Does Bakkafrost & salvage company @BonnMees have a licence to dump a toxic @GaelForceGroup barge in Loch Reraig (close to Loch Carron MPA)? How much of the 690 tons of "contaminated water & feed" are left on board? @nature_scot @ScottishEPA @scotgov @_KateForbes @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/O1SGGTK8yt pic.twitter.com/dQ7JWcpGpS
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 20, 2022
Here's photos taken yesterday (19 December 2022) of the toxic GaelForce feed barge which has now been dumped – illegally it seems and certainly without any public consultation – in Loch Reraig (Loch Carron) near Kishorn:
— Lou-Lou Troup (@rendabelle) December 20, 2022
This has been dumped in a bay (not Kishorn) right on the edge of the Lochcarron MPA, with no warning or explanation to those who live there. It is bigger than the house on the shore and who knows what it is emitting. Shocking.
— Annabel Scott 💙 (@madame_scott) December 19, 2022
Here's a map of the Loch Carron MPA:
The Matador 3 (Bonn-Mees) lifting crane moved into Loch Reraig on Sunday (18 December 2022) – data from Marine Traffic:
According to Marine Traffic, The Matador 3 (Bonn-Mees) lifting crane spent yesterday (19 December 2022) dumping the toxic GaelForce feed barge in Loch Reraig before leaving for Kishorn:
A FOI disclosure by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (8 December 2022) included:
Is a Total Exclusion Zone in place around the toxic @GaelForceGroup barge dumped in Loch Reraig (close to the Loch Carron MPA)? @nature_scot @ScottishEPA @scotgov @MCA_media @Ianblackford_MP @_KateForbes
Have locals been warned not to venture near? @rendabelle @madame_scott pic.twitter.com/nu9zN1Q9L7— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 20, 2022
"SOSREP has established a Total Exclusion Zone initially around the lifting site & latterly around
MATADOR 3 itself. The TEZ will remain in force throughout the decontamination work & the transit to
Strome until all contaminated water/feed has been removed & the risk eliminated" https://t.co/k4RsCdCqZr pic.twitter.com/jJ386QyySJ— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 8, 2022
The Viking Saga – which is understood to be offloading 690 tons of "contaminated water and feed" from the salvaged barge – is now in Fraserburgh where it is believed to be disposing the cargo in an anaerobic digestion plant.
Police Scotland told $camon $cotland yesterday (19 December 2022):
Here's photos taken this morning (20 December 2022) of the Matador 3 (Bonn-Mees) lifting crane in the Port of Kishorn:
Here's photos taken this afternoon (20 December 2022) in Loch Reraig:
Photos of the toxic @gaelforce feed barge dumped in Loch Reraig – just outside the Loch Carron MPA @nature_scot @ScottishEPA @marinescotland @scotgov
Has Bakkafrost, Marine Masters & @BonnMees offloaded the 690 tons of "contaminated water & feed"? @MCA_media @PoliceScotland pic.twitter.com/jrXTsomiGf— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 20, 2022
Bakkafrost staff find the toxic nature of salmon farming funny – here's comments on Facebook's Scottish Maritime group earlier today (20 December 2022):
Bakkafrost staff joking on Facebook that 20 super-sized salmon cages (160 metres in circumference) will be installed in Loch Reraig (close to Loch Carron Marine Protected Area) alongside the toxic @GaelForceGroup feed barge @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond #SalmonFarmingIsABadJoke pic.twitter.com/QtvyPKdvoK
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 20, 2022
Nice work Bakkafrost!
Date: Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 7:46 PM
Subject: Loch Reraig barge & 20 salmon cages coming in?
To: <toda@bakkafrost.com>, <sasi@bakkafrost.com>, <ruw@havsbrun.fo>, <reja@bakkafrost.com>
Cc: <dougie.macleod@scottishsalmon.com>, <info.scotland@bakkafrost.com>
Further to $camon Scotland's email of 30 August 2022 (still unanswered), could you please provide an update on the state of the salvage operation off Portree including any public/environmental risks arising from leaking toxic gases?When will Bakkafrost be reporting the financial costs of the salvage operation to the Oslo stock exchange (I understand there are disclosure rules under the Norwegian Securities Trading Act) and Bakkafrost shareholders (the largest being the Norwegian Government as represented by Folketrygdfondet)?Documents obtained via FOI detail the "explosive" nature of Bakkafrost's feed barge, the public risks from explosion (Hydrogen Sulphide toxic gases were found in August at 55,000 ppm – levels within the "explosive range") and legal action between Bakkafrost and Briggs Marine (which presumably adds to the costs):An update would be much appreciated.Thanks,Don Staniford$camon $cotland
Read more via:
Police Scotland FOI disclosure on toxic feed barge off Portree – now beached in Kishorn?
Update: Toxic Feed Barge Salvaged Off Portree Heading to Loch Carron & then Ardyne!
P&J: "Stink raised over release of toxic chemicals from sunken fish farm barge off Skye"
Gael Force's Sinking Feeling: barges scuppered by bad weather or is the 'greed of feed' to blame?
Letter to Scottish Ministers re. "Explosive" Scottish Salmon – Please Defuse the Toxic Time-Bomb!
The Times: "Secret plans to evacuate island homes over toxic gas"
Bakkafrost's Scottish Salmon Nightmare Gets Worse with 10,000 Tonne Black Hole in Scotland!
Bakkafrost is Dead in the Water in Scotland – 2021 Annual Report Details "Deadly Cocktail"!
500m exclusion zone near Portree Harbour in Skye as barge gives of rotten eggs smell
P&J: "Exclusion zone set up around Skye barge giving off rotten eggs smell"
"Experts tackle lethal gas leaking from sunken feed barge" (Fish Farming Expert)
Toxic Gasses Spew From The Scottish Salmon Company (Bakkafrost Scotland) Off Portree
Police Scotland update on the 'toxic' @GaelForceGroup feed barge salvaged off Portree – now beached in Kishorn as ca. 690 tons of "contaminated water and feed" is offloaded in Fraserburgh for waste disposal at Anaerobic Digestion plant? @PoliceScotland https://t.co/9XkgUkAHps pic.twitter.com/SROZfkrJEH
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 19, 2022