Mowi's Piscichlamydia & Poxvirus Problems Exposed!

'Case Information' slipped out by the Scottish Government on 16 January 2023 makes for grim reading of shareholders in Norwegian behemoth Mowi.

Ouch – Piscichlamydia ravages Mowi's Marulaig Bay salmon farm. Inspection report @scotgov details 150,000+ morts, Amoebic Gill Disease, Proliferative Gill Disease, Tenacibaculum, Branchiomonas, Necrosis & Poxvirus @MowiScotlandLtd @rspcaassured @tavishscott @ASC_aqua @WHFP1 pic.twitter.com/EfW211x8Ef

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 27, 2023

The report of Piscichlamydia in Mowi's farmed salmon – sourced from a Patogen diagnostic report – is particularly embarrassing for $almafia lobbyist Tavish Scott who on BBC Scotland's 'The Nine' in April 2021 denied millions of Scottish salmon were dying due to infectious diseases such as Chlamydia, Anaemia, Lice Infestation and other problems (as exposed by Netflix's 'Seaspiracy' documentary).

World Exclusive: @tavishscott denies Scottish salmon die in their millions due to infectious diseases like Chlamydia, Lice Infestation, Heart Disease & Anaemia @ScotlandSalmon
Meanwhile @scotgov data reveals Scottish salmon dying in their millions due to infectious diseases! pic.twitter.com/flqTdzuOWT

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 27, 2023

Here's details of an inspection by the Fish Health Inspectorate in October 2022 of Mowi's ASC-certified and RSPCA Assured Marulaig Bay salmon farm in South Uist (Case 2022-0481) including over 150,000 mortalities, Amoebic Gill Disease, Proliferative Gill Disease, Tenacibaculum, Branchiomonas, Poxvirus and Piscichlamydia:

Case 2022-0481 details how mortalities are picked by Whiteshore Cockles for illegal disposal in North Uist:

Case 2022-0481 details how Mowi's ASC-certified and RSPCA Assured salmon farm at Marulaig Bay in South Uist are loaded with up to 10 lice:

Case 2022-0481 includes a Fish Health Inspectorate Visit Report dated 3 November 2022 – detailing extensive disease problems at Mowi's ASC-certified and RSPCA Assured salmon farm at Marulaig Bay in South Uist including chronic hyperplasic branchitis, complex gill issues, vascular disturbance, Amoebic Gill Disease, myocarditis, hepatic necrosis, Vibrio, Salmonid alphavirus, Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis, Piscine Reovirus, Paranucleospora theridion, Salmon Gill Poxvirus and Neoparamoeba perurans:

Case 2022-0481 included a letter to Mowi from the Scottish Government dated 20 October 2022 pointing out that movement records were "inadequately maintained" at Marulaig Bay (certified as "responsible" by the ASC in June 2022):

Case 2022-0481 included photos of samples of farmed salmon taken by the Fish Health Inspectorate illustrating Mowi's disease problems including Amoebic Gill Disease, Proliferative Gill Disease, Tenacibaculum, Branchiomonas, Poxvirus and Piscichlamydia:

The mere mention of the word 'Chlamydia' had $almafia lobbyist Tavish Scott frothing at the mouth when he appeared on BBC Scotland's 'The Nine' show in April 2021 (to debate Netflix's 'Seaspiracy'):

MILLIONS of farmed salmon are dying from lice infestations, chlamydia, heart disease, anaemia etc.

The CEO of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation @SSPOsays, Mr @TavishScott says it's a

"Pack of lies".

Make up you own mind who's the LIAR here. pic.twitter.com/C0T1aId4pn

— Salmon Scotland (@SalmonScotland) April 19, 2021

"Let's look at some of the specific claims this documentary [Netflix's Seaspiracy] makes," said BBC Scotland's Martin Geissler in April 2021. "Don was talking there about the moment he climbs up a ladder and looks into a tank full of dead fish, it's what they call a mortality bin. It's like a skip of dead fish. It's not entirely clear in the wording of the documentary what percentage of the fish that are farmed end up in there but they're suggesting it's a lot. They say they die from lice infestatations, Chlamydia, heart disease, anaemia."

"No, no," interupted $almafia lobbyist Tavish Scott.

"Is that true?" asked the BBC's Martin Geissler.

"No, it's absolutely not true," replied Tavish Scott. "It's one of the pack of lies that these extreme activists produce all the time, Martin. I am disappointed the BBC is giving it air time to this pack of lies tonight".

Tavish Scott @SSPOsays denies millions of Scottish salmon are dying from lice infestation & infectious diseases @seaspiracy @BBCScotNine
Yet, data published by @marinescotland shows millions of #Scottish #salmon die due to infectious diseases! https://t.co/L0V3L4ubNu #Liar #Lies pic.twitter.com/feFSb4NTw8

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 7, 2021

Two Chlamydiales have previously been found to infect Atlantic salmon, Candidatus Piscichlamydia salmonis and Candidatus Clavichlamydia salmonicola. Both develop intracellularly in cyst-like inclusions in gill cells, generally referred to as epitheliocysts https://t.co/dvjfuA7JWL

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 6, 2021

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in April 2021:

Scottish Salmon & The 'C' Word (that's Chlamydia not the Clap)! https://t.co/lYtFBlZaoL
What hidden extras are lurking in your Scottish salmon? @scotseafarms @salmon_scottish @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua @GriegShetland @ScotlandMowi @LochDuartSalmon @tavishscott @SSPOsays @coopuk pic.twitter.com/dWkE7fjM9i

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 7, 2021

$camon $cotland reported last week (20 January 2023):

Based upon information published on 9 January 2023 by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate (data up to the end of November 2022), here's the most deadly sea cage salmon farms in Scotland during 2022 – plagued by disease problems such as Rickettsia, Heart & Skeletal Muscle Inflammation, Amoebic Gill Disease, Salmon Gill Poxvirus, Pancreas Disease, Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis, Furunculosis, Piscine Reovirus, Vibrio and Sea Lice:

RSPCA Assured Mowi features prominently in Scottish salmon's 2022 'League of Death' – with 335,921 dead fish reported at Seaforth salmon farm on the Isle of Lewis via 13 'Mortality Event Reports' and 334,998 dead fish at Stulaigh salmon farm in South Uist via 7 'Mortality Event Reports':

Mowi's Seaforth salmon farm was not awarded ASC certification during 2022 ("decision by certificate holder to voluntarily cancel") and Mowi's Stulaigh salmon farm was awarded ASC certification in June 2022.

Other ASC-certified and RSPCA Assured Mowi salmon farms reporting irresponsible levels of mortalities include Marulaig Bay with 185,254 dead fish via 6 'Mortality Event Reports'; Muck with 182,214 dead fish via 6 'Mortality Event Reports' and Ardintoul with 227,610 dead fish via 10 'Mortality Event Reports':

$camon $cotland reported in September 2022:

EXPOSED: Mowi's Mortality Nightmare – 59.5% death rate @rspcaassured Loch Greshornish & 55.9% death rate @ASC_aqua Greanem (Grey Horse Outer) @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/OAfRglN8zB
How can Mowi's salmon be marketed as "responsibly sourced"? @sainsburys @Tesco @ASA_UK #Scamon pic.twitter.com/0bshm1oXbX

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 26, 2022

No wonder Mowi wants to keep the public away from their disease-ridden feedlots!

STV News: "Given the gruesome nature of welfare abuse, mass mortalities & lice infestations it is not surprising that this Norwegian-owned behemoth wants to stop the public from finding out the ugly truth about Scottish salmon" https://t.co/HlRWu4RmVO @STVNews @giannilmarini pic.twitter.com/o8kveENGsj

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 11, 2021

And no wonder that Mowi is paying £1.3 million to advertise during ITV's 'Next Level Chef':

.@GordonRamsay @PaulAinsw6rth and @nyeshajoyce – the chefs and restaurants committed to NOT serving unsustainable farmed salmon are the true #NextLevelChefUK champions.

A quick look below the surface at a farm run by your sponsor @MowiScotlandLtd shows why… #Offthetable pic.twitter.com/n5WMdikAbb

— WildFish (@WildFishCons) January 11, 2023

Monsanto or McDonald's would be better brands to be associated with than Norwegian salmon farming giant Mowi @GordonRamsay @WeAreSTV #NextLevelChef https://t.co/IecaZ6IBA2
I'd rather eat the crap at the bottom of a budgie cage than Mowi's 'responsibly sourced' Scottish salmon! pic.twitter.com/ENi6qX9Qni

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 10, 2023

Mowi pay £1.3 million to sponsor new ITV Gordon Ramsay show Next Level Chef? @TheGrocer https://t.co/1SvXfPR5o5 @GordonRamsay @ITV @MowiScotlandLtd @GordonRamsayGRR @NextLevelFOX @nyeshajoyce @TemiTysKitchen @PaulAinsworth8 #NextLevelChef #Salmoney #Salmobsters #Greenwashing

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 2, 2023