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

Leaked documents from a Mowi whistleblower – dubbed 'MowiLeaks' – exposes the welfare nightmare of RSPCA Assured, Soil Association certified 'organic' and ASC-certified 'responsible' Scottish salmon.

One damning document titled 'Grading Standards Photos' dated January 2023 (scheduled to be revised in January 2024) illustrates the scale of welfare abuse and unnecessary suffering inside Mowi salmon farms (all accredited as 'welfare friendly' via RSPCA Assured with most Mowi salmon now certified as 'responsible' by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council and nine salmon farms certified as 'organic' by the Soil Association):

Download in full via: GUIDE Grading Standards Photos V11

Download a media backgrounder with more 'MowiLeaks' online here

“Consumers still buying Scottish salmon should take a close look at the horrific state of the poor fish which ends up on their plates,” said Don Staniford, Director of $camon $cotland. “With all the welfare abuse including death crowns, lesions and open wounds plaguing Mowi salmon it is not surprising that whole salmon has been replaced by skinless Scottish salmon. Supermarkets are shamefully greenwashing Mowi salmon as ‘responsibly sourced’ and ‘welfare friendly’ via RSPCA Assured, the Soil Association and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council.”

Abigail Penny, Executive Director of Animal Equality UK, said: “These nauseating images give a glimpse into what life is really like for farmed salmon, and it’s far from pretty. I dread to imagine the misery these animals endured. What is particularly alarming is that the salmon classified as ‘ordinary’ clearly experienced extreme jaw deformities, red raw lice sores, and wounds so deep that their skulls were visible. Significant health and welfare issues are clearly so commonplace on fish farms that the salmon industry now believes this suffering to be normal, but any consumer will no doubt feel sick to their stomach when they see these repulsive photos. We cannot buy into the industry’s lies. We must take a stand and stop supporting this ruthless industry before millions more salmon succumb to the same sad fate.”

“The fact that Mowi workers – gagged via Non-Disclosure Agreements and the threat of losing their jobs – are still prepared to leak information speaks volumes,” continued Staniford. “The camera never lies unlike Mowi. Please boycott RSPCA Assured Mowi salmon – avoid Scottish salmon like the proverbial plague. Mowi is the Monsanto and McDonalds of the seas.”