26 May 2021):
"Mowi Scotland Ltd did not have an effective marine safety management system and lacked staff with the experience to oversee its marine operations" @ScotlandMowi @MowiScotlandLtd @maibgovuk
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 26, 2021
How much will Mowi be fined for their negligence & lack of safety? @GreenerScotland https://t.co/OoIUcdTTpI
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch reported in December 2021 that another incident - involving the grounding and flooding of a tanker in March 2020 at Mowi's Kyleakin feed factory - "identified safety management issues at Mowi’s Kyleakin facility, including that the Port Marine Safety Code was not fully implemented". "Safety recommendations have been made to Mowi (Scotland) to ensure that operations at the Kyleakin facility are conducted in accordance with the Port Marine Safety Code, and to consider upgrading the area to Statutory Harbour Authority," reported MAIB.
MAIB reported in December 2021:
MAIB reported in December 2021 on other cases involving Mowi:
MAIB reported in May 2021 on the circumstances surrounding the death of Clive Hendry at Mowi's salmon farm in Loch Alsh in February 2020:
The damning MAIB report (May 2021) included:
The MAIB report (May 2021) also detailed:
The death of Clive Henry in February 2020 is not the first time Mowi (renamed from Marine Harvest in 2019 due to "negative consumer perception") has been criticised following a fatality at one of its salmon farms. BBC News reported in 2007:
BBC News reported in 2006:
BBC News reported in 2006:
Other Norwegian-owned salmon farming companies have been blamed - and fined - for the deaths of workers in Scotland. BBC News reported in January 2012:
In 2009, the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet reported on deaths of workers in Chile at Cermaq and Marine Harvest (before 1 January 2019, Mowi was named Marine Harvest).
Scottish Salmon Watch reported in February 2020:
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