Photos of the salvage operation at Portree salmon farm over the weekend: what were the ecological impacts? @ScottishEPA @nature_scot @marinescotland @MairiMcAllan @GaelForceGroup @HighlandCouncil
Did the salvage operation have a licence? @scotgov @MairiGougeon @MCA_media pic.twitter.com/FqNRno4k37— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 4, 2022
According to Marine Traffic, the lifted GaelForce feed barge (once it is on the deck of the Matador) is destined for the Port of Kishorn.
The West Highland Free Press posted more photos on Facebook (2 December 2022):
Facebook: "Perhaps @cllrjfinlayson could provide copies of Minutes/correspondence of the information and updates provided to community councils etc. Surely there should also have been public notices for tourists warning them of this potential hazard" https://t.co/U46EVNFt7e https://t.co/gtNmXYWkSf pic.twitter.com/dX3T4Qxuv0
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 4, 2022
Here's photos taken on Friday (2 December 2022) from the coastal path overlooking the Portree salmon farm:
Photos taken today off Portree by a local: "I was shaken by how close the farm is to the coastline – whatever has come out of that sunken feedbarge will almost certainly have washed round into Portree Bay with the tides. There was no signage anywhere along the path from Portree" pic.twitter.com/F80IhTwPnr
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 2, 2022
The Press & Journal reported (4 December 2022):
Press & Journal: "Anti-fish farm campaigner Don Staniford has published a number of documents from consultants & government bodies alleging the vessel was giving off “significant levels” of hydrogen sulphide at potentially flammable levels" @pressjournal https://t.co/QzC6euLVSR
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 6, 2022
Read more via:
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
"We are seeing some feed oils coming from the second silo now – image below close up to the droplets and much clearer image" @briggsmarine
How much feed leaked from the @GaelForceGroup barge off Portree? @ScottishEPA @cllrjfinlayson @drewhendrySNP @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond pic.twitter.com/hyOIgK8RjI— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 30, 2022