Salmon farmers face questions on use, welfare and efficacy of 'cleaner fish' as wrasse and lumpfish die in massive numbers: https://t.co/SQGeFzOyIU#salmonfarming #cleanerfish #wrasse #lumpfish #sealice #massmortalities pic.twitter.com/ZxWdUOztbj
— Mark Bowler (@FFFTmag) February 8, 2022
Here's an article published by Fly Fishing & Fly Tying magazine (8 February 2022):
The article includes:
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"Some wild wrasse are still used & figures covering their capture are published every year by the Scottish Government” says @HamishMacdonell @ScotlandSalmon
However, no figures for wild wrasse captures have been published since 2019 points out @FFFTmag https://t.co/0a8ZSOnuzR— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 9, 2022
A welfare warning letter @APHAgovuk to @MowiScotlandLtd in 2019: "It would be helpful to keep separated records for mortality not only for salmon but also for lumpfish & wrasse" @FFFTmag https://t.co/0a8ZSOnuzR
How many 'cleaner fish' die each year on salmon farms? @scotgov— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 9, 2022
Read more via:
- 50 Million Cleaner Fish Die Each Year on Norwegian Salmon Farms – how many millions die on Norwegian-owned salmon farms in Scotland (& Ireland)?
- Mowi's Pure Bullshit (#1 in a regular series): "hardly any chemical treatments at all"
- Press Release: "EXPOSED: Salmon Scotland's Dirty Trade in Cleaner Fish"
- Letter to Scottish Ministers: Please Come Clean on the Dirty Trade in Wrasse & Lumpfish by Salmon Farms!
- Dirty Secrets Exposed: Stop Scottish Salmon's Deadly Trade in 'Cleaner Fish'!
- Game Ova for Imports & Exports: Close the Borders to Stop the Spread of Diseases & Genetic Pollution!
- Cleaner Fish – Dead in the Water at Lice-Infested Mowi Scotland!
- The Ferret: "Fish that eat lice off farmed salmon suffer, says report"
- Sunday Times: "Scots salmon farmers ‘put English waters under threat’"
- Sunday Times: "‘Clean fish’ bring danger of disease to salmon farms"
50+ Million Cleaner Fish Die Each Year on Norwegian Salmon Farms – how many millions die on Norwegian-owned salmon farms in Scotland (& Ireland)? @DefraGovUK @APHAgovuk @scotgov @ScotGovNetZero @marinescotland @fiskeridir @NFdep @InfoMattilsynet @Sciencenorwayno @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/UbcFhIeldv
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 4, 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
Sacrificial fish in the 10s of millions in Norwayhttps://t.co/cNr2aF4kKC
Taxpayer dollars spent by U of Guelph/DFO to study "personalities" of lumpfish, found to not work all that well, using a "mirror test" and psychopathic test.https://t.co/NPS6tv0Ewfhttps://t.co/38WXlXsscE— ProtectOurShore (@ProtectOurShore) February 10, 2022