Data published by the Scottish Government reveals that Scottish salmon's #1 seal killer is the Norwegian giant Scottish Sea Farms (Norskott Havbruk) which has killed in excess of 230 seals since 2011.
Read more via: Data Analysis – Lethal Scottish Salmon: the Norwegian-owned companies killing seals in Scotland! (1,000+ seals slaughtered since 2011)
Last month, the Scottish Government wrote to Norway's Scottish Sea Farms threatening to revoke their licence re. killing seals in Shetland @marinescotland @scotseafarms @shetlandtimes @Shetnews @wildathillswick @tavishscott @Folketrygdfond @LeroySeafood https://t.co/kHA1bohnJq pic.twitter.com/Ehbveu0BYr
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 27, 2021
If you read the FOI disclosure from Marine Scotland in full you'll also know that Scottish Sea Farms breached licence conditions on the reporting of seals killed on Orkney & Shuna as well as Shetlandhttps://t.co/zAZd2bKJke#PatternOfIllegalBehaviour #FailureToReportOnTime pic.twitter.com/FmcfGTldgg
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 28, 2021
Greedy Scottish Sea Farms made a whopping £26 million in 2020 yet wants salmon farming bailed out £13 million for seal damage https://t.co/r59QLNm0d2 via @fishfarmermag@scotseafarms @LeroySeafood @Folketrygdfond @SSPOsays @KateForbesMSP @FergusEwingSNP #Salmafia #Salmoney
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 22, 2021
Scottish salmon's biggest seal killers @scotseafarms announces £6 million profits as @SSPOsays demands £8 million compensation for seal losseshttps://t.co/E0en90jWgm @LeroySeafood @Folketrygdfond
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 19, 2021
"All farms are covered by a regional Seal Management Licence legally permitting seal destruction as a last resort" @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood Download data on seals killed by Scottish Sea Farms "as a last resort" via https://t.co/SsdiGdZIPO @onekindtweet @marinescotland @scotgp pic.twitter.com/oDZDYtx11W
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 11, 2020
Scottish Sea Farms supplies Marks & Spencers with 'Lochmuir' salmon.
The Herald reported in October 2015:
The Independent reported in September 2015:
Scottish Sea Farms, which supplies Lochmuir-branded salmon to Marks & Spencer, has shot the most seals since 2013 https://t.co/X6S6VAdGIc
— The Ferret (@FerretScot) September 2, 2015
The Sunday Herald pinpointing "The Salmon Farms That Shoot Seals"! #seals #salmon http://t.co/9SSAtExlMa pic.twitter.com/Lj1ofFu1U6
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2015
Read more via:
- Official Data: 1,000+ seals killed by salmon farms since 2011!
- The Ferret: "Salmon companies rapped for breaking rules on shooting seals"
- Caught in the Cross-Hairs: Illegal Killing of Seals by Scottish Salmon Farms!
- FOI opens sealed documents on killing by salmon farms
- Pulling the Plug on ADD on salmon farms – is turning down the volume enough to comply with the law?
- Greedy Salmon Farmers Demand £13 Million Compensation for Seal Attacks!
- £5,000 reward offered for information on illegal shooting of seals
- Victory Sealed After 50-Year Campaign – But the Battle to Save Marine Mammals from Salmon Farms Continues!
- The Guardian: "Scottish salmon farmers to be banned from shooting seals"
- Photo Gallery: Seals Against Salmon Farms!
- Caught Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
- The Ferret: "Seal scarers used by fish farms branded 'sonic torture'"
- GenusWave 'Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology' – in compliance with the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act??
- Seal shooting at salmon farms doubles before ban
- Ban on seal shooting must be watertight
- Greens want ban on seal scarers
- Fergus Ewing – Minister for the Promotion of Norwegian Salmon Farming
- Seals in the Cross-Hairs of the Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Salmon's Slaughter of Seals Has Not Stopped!
- Sunday Herald: "Revealed: Scottish Government bid to exempt salmon farming from US seal-killing ban"
- RSPCA in firing line over Marine Harvest's seal-killing spree in Scotland – 118 seals killed by Marine Harvest's RSPCA Assured farms since 2011
- Marine Harvest: Scotland's #1 Seal Killer
- All At Sea: Seal-Killing Salmon Farms
- Scottish Salmon Blinded by Seal Killing
- The Two Billion Dollar Salmon Ban
- Closing the Net On 'Seal-Friendly' Scottish Salmon – last orders on the RSPCA's abuse of 'last resort' killing of seals?
- Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US
- Cecil the Seal Killers Named & Shamed in Scotland – Call for Boycott of "Seal Unfriendly" Scottish Salmon
- Media Splash for Seal-Killing Salmon Farms!
- VICTORY: Disclosure of Seal-Killing Salmon Farm Data Ordered by 21 August
- Scottish Salmon's Secret Seal Killers! – FOI refusal prompts call for boycott of farmed salmon
- Lethal Scottish Farmed Salmon: Serial Seal Killers Named & Shamed!
- Scottish Salmon's Seal Killers Named & Shamed!
Why not bite the bullet and relocate salmon farms away from seal nursery areas? @SOSealsFund @SealScotland @SealifeA
Seals inhabited the coast of Scotland long before foreign-owned factory farms! @LeroySeafood @Folketrygdfond @ScotlandMowi @salmon_scottish @scotseafarms https://t.co/MWpJLwq83N— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 18, 2021
You raise an excellent point – consumers should boycott ALL Scottish salmon. That means wild as well as factory farmed, "responsibly sourced" , 'organic', RSPCA Assured and all other Scottish salmon @SoilAssocScot @SoilAssociation @rspcaassured pic.twitter.com/ZLzqOLbj6Y
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 27, 2021
Isn't it amazing that members of the public can collect carcasses and manage to capture photographs whilst multinational salmon farming companies struggle? pic.twitter.com/fKl9FEq7sF
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 1, 2021