Charitable Warning: Mowi's Salmon Wagon is Hitting the Road Again - there's no such thing as a free farmed fish lunch!

We’re now accepting applications from charities interested in having the Mowi Salmon Wagon attend their event in 2022! To apply, please visit: https://t.co/juPWbLWJIk #SalmonForGood #Mowi #MowiSalmonWagon pic.twitter.com/tr0xekH3yq

— Mowi Scotland Limited (@MowiScotlandLtd) February 14, 2022

My eight year old daughter is currently is reading 'Ratburger' by David Walliams – a book which leaves you with a nasty taste in the mouth (you may have watched the movie which would have put you off dodgy burger vans for life).

Warning: Mowi's Salmon Wagon hits the road this summer serving 'healthy' Scottish salmon – I'd rather eat a ratburger served by David Walliams! @davidwalliams
There's no such thing as a free lunch @MowiScotlandLtd https://t.co/FNwnE0L88A pic.twitter.com/CCqHHDB7xh

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 3, 2022

I can't help but thinking of 'Ratburger' when reading news of Mowi's 'Salmon Wagon' serving 'healthy' burgers to unsuspecting punters at charity events this Summer.

Applications are open! Apply to have the Mowi Salmon Wagon at your charity event in 2022. Applications close on Monday 28th February – don’t miss out! https://t.co/juPWbLWJIk #SalmonForGood #Mowi #MowiSalmonWagon pic.twitter.com/mpjBG3fu14

— Mowi Scotland Limited (@MowiScotlandLtd) February 1, 2022

𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧 2022 | We are excited to start making plans to have the Salmon Wagon back on the road for 2022. 🍣

Applications go live during February – sign up here https://t.co/UCM90eUDmk pic.twitter.com/ChDjL4TfY8

— Mowi Scotland Limited (@MowiScotlandLtd) January 14, 2022

Scottish Ministers Kate Forbes and Fergus Ewing were famously pictured in 2019 promoting disease-ridden Mowi salmon.

The photo of Fergus Ewing tucking into Mowi salmon at the Lochaber Show (pictured with Kate Forbes MSP, another Scottish Minister busy prom0ting Norwegian-owned 'Scottish' salmon) brought back memories of John Gummer (then the UK Minister of Agriculture) feeding his daughter a bite of British beef at the height of the BSE scandal.

There's no denying the money raised by Mowi's 'Salmon Wagon' for charity.

As Smashey and Nicey would say: "It's for charity, mate"!

There's also no denying the wonderful publicity the 'Salmon Wagon' generates for disease-ridden Mowi.

Mowi's 'Salmon Wagon' hits the road to donate loadsa $almoney to charities – this time next year they'll be millionaires! https://t.co/FNwnE12J08 @MowiScotlandLtd @AST_Salmon @FoundationScot @fms_scotland @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/n5PYaqhFR9

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 3, 2022

Sadly, applications by charities for the use of Mowi's 'Salmon Wagon' have now closed – applicants will be notifed by 25 March if they've been 'successful'. If charities are still on the look out for a burger van, David Walliams can be contacted via his agent online here – the Ratburger van may well be available for your event. I'd rather eat a ratbuger than one of Mowi's salmon burgers!

Scamon Scotland is also looking into hiring a van to take on the road this Summer and is hoping that Del Boy Trotter's old van will be available to tour Scotland.

Last month (18 February 2022), Scamon Scotland reported that Mowi was experiencing huge disease and mortality problems:

Revealed: 30+ Million Dead Scottish Salmon Since 2017 – 8m morts reported last year & half a million in first two weeks of 2022!! https://t.co/tBz56oIRHK @ScotlandSalmon @tavishscott
Anyone for yummy "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon? @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua @SoilAssociation pic.twitter.com/K8cU8Bo64Y

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 18, 2022

According to the Fish Health Inspectorate data published on 7 February 2022, Norwegian giant Mowi has reported 3.1 million mortalities since 1 January 2021 (data up to mid-January 2022) via 184 'Mortality Event Reports' – here's the biggest mass mortalities in sea cages or freshwater cages headed by over 100,000 dead salmon at Grey Horse Channel Outer in North Uist:

Revealed: 222,575 @rspcaassured salmon have been reported dead by @MowiScotlandLtd on one salmon farm (Loch Seaforth) in 2022. "Mechanical treatment losses /Pasteurella skyensis infection" reports @marinescotland "Fish are being medicated with antibiotics" @sainsburys @Tesco pic.twitter.com/U5TtnLESUQ

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 10, 2022

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in January 2022:

All sorts of problems in Loch Erisort for @rspcaassured @MowiScotlandLtd! Data published @marinescotland reveals 117,414 dead lumpfish (49% mortality), lice infestation, Heart & Skeletal Muscle Inflammation, Yersinia (Black Death) & Cardiomyopathy syndrome https://t.co/DYF8JPYEoO pic.twitter.com/29ttoKeebH

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 12, 2022

EXPOSED: Mowi's ASC-certified salmon farm off the Isle of Rum experienced 160,000 morts with anaemic "fish bleeding out during lice counts" in a four week period in Sept/Oct 2021 @marinescotland – how can @ASC_aqua still certify @MowiScotlandLtd as "farmed responsibly"? pic.twitter.com/GIaw6leVuh

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 11, 2022

In August 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch reported:

Mowi's Mortality Nigthmare – Farmed Salmon Is Dead in the Water https://t.co/psbmcoVanz
New data reveals 234,000 dead salmon in June with 118,000 dead due to "lack of oxygen" at Mowi's @rspcaassured Inchmore hatchery @MowiScotlandLtd @APHAgovuk @marinescotland @SSPOsays #Salmon pic.twitter.com/XurlBSPGqc

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 31, 2021

In July 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch exposed the lice-infested nature of Mowi's Scottish salmon:

Secret Filming Exposes Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured Mowi – Campaigners call for Mowi to be fined & RSPCA certification rescinded! https://t.co/dhVFllDjXX @rspcaassured @MowiScotlandLtd @marinescotland @APHAgovuk @MairiGougeon @SSPCA_Kirsteen pic.twitter.com/jzo2fi13xK

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 20, 2021

The mother of all salmon splashes in today's Mail on Sunday – beauty and the beast! https://t.co/oKrvmkUNAx @EmiliaClarkeTM @emiliaclarke @GameOfThrones @MowiScotlandLtd @rspcaassured pic.twitter.com/xyubBSQAFC

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 25, 2021

Millions around the world have watched 'Seaspiracy' on Netflix which quite literally lifts the lid on Mowi's disease-ridden salmon (but don't worry, it's certified as welfare-friendly by RSPCA Assured and "farmed responsibly" by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council):

Norwegian salmon giant Mowi has reacted to Netflix's 'Seaspiracy' by publishing videos claiming to show healthy farmed salmon at their @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua salmon farm in Loch Linnhe which featured in @seaspiracy @ScotlandMowi @SSPOsays @iamalitabrizi https://t.co/DXJ6gnAUgl pic.twitter.com/Xf0W4GGlQg

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 16, 2021

In November 2021, France 5 broadcast shocking video footage of lice-infested Mowi salmon:

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

And if you love your pharmed salmon with a side order of antibiotics, then you're in luck. The Sunday National and The Ferret reported last week (27 February 2022):

Today's Sunday National & The Ferret report on how the use of drugs at fish farms has leapt 50 times in six years! @ScotNational @FerretScot @robedwards53 https://t.co/H2a3KO0y1H @MowiScotlandLtd @ScotlandSalmon @scotseafarms @marinescotland @ScottishEPA @vmdgovuk @rspcaassured pic.twitter.com/m54c8jesPQ

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 27, 2022

Scamon Scotland reported (27 February 2022):

"Scottish salmon is a hopeless drug addict that surely belongs on the floor with the Trainspotting junkies not welcomed into your kitchen & served as ‘healthy’ food. Norwegian giant Mowi should check itself into rehab to curb their drug dependency" https://t.co/T3qavQYEUR pic.twitter.com/irjTlZ6EFq

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 27, 2022

A media backgrounder (27 February 2022) included:

Mowi's drug addiction is in the class of Amy Winehouse! "They tried to make me go to Rehab, But I said no, no, no" @MowiScotlandLtd @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond @ScottishEPA @vmdgovuk
Boycott pharmed salmon! https://t.co/ZkLRz68zys pic.twitter.com/6zWdkYxB2y

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 28, 2022

Certification of @MowiScotlandLtd salmon farms has been cancelled @ASC_aqua "Carradale was cancelled due to an escape event; Cairidh due to administrative reasons; Maol Ban & Sconser Quarry because they were projected to exceed the permitted antibiotic treatments number" pic.twitter.com/byKk6EYukC

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 6, 2022

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in January 2022:

Revealed: Mowi's toxic salmon – farms currently being audited @ASC_aqua as "responsibly farmed" have reported over a dozen doses of lobster-killing Deltamethrin, Azamethiphos & Emamectin benzoate since 2019! @MowiScotlandLtd @rspcaassured @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/cxEj1GFxlh pic.twitter.com/My2mwNlmBg

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 6, 2022