Mowi Whistleblower: "Nothing has changed for the better safety wise....Health and Safety will NEVER be a priority within Mowi whilst Ben Hadfield is MD"

On Tuesday evening (9 May) - just a few hours after Norwegian giant Mowi was fined £800,000 over the corporate killling of Clive Hendry - a whistleblower (I've redacted their name to protect their identity but they said they work for Mowi) provided the following information:

This information has now been passed onto the Health & Safety Executive, Marine Accident Investigation Branch, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Marine Scotland and other relevant parties echoeing the call of Mowi widow Catriona Lockhart for a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Clive Hendry:

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, May 11, 2023 at 10:13 AM
Subject: Mowi Whistleblower: "Nothing has changed for the better safety wise....Health and Safety will NEVER be a priority within Mowi whilst Ben Hadfield is MD"
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, Directorate of Maritime Safety and Standards Business Unit <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, SM-Defra-Helpline, Defra (MCU) <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

$camon $cotland received the following information on Tuesday (following Mowi's fine for £800,000 over the corporate killing of Mowi worker Clive Hendry in Loch Alsh):

From: [REDACTED}
Date: Tue, May 9, 2023 at 7:34 PM
Subject: Clive Henry death
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>

Just to clarify

Nothing has changed for the better safety wise at Marine Harvest / Mowi.

At the time of Clive's death the Health and Safety department consisted of 3 persons.

Now it only contains one person along with the former Health & Safety Manager retained in a part time self employed basis.

This is due to Ben Hadfield MD only concerned with minimising the amount of full time employees (FTE) within Mowi.

Health and Safety is not his priority!

The MAIB found there was no effective safety management system in place, there still isn't!

Regular man overboard drills are still not conducted throughout the company.

There is no longer an effective training system in place.

In order to save costs new members of staff watch safety and training videos remotely (or to be very blunt, pretend to watch them).

For the PR department of Mowi to say 'we all continue to be deeply affected by Clive's death' is both offensive and insulting.

Health and Safety will NEVER be a priority within Mowi whilst Ben Hadfield is MD.

The whistleblower said they worked for Mowi.

This has been published via a blog:

Mowi Whistleblower: "Nothing has changed for the better safety wise....Health and Safety will NEVER be a priority within Mowi whilst Ben Hadfield is MD"

Tweet via: https://twitter.com/TheGAAIA/status/1656580280042266626

Hopefully this information can feed into the Fatal Accident Inquiry.

Best fishes,

Don Staniford

Director, $camon $cotland

Mowi Corporate Killer dripping in blood John Fredriksen

Only yesterday (10 May 2023), $camon $cotland launched a whistleblower hotline:

Scottish Hazards reported (9 May 2023):

The Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service reported (9 May 2023):

The front page of the Press & Journal (10 May 2023) reported on Mowi's health and safety shame:

STV News reported (9 May 2023):

BBC Scotland's 'Drivetime' show (9 May 2023) featured a powerful interview with Clive Hendry's widow, Catriona Lockhart:

I can personally testify to Mowi's appalling disregard for health and safety. In November 2019, three months before the death of Clive Hendry at the same Mowi salmon farm in Loch Alsh in February 2020, I visited Ardintoul and saw at first hand Mowi's reckless behaviour:

Watch the video footage and judge for yourself who's acting recklessly and dangerous:

Far from being 'responsible', as greenwashed by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council and RSPCA Assured, salmon farming in Scotland is inherently irresponsible: from an environmental, welfare and health and safety perspective.

Green Around the Gills

Disease-ridden salmon farming is a sickness spreading all over the globe!

05/11/2023

Mowi Whistleblower: "Nothing has changed for the better safety wise....Health and Safety will NEVER be a priority within Mowi whilst Ben Hadfield is MD"

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