Green Around the Gills

Video: Bakkafrost is the King of Death in Scotland (as certified via R$PCA A$$ured)!

 

Watch drone footage of mass mortalities at Bakkafrost's RSPCA Assured salmon farm at Geasgill in Loch Na Keal off the the Isle of Mull:

 

 

 

 

 

For more background, here's video summaries of $camon $cotland's surveillance of Bakkafrost's RSPCA Assured salmon farming operations at Geasgill in Loch Na Keal off the Isle of Mull:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watch more video footage via The Herald (as published on 26 August 2023):

 

 

 

 

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The Herald on Scottish salmon's rising mortality problem!

Press Release: "Video footage exposes ‘Vision for Sustainable Aquaculture’ as a welfare nightmare!"

Letter to Scottish Ministers: "End Deadly Salmon Farming Now in Scotland!"

Video Exclusive: RSPCA Assured 'Zombie' Scottish Salmon!

Sunday Mail: "Disturbing 'zombie salmon' video at Scots fish farm sparks welfare investigation"

EXPOSED: Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured Wester Ross Salmon Farm

Scotland On Sunday front page splash turns up the heat on Scottish salmon!

Videos & Photos: Welfare Abuse at Wester Ross Fisheries (Mowi) in Loch Broom

Wester Ross Scamon - Photos Expose RSPCA Assured's 'Ethical' & 'Sustainable' Salmon!

Welfare failures exposed in Norwegian salmon farming - when will authorities act in Scotland?

Gruesome Photos: ‘MowiLeaks’ Blows the Whistle on RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon!

Sunday Post: "There is something fishy about salmon on offer in the supermarket - animal welfare campaigners in warning over deformities"

Daily Record: "Salmon farms must act quickly after graphic images showing death and disease emerged"

Video Exclusive: RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon fresh from Loch Linnhe!

Photo Horror of M&S Supplier Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms)!

The Enforcement Problem: New report exposes how welfare abuse inside factory farms (including salmon) slips through the inspection net!

Open Letter to the RSPCA & ASC - please stop certifying Scottish salmon as "responsibly farmed"!

Video Exclusive: Secret Filming Exposes Horrific Welfare Abuse Inside RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Farms

Videos of Welfare Abuse at The Scottish Salmon Company in Loch Carron (West Strome salmon farm)

Breaking News: "Horror Videos Reveal Welfare Abuse Inside Scottish Salmon & Trout Cages"

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

Secret Filming Exposes RSPCA ‘Abused’ Scottish Salmon - Welfare Complaint Filed Against M&S Supplier Scottish Sea Farms

Letter to Secretary of State re. Welfare Abuse at Scottish Salmon Farms

Whitewashing Welfare Abuse of Scottish Salmon (as sponsored via RSPCA, SSPCA & APHA)

Revealed: The Farmed Salmon Crisis

Media Backgrounder: The Welfare Nightmare of Scottish Salmon (Updated)

Covid measures ‘didn’t affect farmed salmon welfare’ claim Marine Scotland Science (who were not allowed to inspect farms for half of 2020)!

Ongoing welfare abuse & unnecessary suffering on salmon farms - why no prosecutions?

RSPCA Suspend Salmon Farm Inspections

Censored: Welfare Abuse on Salmon Farms

Photo Dossier of Diseased, Deformed & Abused Scottish Salmon

Welfare Abuse on Scottish Salmon Farms - Legal Action Vs Scottish Ministers & Salmon Farming Companies

Welfare Abuse at Scottish Salmon Farms - Why No Legal Enforcement Or Prosecutions?

Legal Complaint Vs Breaches of Animal Health & Welfare (Scotland) Act

 

 

 

 

 

The Herald on Scottish salmon's rising mortality problem!

 

 

 

 

The Herald reported (26 August 2023):

 

 

Read in full online here

 

 

Exclusive from Vicky Allan @heraldscotland - Scottish salmon is dead in the water! @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond @rspcaassured @ciwf @WildFishCons https://t.co/gvkhT4pd0F

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 26, 2023

 

 

 

The online version include this video clip:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the text view version via Press Reader:

 

 

Press Release: "Video footage exposes ‘Vision for Sustainable Aquaculture’ as a welfare nightmare!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a press release issued today (22 August 2023) by $camon $cotland:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read press release and media backgrounder in full online here

 

 

 

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The Observer: "Scottish salmon farms facing boycott call as fish deaths double"

64% Mortality at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Nevis - as sold by M&S as "responsibly sourced"?!!

74% Mortality Reported by RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms (Supplier to M&S) in Loch Nevis!

Remembrance Day Plea for the Millions of Farmed Salmon Killed in Scotland Every Year

3 million Scottish Salmon Die Inside RSPCA Assured Feedlots in September?!

8,000 tonne shortfall for Scottish Sea Farms (Norskott Havbruk) due to "biological challenges"!

Record Death Rates Plagues Salmon Farms Across Scotland!

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

Bakkafrost's Scottish Salmon Nightmare Gets Worse with 10,000 Tonne Black Hole in Scotland!

Death Stalks Scottish Salmon - Rising Mortalities Plague RSPCA Assured & ASC-Certified Sites!

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

Abominable Salmon Certification - the Aquaculture Stewardship Council is Sponsoring Serial Killing in Scotland!

Scottish Scamon: Piscine Reovirus, skin lesions/boils & "hanging" salmon in Loch Creran (sold by M&S as "responsibly sourced" & certified via RSPCA Assured)!

RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Infested with 50 Lice, Poxvirus, Necrosis, Lesions & Myocarditis!

Salmon Hell on 'God's Island' - Mass Mortalities Pile Up (Again) at RSPCA Assured Bakkafrost off Isle of Gigha!

Greenwashing by the ASC - you can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter!

New Survey Lifts Lid on Falling Production & Rising Mortalities on 'Scottish' Salmon Farms!

Death Deflation: 13 Million Morts On Scottish Salmon Farms in 2021 - More Like 22 Million (& maybe 50 million if you add freshwater)!

Named & Shamed: The Most Deadly Salmon Farms in Scotland (as greenwashed as "responsible" via RSPCA Assured & the ASC)!

Halloween Comes Early at Deadly Scottish Salmon - mortalities pile up due to viral disease, fungus, gill infections & lice infestations!

Death Rates Soar at Salmon Farms (according to data published by Salmon Scotland)

Press Release: "Year of the Dead Salmon: Scottish Salmon Plagued by Mass Mortality Problems"

Media Backgrounder: Year of the Dead Salmon - Bakkafrost Scotland is the King of Death!

 

 

 

Letter to Scottish Ministers: "End Deadly Salmon Farming Now in Scotland!"

 

 

Read $camon $cotland's letter to Scottish Ministers (22 August 2023) in full online here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Video footage exposes ‘Vision for Sustainable Aquaculture’ as a welfare nightmare!

 

 

 

 

 

Mail On Sunday: "Legal probe into fish farm safety after horrific death of worker"

 

 

The Mail On Sunday reported (20 August 2023):

 

 

Read online here

 

 

Horrific death of salmon farm worker who drowned after being crushed between two boats sparks legal probe by the industry watchdog @A5hlie_Mc @DailyMailUK @MailOnline @MowiScotlandLtd https://t.co/dyQt3Nd1mj @ScottishHazards @maibgovuk @H_S_E @ScotlandSalmon @MairiGougeon

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 20, 2023

 

 

 

The front page of The Oban Times reported (17 August 2023):

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"Call for FAI into fish farm worker’s death" (Oban Times)

Mail On Sunday: "Salmon farm worker's widow warns lessons not learned over partner's death"

"Widow will fight on over fish farm death" (West Highland Free Press)

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"

Mowi widow Catriona Lockhart on BBC Scotland's 'Drivetime' hammers Norwegian giant

Mowi hit by £800,000 fine for death of Clive Hendry & media backlash in Scotland!

Norwegian giant Mowi in the dock in Inverness Sheriff Court!

Mowi's 'Corporate Killing' of Clive Hendry in the Crosshairs on International Workers Day

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

Death of Mowi Worker Clive Hendry Makes International Waves on Memorial Day

The Times: "Woman suing fish farm after partner was crushed"

Mowi Legal Battle Vs Widow of Dead Worker Clive Hendry Looms in Scotttish Court of Session!

Video Shows Mowi Acting Recklessly & Dangerously - a licence to kill?

Mowi has blood on its hands over horrific death of Clive Hendry - how much will Mowi be fined for negligence?

Complaint re. MOWI's reckless behaviour & subsequent fatality in Loch Alsh

Deadly Mowi - the Horror Story Continues!

Probe launched following death of Highland fish farm worker

"Leave Our Farms Alone" Demand Mowi. Here's What They're Hiding & Why Mowi Want the Public to Keep Away!

Fighting Mowi's Legal Action Over Filming at Salmon Farms

Caught on Camera - Mowi's Reckless Breaches of Health & Safety in Loch Alsh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daily Record: "Shocking images of salmon farming waste spewing into remote Scots river spark probe"

 

Our coverage of this story in today's @Daily_Record. https://t.co/9oqKWMPlQS pic.twitter.com/nwAJYMkAX1

— Dan Vevers (@DanVevers) August 16, 2023

 

 

 

 

The Daily Record reported (16 August 2023):

 

 

 

Read the news story in full online here

 

 

EXC: Video of salmon farm waste - including sludge from discarded fish feed - spewing into a river which serves Loch Fyne sparks probe.

Footage near the sewage pipe shows how the water has turned a murky, manky brown with pellets carpeting the riverbed.https://t.co/qNEWz12v3k

— Dan Vevers (@DanVevers) August 16, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

Watch video footage shot by the Real Salmon Farming Resistance on 6 August 2023:

 

 

 

 

 

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SEPA Pollution Complaint vs Cooke's Effluent into Kinglas Water (Loch Fyne)

 

 

 

 

"Cooke regrets this incident & the company will continue taking all the responsible steps under the oversight of @ScottishEPA to ensure that all environmental standards are adhered to and is following government approved policies for reporting” https://t.co/zLjuyJRMCC #Crook

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 18, 2023

 

 

SEPA Pollution Complaint vs Cooke's Effluent into Kinglas Water (Loch Fyne)

Video Evidence of Feed Pollution into Kinglas Water - complaint filed to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (7 August 2023)

 

 

Read complaint in full online here

 

 

 

Campaigner Don Staniford @TheGAAIA who discovered the scene said salmon farm companies across Scotland are ‘shamefully dumping effluents’ in our waters.

Charity @WildFishCons said regulators were ‘routinely turning a blind eye’ to polluters. https://t.co/b1LdpMUEd3

— Dan Vevers (@DanVevers) August 16, 2023

 

 

 

Our coverage of this story in today's @Daily_Record. https://t.co/9oqKWMPlQS pic.twitter.com/nwAJYMkAX1

— Dan Vevers (@DanVevers) August 16, 2023

 

 

 

 

$camon $cotland filed a complaint with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency on Monday 7 August 2023:

 

 

 

 

 

Fish Farmer reported (18 August 2023):

 

"Cooke regrets this incident & the company will continue taking all the responsible steps under the oversight of @ScottishEPA to ensure that all environmental standards are adhered to and is following government approved policies for reporting” https://t.co/zLjuyJRMCC #Crook

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 18, 2023