Calling All Whistleblowers, Divers, Boaters & Fishermen!

Scottish Salmon Watch is calling on workers inside the salmon farming industry to blow the whistle on the illegal killing of seals, mass mortalities, disease problems, toxic chemical use, welfare abuse & any other cruel practices https://t.co/ARohq1l23W @salmon_scottish pic.twitter.com/FoQyxlyxnP

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 31, 2021

Scottish Salmon Watch is calling on workers inside the salmon farming industry in Scotland to blow the whistle on the illegal killing of seals, mass mortalities, disease problems, toxic chemical use, welfare abuse and any other cruel practices. Please email Don Staniford via salmonfarmingkills@gmail.com or fill in an online form via https://scottishsalmonwatch.org/about-us

In June 2021, The Ferret reported:

"Those found guilty of breaking the new laws could face a maximum penalty of 5 years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both" (@scotgov) https://t.co/SX9fsSONf7 @FerretScot
Which members of @rspcaassured 'Scottish' Salmon have killed seals illegally? @scotseafarms @SSPOsays

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 8, 2021

In April 2021, Animal Concern and Scottish Salmon Watch issued a £10,000 reward for information leading to a successful prosecution for the illegal killing of seals on salmon farms.

A £10,000 reward has been offered for information on the illegal shooting of seals after it emerged Police Scotland and the National Wildlife Crime Unit were passed intelligence reports about a number of killings.https://t.co/opzT3BtGvC

— The Ferret (@FerretScot) April 26, 2021

In March 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch issued a call out for photos of dead seals.

Calling All Whistleblowers – please pass on photos of dead seals killed at salmon farms! https://t.co/xFcHeR4kEv @SSPOsays @salmon_scottish @scotseafarms @ScotlandMowi @GriegShetland @CookeScotland @LochDuartSalmon @WesterRossSalmo @Try_Lochlander @ptfss @strandings @tavishscott pic.twitter.com/NTpiU44pQ1

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 1, 2021

In February 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch Tweeted:

Whistleblower on RSPCA Assured salmon farmer killing seals illegally: "I know an insider at Mowi who confirms the company shoots a lot more seals than what they report" @ScotlandMowi "Plenty goes unreported" @MowiScotlandLtd @marinescotland @rspcaassured https://t.co/Y3kY2D6BoI pic.twitter.com/c8aKR6iz28

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 26, 2021

A press release issued in February 2021 – and media splash in The Daily Mirror – stemmed from a tip-off from a whistlelower in October 2020:

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in November 2018 on two whistleblowers at The Scottish Salmon Company and Marine Harvest (re-named Mowi in 2019 due to "negative consumer perception"):

Here's photos leaked by a whistleblower working at Marine Harvest (renamed Mowi in 2019):

Here's what Mowi's @rspcaassured salmon looked like after 300,000 died in the Beast from the East in 2018 at their Carradale farm (the same site hit yesterday by Storm Ellen) https://t.co/hyztwncvhO Skinless Scottish salmon anyone? @MowiScotlandLtd @sainsburys @LidlGB @AldiUK pic.twitter.com/xjf3JM20jG

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 21, 2020

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Here's photos leaked in 2018 by a whistleblower working for The Scottish Salmon Company at their facility at Toward near Dunoon in Argyll:

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In February 2021, The Times reported on secret filming at The Scottish Salmon Company:

Waitrose salmon supplier Scottish Salmon Company let fish die on the floor https://t.co/6xPm4ds7BW @thetimes @animal_equality @salmon_scottish @Folketrygdfond @SSPOsays @Sygazette @WHFP1 @ciwf @onekindtweet @LynneUSneddon @waitrose @SSPCA_Mike @rspcaassured

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 13, 2021