"Antibiotics use in Scottish farmed salmon doubles" (The Fish Site)

Antibiotics use in Scottish farmed salmon doubles @thefishsite https://t.co/aaJkhBU2FY @ScotlandSalmon @vmdgovuk @MowiScotlandLtd @GriegShetland @PFreeScotland @PAN_UK @SeafoodWatch @ScotGovNetZero

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 9, 2021

The Fish Site reported (9 December 2021):

Scottish Salmon Watch reported earlier today (9 December 2021):

Antibiotic use doubles on Scottish salmon farms in a year! 5.6 tonnes of Oxytetracycline & Florfenicol used in 2020 according to @vmdgovuk report published in November 2021 @ScotlandSalmon
Just say no to drugs, say no to Scottish pharmed salmon! @MowiScotlandLtd @GriegShetland pic.twitter.com/X4vB8A35GR

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 9, 2021

A Freedom of Information request disclosed by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (F0192000) reveals increasing use of antibiotics on marine salmon farms in Scotland spearheaded by Norwegian giant Mowi. Between 2015 and 2019 the use of Aquatet (Oxytetracycline) and Florocol (Florfenicol) increased 14-fold from 144kg to 2084kg (that's 2.1 tonnes)!

Antibiotic use on marine salmon farms in Scotland leapt like a disease-ridden fish from 144kg in 2015 to 2084kg in 2019. That's a 14-fold increase in 5 years with 2.1 tonnes of Oxytetracycline and Florfenicol used in 2019. Data obtained from @ScottishEPA by @SeafoodWatch pic.twitter.com/WsOJ8CVIJK

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 9, 2021

Norwegian giant Mowi accounted for 57% of the use of antibiotics (both Oxytetracycline and Florfenicol) between 2015 and 2019 with Grieg Seafood (who is being bought by Scottish Sea Farms) accounting for 34% and Cooke Aquaculture 8%. Both The Scottish Salmon Company and Scottish Sea Farms (who were recently rapped over the non-reporting of toxic chemicals) reported zero use of antibiotics on marine salmon farms between 2015 and 2019.