A freedom of information request revealed environmental officials @scotgov have uncovered “evidence of seepage at the side of the pits” & found the practice has “severely hampered” local residents’ quality of life @pressjournal https://t.co/ljlBRRDGPF @cne_siar @ScottishEPA
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 1, 2021
The Press & Journal reported (1 July 2021):
The story made the front page of the newspaper edition of the Press & Journal (2 July 2021):
Read more via:
- The Times: "Fish graveyard ‘severely hampers’ life for islanders, officials claim"
- FOI Lifts Lid on the Stench of Scottish Salmon: Government Legal Department Target Illegal Dumping of Diseased Salmon
- Appeal to Scottish Information Commissioner re. FOI refusal by Western Isles Council on Whiteshore Cockles
- Letter to Scottish Ministers on Illegal Dumping of Diseased Scottish Salmon in North Uist
- Daily Mail: "Dumped into the dunes….thousands of rotten, disease ridden salmon"
- Independent: "Scottish islanders raise a stink over vast salmon graveyard"
- Video Exposes Mass Graves of Millions of Diseased Scottish Salmon
- The Times: "Islanders raise a stink over vast salmon graveyard"
Today's Times: "The dumping of rotting fish in uncovered pits has 'severely hampered' quality of life at an island beauty spot" @thetimesscot https://t.co/H6pD4mg7Ye @cne_siar @marinescotland @MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllan @SSPOsays @APHAgovuk @VisitScotland @VisitScotNews @scotgp
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 1, 2021