Green Around the Gills : 13 November 2023

Bullies don't always win - as the Biblical battle between David and Goliath so famously illustrates (as captured by the painter Osmar Schindler).

But the bullies at the Norwegian $almafia keep on threatening to privatise the public waters around their lethal operations in Scotland. Here's a statement after Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) - owned by Norway's SalMar and Leroy Seafood (ranked 2nd and 4th largest salmon farming company in the world after Mowi) - threatened legal action last month on the back of Mowi's SLAPP:

The Norwegian giants Mowi and Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) which together control ca. 50% of 'Scottish' salmon farming are desperate to stop surveillance of salmon farming activities including gruesome video evidence of welfare abuse, mass mortalities and lice-infestation captured by covert filming during 2023:

Norway's $almafia are desperately trying to stop the public from seeing the horrors inside salmon cages in Scotland - if Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) win in court this video will be illegal! @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood
Watch more videos via https://t.co/2XPUxl6Eui pic.twitter.com/ggJZyX9UFN
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 11, 2023

The Ferret reported (7 November 2023):

Intrafish reported (6 November 2023):

Salmon Expert reported (6 November 2023):

Salmon Business reported (2 November 2023):

The National reported (1 November 2023):

Onet Wiadomosci reported (29 October 2023):

Norwegian behemoth Mowi - by far the world's largest salmon farming company owned by Norway's 'Big Wolf' John Fredriksen who is currently worth $13.7 billion and ranked 130th on the Forbes billionaires list - is picking fights with governments in Canada and at home Norway:

Norway's $almafia may have billions of $almoney but their $almonopoly and status as $almobsters has attracted scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic for illegal cartel activity - with price-fixing investigations in the USA, Canada and Europe:

Mowi's super-sized salmon farming should carry a wealth warning as well as a health warning.

Mowi's disregard for health and safety laws is in the spotlight in Scotland where an ongoing Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Mowi worker Clive Hendry is proving costly for the Norwegian giant:

The Norwegian $almafia is also facing criticism in Iceland and Norway - with video footage and leaked photos exposing welfare abuse and lice infestation at Mowi, SalMar (co-owner of Scottish Sea Farms) and Leroy Seafood (co-owner of Scottish Sea Farms):

Norwegian farmed salmon industry is in serious trouble, violating animal health and welfare standards. New photos surfacing with national broadcaster NRK today show piles of dead, gill diseased salmon in the fish pens of seafood giant Lerøy this autumnhttps://t.co/Be8sDWvLuc pic.twitter.com/Joj6Tp8smg
— Per-Erik Schulze (@PerErikSchulze) November 1, 2023

Mowi and Norwegian giant Grieg Seafood have already been successful in banning filming inside salmon farms in Canada and Norway.

Whether the Norwegian $almafia will succeed in Scotland remains to be seen - but until the appeal vs Mowi is heard people can still see the gruesome video footage and judge for themselves.

Video Exclusive: here's why Norwegian giant Mowi wants "extreme activists" to stop filming inside @rspcaassured @SoilAssociation @ASC_aqua salmon farms. Unlike salmon farmers, the camera never lies! @MowiScotlandLtd @ScotlandSalmon @TavishScott @WildFishCons @ciwf @scotgp pic.twitter.com/rvnKhYBas3
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 8, 2023

Norway's $almafia are desperately trying to stop the public from seeing the horrors inside salmon cages in Scotland - if Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) win in court this video will be illegal! @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood
Watch more videos via https://t.co/2XPUxl6Eui pic.twitter.com/ggJZyX9UFN
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 11, 2023

Nothing to see here - just video evidence of lice-infestation inside @rspcaassured & @ASC_aqua certified @MowiScotlandLtd off the Isle of Skye @_KateForbes @Ianblackford_MP @WHFP1 @pressjournal https://t.co/TCCQ53oKP5
No wonder the $almafia are taking legal action vs disclosure! pic.twitter.com/yPeP3gzYj1
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 9, 2023

If you're in London later this month (28 November) please come along to the UK Anti-SLAPP conference to hear more about the fight against the $almafia!

It's time to fight back against the $almafia's SLAPPs and wipe the expensive smiles off the faces of the Norwegian giants.