Mowi was fined $6.6 million for an escape of 690,000 salmon #Chile – how much will the Scottish Government fine @MowiScotlandLtd for the recent escape of 49,000 #Scotland? https://t.co/HMBZcuXDWL Mowi Scotland boss Ben Hadfield earns $1 million #Salmoney #Salmafia #Salmonopoly pic.twitter.com/cY8SbjsFGs
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 28, 2020
How much will you fine Mowi? @FergusEwingMSP @strathearnrose @GreenerScotland https://t.co/puhEHKbfQm
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 25, 2020
In Chile, a company has 30 days to recover 10% of their escaped salmon @sernapesca https://t.co/AhLXqdAEqC In Scotland, the recapture rate of escapees from sea cages is less than 0.1% & there's NEVER been a fine! @MowiScotlandLtd @strathearnrose @FergusEwingMSP @marinescotland
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 28, 2020
The Scottish Parliament's Rural Economy & Connectivity Committee recommended in November 2018 that "appropriate sanctions should be developed and introduced in Scotland" in relation to escapes from salmon farms:
When is @GreenerScotland going to implement the 2018 recommendation of "appropriate sanctions" for escapes @SP_RECcttee which noted "strict penalties" in #Norway (such as fines & prison)? @MowiScotlandLtd @EmmaHarperMSP @maureenSNP @Angus4FalkirkE @scotgp @ScotLabForum @ScotParl pic.twitter.com/srhueC5uut
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 28, 2020
Back in 2014, the Global Alliance Against Industrial Aquaculture called for hefty fines, rescinded licences for repeat offenders and prison sentences for escapes in a press release: "Scottish Salmon's Great Escape"
A media backgrounder – "Scottish Salmon's Great Escape: There's No Escaping the Damning Data" (March 2014) – referred to a landmark ruling issued in 2006 by The Scottish Commissioner following an appeal by award-winning journalist and angling author Bruce Sandison (who sadly died in 2016):
The Herald reported via "Call to jail fish-farm bosses who allow escapes" in March 2014:
GAAIA's press release – "Scottish Salmon's Great Escape" – included:
The Sunday Times reported in March 2014:
Other media coverage in 2014 included:
"Sterilise farmed salmon to save wild species, critics say: Millions of farmed fish escape globally each year, destroying wild salmons' genetic traits" (The Independent, 10 March)
"Farm salmon 'should be sterilised'" (The Press Association/MSN/ITV News, 10 March)
"Fish farm loses 155,000 salmon as a result of extreme weather" (BBC News, 5 March)
"Fears 150,000 salmon have escaped Shetland fish farm after storms" (STV News, 5 March)
The Sunday Times reported in 2013:
Here's a briefing in January 2018 via "Scottish Salmon Farming 101":
The Daily Telegraph reported in 2006:
New Scientist reported in 2002:
