Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) Report "Biological Challenges" (i.e. Deaths & Disease)!

Fish Farmer reported (18 February 2022):

SalMar's Q4 2021 report included:

Scamon Scotland reported (18 February 2022):

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-owned Scottish Sea Farms (Norskott Havbruk) reported 815,746 mortalities since 1 January 2021 (data up to mid-January 2022) via 135 'Mortality Event Reports' – including mass mortalities at Toyness and Westerbister (sites which are currently being audited for certification by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council) and in Loch Spelve where secret filming by Scottish Salmon Watch in May 2021 exposed welfare abuse and led to an official report of Infectious Salmon Anaemia to the World Organization for Animal Health in September 2021:

Anyone for M&S’s Virus-Laden Scottish Salmon (don’t worry, it’s “responsibly sourced” & @rspcaassured)?!https://t.co/A1AHbV9xFs @marksandspencer @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood @RSPCA_PATeam @Ecohustler
How many ISA-ridden Scottish salmon have been sold by M&S? #marksandspencer pic.twitter.com/kkNz7OcV1F

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 14, 2022

Scamon Scotland wrote to M&S (who sources "responsibly sourced" Scottish salmon from Scottish Sea Farms) last week:

How many @marksandspencer Scottish salmon @scotseafarms are infected with diseases, pathogens & viruses such as Infectious Salmon Anaemia, Piscine Reovirus, Proliferative Gill Disease (Piscichlamydia) & Salmon Gill Poxvirus? https://t.co/A1AHbV9xFs @rspcaassured @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/a1nilFBfcx

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 14, 2022

Scottish Salmon Watch reported last month (11 January 2022):

EXPOSED: Over 100,000 dead farmed salmon @scotseafarms in one month at Toyness in Orkney @marinescotland – surely @ASC_aqua "farmed responsibly" certification is dead in the water? @Acoura_UK @lloydsregister @The_Orcadian @LeroySeafood @Folketrygdfond https://t.co/sl7E4vmN5y pic.twitter.com/XoH5hkCsqu

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 11, 2022

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in December 2021:

'Scottish' Sea Farms (real name Norskott Havbruk @LeroySeafood) claim an annual mortality rate of 9%* @scotseafarms yet data @ScotlandSalmon shows average cummulative mortality at farms harvested out in 2020 & 2021 was 14% with 41% in Loch Kishorn! https://t.co/YP7xPmmrFt pic.twitter.com/zOmL4I5G4S

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 13, 2021

Fish Farmer reported (10 December 2021):

SalMar – co-owner of @scotseafarms with @LeroySeafood – hit by Infectious Salmon Anaemia in Norway with ISA suspected at Grieg @GriegShetland https://t.co/A0O8E1lBpj @InfoMattilsynet @fishfarmermag
How many hidden cases of ISA are in Scotland? @ScotlandSalmon @marinescotland pic.twitter.com/H9Wd1rJe3d

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 10, 2021

In July 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch asked if ISA was back again in Scotland:

Leroy (co-owner of Norskott Havbruk) is plagued by Infectious Salmon Anaemia in #Norway @LeroySeafood @InfoMattilsynet https://t.co/XrE2BNkqxF @LeroySeafood
Scottish Sea Farms (Hydro Seafoods) spread ISA around #Scotland in the 1990s causing £100m losses – is ISA back again? pic.twitter.com/HooqhsxNU3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 6, 2021

Scamon Scotland reported earlier this month (10 February 2022):

It’s Official: Infectious Salmon Anaemia Back to Haunt 'Scottish' Salmon – reported to the World Organization for Animal Health for the first time since 2012! https://t.co/pVdSQENcpZ @OIEAnimalHealth @marinescotland @DefraGovUK @ScotlandSalmon @scotseafarms @MairiMcAllan @scotgp pic.twitter.com/gBsig4qlc9

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 10, 2022

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in March 2021:

"Scottish Sea Farms is bringing the whole sordid salmon farming industry further into disrepute" said Scottish Salmon Watch "The lack of transparency over mortality reporting of Scottish salmon is a scandal" https://t.co/pvZAMsdhqC @scotseafarms @rspcaassured @Folketrygdfond pic.twitter.com/sdWnSWlbxP

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 9, 2021

Revealed: Scottish Sea Farms fail to report mortality numbers in 61% of 'Mortality Event Reports' @marinescotland – that's 167 missing cases which could be over 2 million @rspcaassured farmed salmon! @scotseafarms @marksandspencer @LeroySeafood @SSPOsays https://t.co/pvZAMsdhqC pic.twitter.com/vWsKR4apLC

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 9, 2021

In October 2020, lice-infested farmed salmon swimming inside Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Creran was published by Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots:

The shocking video footage was broadcast by BBC 's Countryfile in December 2020:

RSPCA claim they "did everything they reasonably could" with respect to welfare abuse @scotseafarms @marksandspencer @SSPOsays in Loch Creran @BBCCountryfile @joe_crowley https://t.co/G4dXeILsTk
Surely it is reasonable to question why @rspcaassured still certify salmon farms? pic.twitter.com/lfVVFa5GE8

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2020

Scottish Salmon Watch reported on mass mortalities at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Spelve in February 2020:

Does the RSPCA still certify Loch Spelve? @rspcaassured @scotseafarms A 6% survival rate is truly shocking – out of 382,344 salmon stocked in the farm only 24,000 were harvested! How can the RSPCA condone such cruelty & suffering? @RSPCA_Frontline @RSPCA_official @RSPCAChris https://t.co/nAUVPrV1oQ

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 12, 2020

Telephone inspection of @scotseafarms by @marinescotland in Loch Spelve – 366,000+ fish die (199,124 culled & 177,588 morts). Fish start dying on 16 Sept & site is fallowed on 29 Oct yet 'Mortality Event Reports' are dated 14 Nov with zero 'inspection' until phone call on 15 Nov pic.twitter.com/AHzlw7SrTo

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 12, 2020

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in January 2020:

Lice-infested & disease-ridden Scottish Salmon anyone? https://t.co/1CWQ6GdcT5 "Over 50" lice per fish @scotseafarms in Loch Kishorn states @marinescotland inspection report. Were these fish sold as Lochmuir & RSPCA Assured? @marksandspencer @rspcaassured @SSPOsays @LeroySeafood pic.twitter.com/9qxUjLl3FT

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 6, 2020

Photo: Lice-infested salmon farmed by Scottish Sea Farms

The Fish Health Inspectorate did not take photos from their inspection of Scottish Sea Farms lice-infested feedlot in Loch Kishorn in September 2019 (photos from previous inspections of Scottish Sea Farms are available online here and online here).

The BBC One Show broadcast video footage of mass mortalities at Loch Kishorn in December 2017.

Here's more photos of disease-ridden salmon farmed by Scottish Sea Farms (obtained via FOI despite threats by lawyers acting for Scottish Sea Farms and The Scottish Salmon Company):

Edie Bowles @Animallawyersuk said the dossier, compiled by Don Staniford, a critic of salmon farming, indicated “systemic and obvious” pain & suffering that could justify legal action against @scotgov @MairiGougeon @SSPOsays https://t.co/ZuzAis8gEr @SundayTimesScot @ciwf @scotgp pic.twitter.com/RPVIAL3KlS

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 2, 2020

Scottish Sea Farms is one of the ugly faces of RSPCA Assured Scottish salmon!

Why does @rspcaassured certify 70% of Scottish salmon farms as welfare-friendly when there is systemic suffering & abuse? @RSPCA_official @RSPCA_Frontline @AnimalLawCon @Animal_Alliance @animalpharm @AnimalEquality @AnimalAid @media_ciwf @PETAUK @HSIUKorg https://t.co/ZuzAis8gEr pic.twitter.com/1rWDdk5Hsc

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 2, 2020

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in June 2021 that Scottish Sea Farms had quietly dropped ther 'Lochmuir' fake branding in favour of the much-maligned RSPCA Assured certification:

M&S "phase out" Lochmuir fake brand in favour of RSPCA Assured – out of the frying pan into the fire!https://t.co/rufoN76EJl @marksandspencer @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood @rspcaassured
Thanks to @feedbackorg & @Ecohustler for campaigning against fake farmed salmon! @SSPOsays pic.twitter.com/UaQKUBAW5x

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 17, 2021

Fish Farmer magazine reported in November 2019:

Sick Scottish Sea Farms (real name – Norskott Havbruk) "affected by an earlier than planned harvest of fish due to illness" https://t.co/SKqUC4BKVQ @fishfarmermag @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood https://t.co/q0iRAIMRra @markruskell @FergusEwingMSP @marinescotland @KateForbesMSP pic.twitter.com/aDXVMtlBIm

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 14, 2019

Read more on the Norwegian money behind 'Scottish Scamon' online here