Exposed: ‘Legal’ Salmon Dump in North Uist Caught Importing Diseased Fish From the Mainland (& they’ve still not applied to SEPA for a pollution permit)!

 

 

 

 

When Bruce Sandison of The Salmon Farm Protest Group blew the whistle on the illegal dumping of diseased salmon in North Uist back in 2005, I bet he didn't think Whiteshore Cockles would still be raising a stink nearly two decades later. 

 

Sunday Times July 2005 North Uist salmon dump #1

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Bruce Sandison (aka Old Trout in Private Eye) sadly died in 2016 – the year Whiteshore Cockles was given a six-month temporary derogation by the European Union to continue burying diseased farmed salmon at their stinky cesspool in North Uist. 

 

 

 

 

The Times reported earlier this month (1 July 2021):

 

Times 1 July 2021 #1

 

 

 

 

Another report by The Times in May 2021 has led to the threat of legal action by Angus MacDonald, boss of Whiteshore Cockles.

 

Times Whiteshore stink 27 May 2021 #6 Legal complaint by Angus MacDonald version updated July 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Remember that the owner of Whiteshore Cockles claimed on the BBC One Show in September 2018 that dumping of diseased salmon would not continue for "much longer".

 

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A letter from the Scottish Government to Scottish Salmon Watch dated 26 July 2021 now admits that Whiteshore Cockles breached the conditions of their derogation by accepting diseased farmed salmon from the mainland (Scottish Salmon Watch has filed a Freedom of Information request to find out more details):

 

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Another letter from the Scottish Government to Scottish Salmon Watch dated 26 July 2021 claimed that the continued dumping of diseased farmed salmon at Whiteshore Cockles was not 'illegal' (something which Scottish Salmon Watch certainly takes issue with):

 

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The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) told Scottish Salmon Watch in a FOI reply dated 14 July 2021 that Whiteshore Cockles had still not yet applied for a Pollution Prevention & Control licence/permit:

 

From: Access to Information Enquiries <foi@sepa.org.uk>
Date: Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 9:41 AM
Subject: F0193398 Response
To: Don Staniford <salmonfarmingkills@gmail.com>
Cc: Access to Information Enquiries <foi@sepa.org.uk>

 

OFFICIAL – BUSINESS

 

Dear Don Staniford

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION – RESPONSE

Thank you for your request. Please see the enclosed response.

If you are not satisfied with the response provided and wish to request a formal review, you have 40 working days from the date of this email to request a formal review from SEPA at: foi@sepa.org.uk

If you are still not satisfied, following the completion of a formal review, you can appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner. www.itspublicknowledge.info/appeal

Your unique reference number is F0193398. Please quote this in any future contact with us about your request.

Thanks

Sharon

Sharon Lawler

Information Officer

Access to Information Team

Email: foi@sepa.org.uk

 

 

Whiteshore blog July 2021 #1

 

 

 

 

As I reported earlier this month (3 July 2021),  we have a backdrop of the salmon farming industry – aided and abetted by the Scottish Government and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) – flouting EU law on the dumping of diseased salmon in landfill at Whiteshore Cockles.   No wonder the authorities have desperately attempted to bury the evidence of illegality. 

 

 

 

 

Despite the salmon farming industry's struggles to understand the "complexities in the area of waste disposal", the law is a simple if not sobering reality for companies such as Mowi, The Scottish Company and Loch Duart who are still using landfill disposal at Whiteshore Cockles in North Uist.    As a letter from Scottish Salmon Watch to Scottish Ministers in May 2021 and re-sent on 1 July 2021 pointed out:

 

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