Go Pro Filming Inside Salmon Farms - the Inside Story!

Here's the inside story of how I boarded a salmon farm to film inside the disease-ridden cages at Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms). The Go Pro camera never lies (unlike salmon pharmers)! https://t.co/5eZBx5WcOT @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood @marksandspencer @rspcaassured

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 18, 2022

Secret filming inside salmon farms was pioneered in 2016 by award-winning biologist Alexandra Morton in British Columbia whose 'Hard Evidence' was a watershed moment in the fight against disease-ridden fish feedlots.

Big shout out to the pioneers of secret filming & all the brave warriors who dared lift the lid on disease-ridden salmon farming – the underwater filming with Go Pro cameras started @alex4salmon in 2016 has turned the tide! https://t.co/ozbDedwAG6 @seashepherd @CaptPaulWatson pic.twitter.com/S1PPpCd3X9

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 15, 2021

Earlier this month, I filmed safely, biosecurely and secretly on six separate occasions inside four RSPCA Assured salmon farms operated by Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) in the Sound of Mull and Loch Creran. Here's the inside story of how I accessed the lice-infested cages via a kayak:

Droning on & on about salmon farming – here's video footage shot by a drone showing me filming secretly and safely inside Norkskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) in the Sound of Mull on the West coast of Scotland https://t.co/lSiJvNXGVG @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood @rspcaassured

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 26, 2022

Here's the gruesome video evidence uncovered at Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) – a company exclusively sourcing RSPCA Assured Scottish salmon for Marks & Spencer:

Video Exclusive: Secret Filming Exposes Horrific Welfare Abuse Inside RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Farms! https://t.co/PHFsqdRJ7i @rspcaassured @scotseafarms @marksandspencer @ScottishSPCA @APHAgovuk @ProfCMDwyer @LynneUSneddon @ciwf @Animallawyersuk @vivacampaigns @Ecohustler pic.twitter.com/RLJYPfe1w8

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 11, 2022

Since Alexandra Morton secretly filmed inside salmon farms in 2016, a number of campaigners, journalists and truth-tellers have followed in her wake – from George Quocksister and Pamela Anderson in Canada:

To Mikael Frödin in Norway:

To Corin Smith in Scotland:

And Veiga Grétarsdóttir in Iceland:

A quick dip of the GoPro in a salmon feedlot – by Against The Current Iceland.

Look familiar?

Note lice infested, diseased lumpfish. It’s not just salmon that are dying in these cages.@SSPOsays @MairiMcAllan @_KateForbes @HamishMacdonell pic.twitter.com/9lmr643fXs

— Salmon Scotland (@SalmonScotland) August 13, 2021

All power to the Go Pro camera!

The Go Pro Camera Never Lies (Unlike Salmon Farmers) https://t.co/v7uJHswcNK @wildfirstcanada @TryVeg @ciwf @peta @patagonia @SalmonFeedlots @SalmonTroutCons @joe_crowley @andrholder @alex4salmon @ClayoquotAction @NMF_tweet @ArranCoast @SeaShepherdSSCS @CaptPaulWatson @SealifeA pic.twitter.com/yozFwED9Xe

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 15, 2019