Read a briefing report on secret filming in Ireland (5-6 July 2019) online here
Watch more videos from Mowi Ireland's salmon farm in Lough Swilly via:
And here's video reports from Mowi Ireland's land-base servicing the Anny Point salmon farm in Lough Swilly:
The vital importance of taking strict biosecurity precautions including the disinfection of equipment prior to and after filming cannot be stressed enough:
As the video footage illustrates, Irish salmon farming is dead in the water. Fish Farming Expert reported in April 2019:
Read more via "Irish angered by salmon production nosedive"
Mowi's Loch Swilly salmon farm has elevated lice levels according to official data published by the Marine Institute:
Lice levels were high in March 2019 at Mowi (Marine Harvest) salmon farms in Lough Swilly and Mulroy Bay:
Mowi (re-named from Marine Harvest on 1 January 2019) reported lice problems in Donegal Bay in February 2019:
According to The Marine Institute the mortality rate on Irish salmon farms during 2018 was as high as 11.55% with various diseases listed as causes including Amoebic Gill Disease, Pancreas Disease and Cardiomyopathy Syndrome:
Read more on secret filming via:
Read more background on Irish salmon farming via:
Exposed: Ireland's Lice-Infested Farmed Salmon
Double Trouble: Ireland's Lice-Infested Salmon Farms Leap By Over 100%
44 sea lice per salmon at Marine Harvest Ireland farm
Local fish farms hit by sea lice
Watch RTE's Prime Time lifting the lid on Irish salmon farming in 2003:
Read how Mowi Ireland breached biomass at a salmon farm leading to the licence being rescinded in 2019 via:
Kerry fish farm licence discontinued after probe
Ireland discontinues Mowi site licence in unprecedented move