Yesterday's Scottish Parliament inquiry into the environmental impacts of salmon farming (watch via the archive of Scottish Parliament TV online here) saw the Scottish Salmon Polluters Organisation (SSPO) being grilled to a crisp by MSPs.
John Aitchison of Friends of the Sound of Jura (supremely confident after fighting off the unwanted advances of a ravenous polar bear whilst filming the BBC's Frozen Planet) fired broadside after broadside against the disease-ridden Scottish salmon farming sector (and the industry's lapdog called the Scottish Environment Pollution Agency).
Fish Farming Expert reported (6 February):
The National reported (7 February 2018):
Intrafish reported (7 February):
Read article in full via "Scottish salmon farmers to release mortality figures: decision comes amid growing criticism on the environmental impact of the Scottish salmon farming industry"
Fish Update reported (7 February):
The SSPO's pledge to publish data on lice infestations and disease-ridden farmed salmon is a moot point – since campaigners have forced the disclosure of data via Freedom of Information. The Scottish Parliament inquiry stems from a petition filed by Guy Linley-Adams of Salmon & Trout Conservation who have fought tirelessly to publish site specific sea lice data – including the 62 salmon farms breaching lice limits (51 of whom are members of the Scottish Salmon Polluters Organisation):
Read more via:
"FOI Number Five – getting you the information they don’t want you to see!"
"Scottish salmon farming’s ‘liciest’ farms named and shamed"
"Scotland’s worst sea lice offenders: Full Farm List"
Data on infectious diseases and mortalities on Scottish salmon farms was also disclosed earlier this week by the Global Alliance Against Industrial Aquaculture.
Read more via:
- Data on Mortalities & Diseases at Scottish Salmon Farms
- Press Release: "Scottish Salmon's Mort Mountain Leaps Over 10 Million – FOI reveals 2.3 million dead salmon at Marine Harvest farms in 2017"
- Daily Mail: "Salmon crisis as 2.3m are dumped in nine months"
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The National: "Environmental groups urge Scottish fish farms to scale back"
The Oban Times reported (1 February):
Read online via "SAMS urges MSPs for more salmon farm research"
Read more via:
Video: Scottish Parliament inquiry into the environmental impacts of salmon farming
The National: "Scotland's fish farmers to release salmon mortality figures"
Tweet storm at the Scottish Parliament's salmon farming inquiry
'Militant' MSPs Grill Scottish Salmon
Update: Scottish Parliament inquiry into the environmental impacts of salmon farming
The Scottish Salmon Polluters Organisation (SSPO)
Loch Duart – The (Really Not Very) Sustainable Salmon Company
Daily Mail: "Salmon crisis as 2.3m are dumped in nine months"
The National: "Environmental groups urge Scottish fish farms to scale back"
SSPO "sets the record straight"
Transcript of Scottish Parliament inquiry into the environmental impacts of salmon farming
GAAIA's written submission to the Scottish Parliament inquiry
Daily Mail: "Thousands of fish thrown in a truck – and troubling new questions for salmon farms"
The Scotsman: "Fish farms increase could lead to more seals being shot"
Press Release: "Scottish Salmon Farming 101 – Scottish Parliament inquiry opens 'in early 2018'"
Media Backgrounder: Inquiry into Salmon Farming by the Scottish Parliament
"First Minister questioned on leaking wastes from morts – call for a moratorium from Greens"
"Campaigners say 'no more salmon farms' after disease on Lewis kills 125,000 fish"
Download sea lice data for 2017 online here