Call to Close Down Salmon Farms in Scotland!

 

 

 

 

 

Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots posted on Facebook earlier this morning (13 October 2021):

 

 

 

Here's the Salmon & Trout Conservation's landmark press release:

 

S&TC pledge Oct 2021 #3

 

 

Guy Linley-Adams, solicitor to S&TCS, commented:
 
“Despite the overwhelming evidence that open-net salmon farming as practiced in Scotland is unsustainable, it has become ever more apparent that Scottish Ministers are not minded to alter their position from one of almost total support for the industry, whatever it seeks to do. The time has come to make it clear that open-net farms should be closed down as soon as is practicable. And make no mistake, the reason we feel we must make this call is due to the failure of Scottish Government to act to protect the Scottish aquatic environment and its wildlife.”
 
 
 
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Andrew Graham-Stewart, Director of Salmon and Trout Conservation Scotland (S&TCS), said:
 
“We have engaged with successive Scottish Governments and regulators for over 20 years in efforts to persuade them to introduce effective regulation of salmon farming, particularly to protect wild salmon and sea trout from the devastatingly negative impacts of sea lice proliferation.
“The response has been little more than lip-service whilst enabling the industry to expand production exponentially, exacerbating all the environmental problems associated with open-net farming. Scottish Government’s recent announcement of a two-year review of regulation, yet another delaying tactic, and its endorsement of the fundamentally inadequate Salmon Interactions Working Group’s report amount to conclusive confirmation that it has no intention of introducing meaningful reform. We have reached the end of the road.”
 
 

 
 
Read more online here
 
 
 
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Salmon farming is a malignant cancer on the coasts of Scotland," said Don Staniford, Director of Scottish Salmon Watch.  "If the Scottish Government is serious about protecting the marine environment then ripping out every salmon cage is a good place to start.  The new SNP-Green deal commits to 'Highly Protected Marine Areas' for inshore and offshore locations, which will cover at least 10% of Scottish waters where salmon farming will be prohibited.   The SNP-Green co-operation agreement recognises that a transitional 'phasing-out' period within HPMAs will be needed and we urge that all sea cage salmon farms in Scotland are closed down by 2025 as it already taking place in British Columbia.  The Scottish Government's plans to double salmon farming production by 2030 are dead in the water."

 

CIWF Scottish Salmon Investigation March 2021 #16 Grieg dead at surface

Photo: Compassion in World Farming

 

 

"The 'Scottish' salmon farming industry – 99% of which is foreign owned/controlled – claims that their marine footprint is currently just 168 hectares (less than 200 football pitches), that's 0.003% of Scottish territorial waters," continued Staniford who features in the forthcoming film 'Eating Our Way to Extinction' narrated by Kate Winslet.   "Farming disease-ridden salmon in 'Special Areas of Conservation' and 'Marine Protected Areas' such as Lochs Creran, Alsh, Duich, Laxford and Roag is anathema to marine protection.  Does Scotland want unhealthy salmon farms choking the life out of the coast or a healthy marine ecosystem which supports tourism and a sustainable marine economy?"

 

 

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"Closing down every salmon farm littering the coast of Scotland would help halt the spread of lice infestation, the killing of marine mammals and toxic pollution as well as allow marine wildlife such as wild salmon, sea trout, harbour porpoises, whales, dolphins and shellfish the space to thrive," concluded Staniford who appears in Netflix's global hit 'Seaspiracy'.    "Tourists visiting Scotland do not want to see and smell the nauseating underbelly of Scottish salmon!"
 
 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 

Pledge #1 Alexandra Morton scientist version

 

 
 

 

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