Scottish Salmon Watch is calling on kayakers, anglers, whale-watchers, tourists and swimmers to take to the water over the weekend of 31 August & 1 September to voice their opposition against the reckless expansion of salmon farming in Scotland.
Scottish Salmon Watch will re-visit Mowi salmon farms at Poll na Gille (rated the worst in Scotland from a welfare perspective) and Bagh Dail nan Ceann; a Kames salmon farm at Rubh an Trilleachain in Shuna Sound (a site already exhibiting welfare problems); The Scottish Salmon Company in Loch Fyne; and Scottish Sea Farms sites at Dunstaffnage in the Firth of Lorne and Shuna in Loch Linnhe.
The latter triggered a warning from Police Scotland to vacate the area earlier this month.
For more background read 'Salmonwatch' Exposes Scottish Salmon's Dirty Secrets
A Facebook event page has been set up for events over the weekend of 31 August & 1 September:
Salmonwatch 2019 ends with a visit to the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government in Edinburgh on 2 September.
Last week, a flotilla protest in British Columbia was supported by former Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson:
Intrafish reported (29 July):
Here's photos from a protest against a fish farm off the coast of South Africa earlier this month:
Fisheries Information Service reported (11 July):
The Herald reported (3 July):
Read an update via "Victory for environmentalists as department dumps fish farm plan" (29 July)
In June, Georgina Lepley-Maclean swam around the Isle of Arran to highlight the dangers of salmon farming.
In May, a flotilla protest temporarily shut down a Mowi salmon farm in British Columbia:
Watch more online via CTV News:
Last year, protestors took to the water to voice opposition against the expansion of salmon farming in Tasmania:
Last year there was also a flotilla protest against salmon farming expansion in Washington, USA:
In 2017, swimmers took to the waters off the coast of Argyll to protest against a new fish farm in Dounie Bay:
The Herald reported in February 2017:
Read more via Dounie Bay Swims Against the Tide of Salmon Farming
In 2010, swimmers swam around a salmon farm in British Columbia during a flotilla protest:
