Dishing the Dirt on Mowi's "Inadequately Maintained" Cleaner Fish Mortality & Movement Records

Collateral Damage in Salmon Farming's War on Sea Lice
– 30,000 dead 'cleaner fish' not reported @MowiScotlandLtd
"Lumpfish mortality records were not maintained properly" @marinescotland @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/ZTOzwXcRVj @onekindtweet @ciwf @PETAUK @Animallawyersuk pic.twitter.com/t0CyIj9kgH

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 7, 2022

'Case Information' recently reported by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate details mass mortalities of 'cleaner fish' at Mowi's Soay salmon farm in West Loch Tarbert on the Isle of Harris:

Cleaner Fish – Dead in the Water at Lice-Infested @rspcaassured Mowi Scotland! https://t.co/ixqUarQb2I @MowiScotlandLtd @SRey_Planellas @fishfarmermag @scotseafarms @csar_ace @onekindtweet @APHAgovuk @SSPCA_Kirsteen #Boycott #Dirty #LiceInfested #Scottish #Salmon pic.twitter.com/ih9h9TdVTX

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 27, 2021

In February 2022, $camon $cotland lifted the lid on mass mortalities of 'cleaner fish' at salmon farms across Scotland – especially at Mowi:

EXPOSED: Salmon Scotland's Dirty Trade in Cleaner Fish https://t.co/Rt1GYWAoxV
Scottish salmon farming – along with millions of cleaner fish – is dead in the water! @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @marinescotland @onekindtweet @mcsuk @TheOpenSeas @ciwf @scotgp pic.twitter.com/xzuCm6fycp

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 1, 2022

Why is @scotgov turning a blind eye to welfare abuse of 'cleaner fish' on salmon farms? @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @salmon_scottish @scotseafarms https://t.co/Rt1GYWAoxV
Please end the welfare nightmare! @scotgp @ciwf @PETAUK @HSIGlobal @Animallawyersuk @onekindtweet pic.twitter.com/n3SID7Iy7B

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 1, 2022

Mowi is by no means the only company where tens of thousands of 'cleaner fish' are suffering cruel deaths. 'Case Information' recently published by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate reveals mass mortalities of lumpfish at The Scottish Salmon Company's Quarry Point salmon farm in Loch Fyne (The Scottish Salmon Company was renamed Bakkafrost Scotland in June 2022):

Further 'Case Information' published by The Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate reveals mass mortalities at The Scottish Salmon Company's Ardcastle salmon farm in Loch Fyne:

The Dirt on 'Cleaner Fish' – The Scottish Salmon Company (Bakkafrost) reported 15,153 dead lumpfish in ONE week during 2021 with a mortality rate of 93.9%! @rspcaassured @ciwf @onekindtweet @Folketrygdfond @marinescotland @ScotlandSalmon @WildFishCons https://t.co/ZTOzwXtUXj pic.twitter.com/DSWDJKRjdr

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 7, 2022

Wrasse are caught in the wild – in Scottish, English and Irish waters – and farmed at Mowi's hatchery in Wales whilst lumpfish are all farmed with millions of ova imported from hatcheries in Norway. Here's 'Case Information' published by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate for the Otter Ferry hatchery on Loch Fyne: