Death Rates Soar at Salmon Farms (according to data published by Salmon Scotland)

 

 

 

 

Mortality data just published by Salmon Scotland for August 2022 shows how death rates at salmon farms across Scotland are soaring to record levels:

 

Aug 2022 #1

 

Aug 2022 #2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last week (30 September 2022), $camon $cotland wrote to the Scottish Parliament:

 

Letter to SP Rural Affairs Committee 30 September 2022 #1

Letter to SP Rural Affairs Committee 30 September 2022 #2

 

 

 

 

 

$camon $cotland reported (26 September 2022):

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

Bakkafrost is Dead in the Water in Scotland – 2021 Annual Report Details "Deadly Cocktail"!

Death Deflation: 13 Million Morts On Scottish Salmon Farms in 2021 – More Like 22 Million (& maybe 50 million if you add freshwater)!  

Letter to Scottish Parliament re. farmed salmon mortalities "increasing at an alarming rate" from former convenor of Rural Committee

Press Release: "Year of the Dead Salmon: Scottish Salmon Plagued by Mass Mortality Problems"

Media Backgrounder: Year of the Dead Salmon – Bakkafrost Scotland is the King of Death!

Herald On Sunday: "Inquiry into salmon farming demanded after "sickening" levels of fish deaths"

Fake News? Over 50% Mortality at RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon Farms – how can supermarkets advertise it as "responsibly sourced"?

56% Mortality at RSPCA Assured Mowi (but don't worry, it's certified as "farmed responsibly" by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council)!

Over 80% Mortality at The Scottish Salmon Company!!!

Dead in the Water – Scottish Salmon's Mortality Mountain Piles Ever Higher in 2021!

Mass Mortalities – 66% in one month at The Scottish Salmon Company on the Isle of Gigha!

STV News: "Thousands of rotting salmon ‘stink out’ village after mass death at farm"

X-Rated Video: 90% Mortality at The Faroese/Norwegian 'Scottish' Salmon Company?!

"The shocking death rates on Scotland's salmon farms revealed"

2020: The Year of Diseased Scottish Salmon – 27,000 Tonnes of Dead Fish, the Worst On Record!

Update: Mortality Rate Over 36% At RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon!

Revealed: Burned, Buried & Ensiled Scottish Salmon 

Update: 25 Million Mass Mortalities on Scottish Salmon Farms

54 Million Farmed Fish Died in Norway in 2021 – How Many Farmed Salmon Died in Scotland?

Revealed: 30+ Million Dead Scottish Salmon Since 2017 – over 8 million morts reported last year & over half a million in first two weeks of 2022!!

52 million deaths in Norway – how many millions died on Scottish salmon farms in 2020?

The Case Against Scottish Salmon – An Update on Diseases & Mass Mortalities!

2.2 Million Missing Mortalities at Scottish Sea Farms?

Alexa, how many salmon die each year on Scottish salmon farms? 42 million* (but we don't know for sure as the answer is deemed "commercially damaging")!

Over One Million Morts for Scottish Salmon in September 2020!

Survival of the Unhealthiest Scottish Salmon – New data reveals shocking mortality rates!

Dead in the Water – New Data Reveals Mass Mortalities & Disease on Scottish Salmon Farms

The Ferret: "Farmed salmon deaths from disease reach record high"

The Killing Farms – Scottish Salmon's Horror Story Continues!

Solving Scottish Salmon's Multi-Million Mortality Problem

Scottish Salmon's Mort Mountain Leaps Over 10 Million – FOI reveals 2.3 million dead salmon at Marine Harvest farms in 2017

A disgrace: Ten million salmon thrown away by fish farm industry in last year alone

Death rate at salmon farms doubles to 20m fish a year

Scottish watchdog labelled ‘lapdog’ after agreeing to keep fish farm deaths secret

 

 

 

 

 

 

Addendum:

 

From: Don Staniford <salmonfarmingkills@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 7:08 PM
Subject: FOI request re. farmed salmon & salmon farming mortalities since 1 January 2018
To: <information.act@calmac.co.uk>

Please provide information on farmed salmon and salmon farming mortalities since 1 January 2020.
 
Please include any photos, videos, letters, emails and any other documents relating to farmed salmon and salmon farming.
 
Please include testing results, discussions and any other information relating to waste effluents from trucks and tankers transporting farmed salmon. 
 
Please include any correspondence with  SEPA, Marine Scotland, Salmon Scotland, Mowi, D R MacLeod, Billy Bowie, Ferguson Transport, Gogar Transport and any other haulage/transport companies in relation to farmed salmon and salmon farming mortalities. 
 
As context, I posted this comment in a Facebook group earlier today via: https://www.facebook.com/groups/355584584105/posts/10160267169684106/
 
Calmac FOI #3
 
 
 
Here's a reply which suggests that CalMac conducted testing:
 
Calmac FOI #4
 
 
 
Calmac FOI #2
 
 
 
Calmac FOI #1
 
 
Please consider this an official request for information under the relevant FOI and Environmental Information regulations.
 
Please provide the information electronically.
 
Please provide a receipt for this FOI request.
 
You may be interested in new data on the shocking rise in farmed salmon mortalities via:
 
Thanks,
 
 
Don Staniford
 
Director, $camon $cotland
 
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