Animal Concern is calling on celebrity chef Rick Stein to stop sourcing farmed salmon from the bloody waters of the Faroes https://t.co/0aCxyCcojY
Boycott 'Frankenstein' salmon! @Rick_Stein @SevernWye @RickSteinRest @RickSteinSchool @Jill_Stein #Faroes #BoycottFaroeIslands pic.twitter.com/bThgDPbr9d— Animal Concern (@animal_concern) September 23, 2021
Animal Concern is calling on celebrity chef Rick Stein to stop sourcing farmed salmon from the bloody waters of the Faroe Islands – please write to Rick Stein online here
How can @Rick_Stein justify sourcing farmed salmon from a country like the Faroes with such an appalling welfare record? Surely @RickSteinRest should boycott Faroese seafood? Does your farmed salmon supplier condone or condemn the Grind? https://t.co/3cBl6eOZQb @RickSteinSchool
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 20, 2021
Rick Stein's online shop states that "the salmon is sourced from two salmon farms in the Faroe Islands".
Shame on Rick Stein and Severn & Wye Smokery sourcing farmed salmon from the Faroes – please boycott @Rick_Stein @RickSteinRest @BannistersHotel @SteinWinchester @RickSteinSchool @SevernWye https://t.co/vMjWE0g6uC
— Animal Concern (@animal_concern) September 24, 2021
"Rick Stein shamefully promotes Faroese farmed salmon," said Don Staniford, Campaign Manger for Animal Concern, during a protest outside a Rick Stein promotional event on the Wirral (22 September 2021). "There are 101 reasons not to eat farmed salmon whether it's from Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Chile, Australia, Norway or the Faroes. If you've seen the TV footage and newspaper coverage of the slaughter in the 'Grind', you've got the blood of thousands of whales and dolphins on your hands if you're buying Faroese farmed salmon. Don't put it on your plate, don't support this barbaric, horrific industry. Take the pledge not to eat farmed salmon. Don't buy Faroese seafood – it's a bad choice for animal welfare."
"We're calling on people to boycott Faroese food," continued Don Staniford, Campaign Manger for Animal Concern. "Please sign a petition asking the Government to stop Faroese food flooding into the UK and tell the Faroese Government that the slaughter of whales and dolphins via the 'Grind' is not to be tolerates in a humane society. Boycott 'Frankenstein' salmon!"
Pressure is building against sourcing seafood from the Faroes with a petition to the UK Government already attracting over 15,000 signatures in a few days of being launched by Dominic Dyer.
Government Petition to suspend Trade Agreement Faroe Islands now heading to 15,000. I will be in contact Ministers today on initial response. Faroes now export over £500 million fish & shellfish to UK 25% global trade. They cannot afford lose this trade https://t.co/BNxTqaUdGn pic.twitter.com/2s2tSHCqej
— dominic dyer (@domdyer70) September 23, 2021
Sign the petition online here
You would think with the world watching them with tears in its eyes and anger in its heart that these bloody savages would lie low . But no . They just keep killing . Please make them pay – sign here https://t.co/QAMGExIbQv @seashepherd_uk @domdyer70 https://t.co/0tvgLTRCVc
— Chris Packham (@ChrisGPackham) September 22, 2021
Dominic Dyer makes a powerful case for sanctions against the Faroes in an article in Mail+ (22 September 2021).
"No whales or dolphins should be brutally slaughtered in the Faroe Islands to put cod and farmed salmon on our supermarket shelves" @domdyer70 https://t.co/YvK14uoAB2
Please sign the online petition calling for the suspension of the free-trade agreement with the #FaroeIslands— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 23, 2021
Rick Stein was forced to admit back in April 2021 that he sourced farmed salmon from the bloody waters of the Faroes following a complaint to Trading Standards.
And Rick Stein sources his salmon from two farms in the Faroes https://t.co/LKz6WMAHpf (believed to be operated by HiddenFjord and imported via @SevernWye) @Rick_Stein @RickSteinRest @BannistersHotel
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 22, 2021
Mail Online reported (15 April 2021):
Scottish Salmon Watch director Mr Staniford, who recently appeared in Netflix hit @seaspiracy, argued the original description was 'misleading', according to the BBC @BBCNews @MailOnline @DailyMailUK @Rick_Stein @RickSteinRest @SevernWye @TSCornwall https://t.co/dO0bznzoLb
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 16, 2021
Scottish Salmon Watch reported later in April 2021:
Rick Stein drops "boutique" & "truly stunning" claims from his online shop selling farmed salmon from the Faroes after media coverage @BBCNews @MailOnline https://t.co/wVPYH3mUZR @RickSteinRest @Rick_Stein @SevernWye @julesspaceman @ASC_aqua @TSCornwall @seashepherd_uk pic.twitter.com/RmTbF7cBSk
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 16, 2021
Rick Stein sources his Faroese salmon from Severn & Wye:
Shame on Severn & Wye for sourcing salmon from disease-ridden farms in the Faroes @SevernWye https://t.co/xet1HGv5kQ
When will you be joining the boycott of Faroese food? @RickSteinRest @Rick_Stein @BannistersHotel @SteinWinchester @RickSteinSchool #Faroes #BoycottFaroeIslands https://t.co/s8tiNn18G7 pic.twitter.com/rf7VscrRVJ— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 22, 2021
As of 27 September 2021, Severn & Wye Smokery's website was undergoing maintenance.
Rick Stein's Faroese salmon supplier @SevernWye is currently updating their website – will Severn & Wye Smokery be coming out against the #Faroes & signing a petition calling for trade sanctions? https://t.co/SktKsRJWNC @domdyer70 @Rick_Stein @RickSteinRest @RickSteinSchool pic.twitter.com/NN94hfZC3c
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 27, 2021
Whilst Rick Stein's salmon supplier remains silent, Faroese salmon farmer Bakkafrost (owner of The Scottish Salmon Company) has publicly condemned the slaughter of dolphins in the Faroes.
This is the very brief statement from the CEO of #Bakkafrost (largest seafood exporter on #FaroeIslands) regarding the massacre of 1428 Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins at Skálabotnur beach on Sunday 12 September 2021, and my response to it. For the dolphins, #BoycottFaroeIslands! https://t.co/Kh5OFu6ijU pic.twitter.com/SmhnCRGU74
— Andrew Higgs (@Macheath1) September 19, 2021
Hyprocrisy @salmon_scottish – Bakkafrost (Faroese owners of 'Scottish' Salmon Co) condemn slaughter of 1,500 dolphins as “totally unacceptable” yet condone welfare abuse of millions of farmed salmon & use of noisy ADDs which harm cetaceans!https://t.co/fI6y3IPk8W @ClydePorpoise
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 17, 2021
How long before Rick Stein does the right thing and stops sourcing salmon from the Faroes?
Shame on Rick Stein for selling farmed salmon from the Faroes! https://t.co/LKz6WMAHpf @Rick_Stein @SevernWye
Will Rick stop sourcing salmon from #Faroes or will he keep raking in the blood money? https://t.co/HGreGq2r6P @domdyer70 @DeborahMeaden @PeterEgan6 @seashepherd https://t.co/olE2VdoJCJ pic.twitter.com/MCC34q2Zee— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 22, 2021
Read more via:
- Video of Frankenstein Salmon Protest vs Faroese Seafood & Rick Stein!
- Photos from 'Frankenstein Salmon' Protest Vs Rick Stein's Faroese Farmed Salmon!
- Faroese Salmon Farmer Condemns Slaughter of Dolphins – Why is Rick Stein's Supplier of Faroese Farmed Salmon Silent?
- Rick Stein has blood on his hands over Faroese farmed salmon!
- Bullshit Called On 'Boutique' Farmed Salmon from the Faroes – Rick Stein Deletes "Boutique" & "Truly Stunning" Claims from Web-Site!
- Daily Mail: "Caught out! Rick Stein's online shop is forced to clarify 'misleading' claim that its salmon is from English river – when it was actually from the Faroe Islands"
- BBC News: "Rick Stein's shop changes description of smoked salmon after complaint"
- Bad Advice: MCS's 'Good Fish Guide' Promotes RSPCA Assured & ASC-certified Pharmed Salmon!
- Victory: Rick Stein Forced to Advertise Faroese Farmed Salmon After Trading Standards Investigation
- Rick Stein's smoked salmon scam – a fishy case of deceptive advertising & misleading marketing?
Rick Stein: "I absolutely agree that some people may not be in favour of farmed salmon and so without hesitation we changed the wording to give a better understanding" https://t.co/RungqPbUF4 @Rick_Stein @RickSteinRest @SevernWye @TSCornwall @JoannaBlythman @TheGrocer @BBCNews
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 15, 2021