Bakkafrost is Dead in the Water in Scotland - 2021 Annual Report Details "Deadly Cocktail"!

New name: same mass deaths, disease & welfare abuse #Bakkafrost #ScottishSalmon
Unethical & morally bankrupt Bakkafrost is dead in the water in Scotland! @Folketrygdfond @NFdep @FerdOwner @ScotlandSalmon @Try_Lochlander @MairiGougeon @TavishScott @scotgp https://t.co/uqc2JDwH9G pic.twitter.com/F0SC8kFpOU

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 4, 2022

The bad news just keeps on coming for investors and shareholders in The Scottish Salmon Company (renamed Bakkafrost Scotland in June 2022). Fish Farmer reported yesterday (3 October 2022):

Bakkafrost’s Scotland arm saw losses double in 2021 – "compromised gill health and secondary complications including blooms of micro jellyfish and fish handling during necessary treatments" @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond @NFdep #Bakkafrost https://t.co/y7oei699W7

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 3, 2022

Fish Farming Expert reported (3 October 2022):

Bakkafrost's 2021 Annual Report certainly makes for grim reading for Scotland:

Delve deeper into Bakkafrost's 2021 Annual Report and the lethal nature of Scottish salmon's "deadly cocktail" becomes apparent:

Bakkafrost's 2021 Annual Report details a "deadly cocktail" in Scotland https://t.co/EUMQwr47Oe
Is Bakkafrost (formerly called The Scottish Salmon Company) dead in the water in Scotland? @Folketrygdfond @NFdep @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/z1FfWaIqLT

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 4, 2022

Last month (26 September 2022), $camon $cotland exposed how Bakkafrost was Scottish salmon's King of Death:

All hail Bakkafrost Scotland (formerly The Scottish Salmon Company) – Scottish salmon's King of Death! https://t.co/Ju6L8xNZjw
How can 82.1% mortality (that's 4 in every 5 fish dying a cruel death) be branded "responsibly sourced"? @rspcaassured @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond pic.twitter.com/zc4OuDlw2x

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 26, 2022

$camon $cotland reported last month (28 September 2022):

EXPOSED: Photos of diseased salmon taken by @scotgov health inspectors at visits to farms – how can such abuse be marketed as "responsible" & 'welfare-friendly'? @rspcaassured @ScotlandSalmon @SoilAssociation @SoilAssocScot @ASC_aqua @scotgp @ciwf @onekindtweet @Animallawyersuk pic.twitter.com/NEFMuk504z

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 28, 2022

Here's photos of disease-ridden farmed salmon from RSPCA Assured Bakkafrost Scotland (called The Scottish Salmon Company until June 2022) in Loch Roag at Taranaish – sourced from a Scottish Government inspection conducted in December 2021 (the Fish Health Inspectorate reported salmon gill poxvirus, epitheliocystis, Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis, and Neoparamoeba perurans, the causative agent of Amoebic Gill Disease):

The bad smell coming from Bakkafrost – whose largest shareholder is the Norwegian Government – reeks of rotten eggs. The news of Bakkafrost Scotland leaking dangerous toxic gasses off Portree – as reported in August 2022 by BBC News, The Press & Journal, The National and other media – comes as no surprise to anyone who has tracked The Scottish Salmon Company since it reared its ugly head in Scotland back in 2009 (bankrolled by $almoney-launderer Yury Lopatinsky).

BBC News: 'Rotten egg' gas leaking from fish feed barge wreck – a 500m exclusion zone has been placed around the wreck of a salmon feed barge near Portree on Skye https://t.co/nRuwKkZyTy @BBCScotlandNews @bbcalba @ScottishEPA @marinescotland @H_S_E @MCA_media @PoliceScotland

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2022

Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots reported in March 2022:

$camon $cotland reported in March 2022:

Breaking News: 715,592 dead fish reported at The Scottish Salmon Company's Applecross/Russel Burn Hatchery in 6 incidents during 2022! @salmon_scottish @Folketrygdfond @ScotlandSalmon
"Systemic investigation ongoing" reports @marinescotland @ScotGovRural https://t.co/DqDKfxGm84 pic.twitter.com/h8M0e8XElw

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 7, 2022

The mortality data – sourced from data returns submitted by salmon farming companies to the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate – details 90 'Mortality Event Reports' totalling 1,811,299 dead farmed fish reported thus far in 2022 (data up to mid-February) – including 715,592 dead farmed salmon in six incidents at The Scottish Salmon Company's Applecross Smolt Unit at Russel Burn on the shore of Loch Kishorn:

A whistleblower told Scottish Salmon Watch in January that 600,000 farmed salmon had died in a welfare disaster @salmon_scottish's Applecross Hatchery – today @marinescotland reported 715,592 farmed salmon had died with a "systemic investigation ongoing"! https://t.co/DqDKfxFOiw pic.twitter.com/Hbb6bOPH2k

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 7, 2022

Hey taxpayer, @MairiGougeon gave £5MILLION of your cash to Faroese company Bakkafrost to build a salmon hatchery – in the name of “sustainable growth”.

☠️ 715,000 baby salmon just died there ☠️

Please tell her to stop this madness. https://t.co/wU1KZIYxc8

— Salmon Scotland (@SalmonScotland) March 8, 2022

In total, The Scottish Salmon Company has already reported a staggering 911,499 dead farmed fish in 37 incidents during 2022 including:

"Systemic investigation ongoing" by @marinescotland @APHAgovuk at The Scottish Salmon Company's Applecross Hatchery at Loch Kishorn following the deaths of over 700,000 farmed salmon! @salmon_scottish @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond https://t.co/DqDKfxFOiw
Nothing to see here! pic.twitter.com/AwVXS8F3g4

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 8, 2022

$camon $cotland reported in February 2022:

The Scottish Salmon Co report 4.1 million mortalities since 1 January 2021 via 293 'Mortality Events' headed by Druimyeon Bay salmon farm off the Isle of Gigha with 148,628 morts in one week in October 2021! @salmon_scottish @Folketrygdfond @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/tBz56oIRHK pic.twitter.com/eHI9EZxIr1

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 18, 2022

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in January 2022:

Fresh Scottish Salmon anyone? Here's freshly published photos of disease-ridden fish farmed @salmon_scottish off Skye & the Isle of Gigha @marinescotland
Please boycott Scottish salmon! @Folketrygdfond @waitrose @coopuk @coopukpress @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/WK0SjATflz pic.twitter.com/MIBNEityBk

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 12, 2022

The 'Scottish' Salmon Company's Faroese/Norwegian owner Bakkafrost is also suffering from welfare problems at home in the Faroes.

Faroes TV reports on a heavy fine for Bakkafrost – owner of The 'Scottish' Salmon Company @salmon_scottish & whose largest shareholder is the Norwegian Government @Folketrygdfond @NFdep @fiskeridir https://t.co/NuO5RChXaK @Tinganes @faroesenews @faroe_islands @Faroes2EU

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2021

Intrafish reported in December 2021:

Intrafish report: "Notification of Bakkafrost fine of 67 million creates complications – the warning comes as a result of a possible violation of the Animal Welfare Act". Bakkafrost was notified of the fine (£7.7 million) by the Prime Minister's office https://t.co/eDFgAvPi9d pic.twitter.com/HK4t4RYBzL

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 8, 2021

French TV reported in November 2021 on welfare abuse, mass mortalities and lice infestation at The Scottish Salmon Company's West Strome salmon farm in Loch Carron:

Video of French TV's 'The Truth About Salmon' featuring Mowi & The Scottish Salmon Company https://t.co/PIwqhztqhu @France5tv @hugoclement @MowiScotlandLtd @salmon_scottish @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond @Try_Lochlander @waitrose @sainsburys @Tesco @LidlGB @AldiUK @SaumonLabel pic.twitter.com/u16uaGZ97K

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 21, 2021

STV News reported in October 2021:

Thousands of rotting salmon ‘stink out’ village after mass death at farm.https://t.co/hOoOmXr0n7

— STV News (@STVNews) October 20, 2021

Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots reported in October 2021:

The Isle of Gigha – in Old Norse it means "God's island" or "good island" – has been hit by another Viking invasion in the shape of the Norwegian/Faroese-owned 'Scottish' Salmon Co. @salmon_scottish
What the hell are you doing? @Folketrygdfond @SSPOsays https://t.co/OzmwVhMj6p pic.twitter.com/F1wVVPyoGC

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 18, 2021

In November 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch wrote to the Norwegian Government (as the largest shareholder in Bakkafrost and shareholder in other salmon farming companies) asking it to divest from unethical and irresponsible salmon farming in Scotland.

Did you know that the Norwegian Government's Pension Fund (derived from Norway's oil revenues) is the largest or 2nd largest shareholder in companies which account for 80% of 'Scottish' salmon farming? @Folketrygdfond @MowiScotlandLtd @salmon_scottish https://t.co/4P1m3g2CvT pic.twitter.com/Sl6bFlcwaK

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 30, 2020

Read more on The 'Scottish' Salmon Company's Faroese/Norwegian owners online here

Over 5 Million Dead 'Scottish' Salmon Since 2017 @salmon_scottish – sponsored by investors from Norway, Sweden, Faroes, USA, Denmark, Belgium & Luxembourg! @Folketrygdfond @NorwayMFA @fiskeridir @NFdep @Try_Lochlander @SSPOsays @FergusEwingMSP @strathearnrose @marinescotland pic.twitter.com/37ehamHX24

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 13, 2020