"Salmon farming should be at the forefront of environmentally friendly protein production plans. Too often, though, we are not. Too often, we are smeared with allegations from our critics that we are part of the problem" https://t.co/KSX1p6nPts See you @COP26 in Glasgow #COP26 pic.twitter.com/gwnRzVWjVH
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 2, 2021
Call the Climate Cops: Hot Air Spewed by 'Scottish' Salmon! https://t.co/502sPcErZG#COP26 #COP26Glasgow @HamishMacdonell @ScotlandSalmon @SalmonScotland @tavishscott @AthollDuncan @SRUC @ScotGovNetZero @SalmonTroutCons pic.twitter.com/8LwZYiEPxR
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 2, 2021
Writing in Fish Farmer in August 2021, Salmon Scotland's 'Director of Strategic Engagment' Hamish Macdonnell said "we in the Scottish salmon sector will be at the COP26 conference" and "we hope our involvement will mark the start of a shift in perception about our sector":
Hamish should brush up on his history. The Scotsman reported in August 2020:
Yet the 'Scottish' salmon farming industry continue to spew hot air on climate. In November 2020, Hamish retweeted:
The same day (30 November 2020) Scottish Salmon Watch wrote to the Norwegian Government asking them 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
Scottish Salmon Watch's letter to the Norwegian Government included:
The 2020 paper published in Nature included:
The role of aquaculture is examined in the Kate Winslet-narrated film 'Eating Our Way to Extinction' which can be viewed via You Tube, AppleTV, iTunes, Amazon and Google Play:
'Eating Our Way to Extinction' – narrated by Kate Winslet – is streaming now on You Tube https://t.co/QTFYkQXu5G@EatingOur @SSPOsays @MowiScotlandLtd @salmon_scottish @tavishscott @HamishMacdonell #eowte #eating2extinction #broxstarproductions pic.twitter.com/M1XWsWmTv3
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 20, 2021
Undercover footage showing the extent of welfare abuse, mortalities, chemical use.
“This is what the industry doesn’t want us to see”@MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllan @MathesonMichael #COP26 pic.twitter.com/o9OAKjjuxm
— Salmon Scotland (@SalmonScotland) October 22, 2021
'Eating Our Way to Extinction' features Dr Joseph Poore from the University of Oxford – author of "Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers" published in Science in 2018:
"Where wild fish have the absolute lowest emissions of animal products, farmed fish are only surpassed by eggs," claimed the European Fishmeal and Fish Oil Producers in February 2020:
New Food reported in June 2018:
The debate is set to rage on as more metrics and research is published. Intrafish reported earlier today (2 November 2021):
If you're switching away from eating beef, pork & chicken for farmed salmon then you're scraping the bottom of a very dirty barrel indeed! #COP26 https://t.co/502sPcErZG @ScotlandSalmon @HamishMacdonell @tavishscott @drewcherry @EatingOur @seaspiracy @vivacampaigns @ciwf pic.twitter.com/yW7sPKQ5vs
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 2, 2021