The “wall of sound” created by acoustic deterrent devices used by salmon farms across Scotland could harm porpoises up to 28 km away @chazz_findlay @SAMSoceannews @denrisch @SealifeA @whalesorg @dolmansarahj @MairiMcAllan @marinescotland @JNCC_UK @SSPOsayshttps://t.co/BNP2baHZvA pic.twitter.com/6v6pcUDXTE
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021
Fish Farmer reported (9 June 2021):
The Fish Site reported (9 June 2021):
Download the paper published in the Journal of Applied Ecology online here
The paper concluded:
Marine Pollution Bulletin reported in April 2021:
Read more via:
- Parliamentary Report: "ADD Use in the Aquaculture Sector"
- Scientific Study into Impact of Low Frequency ADDs Silenced!
- Pulling the Plug on ADD on salmon farms – is turning down the volume enough to comply with the law?
- Sunday Times: "Animal welfare campaigners sound out ban on acoustic seal deterrent"
- Mail On Sunday: "Salmon farmers are 'torturing' porpoises and dolphins with high-pitched noises to protect their stock, campaigners warn"
- Unlicensed use of ADDs in aquaculture is contrary to European Protected Species legislation & completely immoral!
- Daily Record: "Whales and dolphins being 'tortured' by anti-seal scare devices at Scottish fish farms"
- The Guardian: "Scottish salmon farmers to be banned from shooting seals"
- Caught Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
- The Ferret: "Seal scarers used by fish farms branded 'sonic torture'"
- GenusWave 'Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology' – in compliance with the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act??
- Seal shooting at salmon farms doubles before ban
- Ban on seal shooting must be watertight
- Greens want ban on seal scarers
- BBC Countryfile on ADDs impacting on cetaceans
- Sounding Off On Salmon Farms – Acoustic Deterrent Devices evade Marine Noise Registry
- SARF report 112: "Influences of lower-frequency Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs) on cetaceans in Scottish coastal waters"
- The Times: "Noisy fish farms ‘harm other marine life’"
- Mapping widespread and increasing underwater noise pollution from acoustic deterrent devices
- Sounding Off About Scotland's Noisy Salmon Farms – Turn Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices to Protect Cetaceans
- Deafening Impact of Salmon Farms on Cetaceans
- The National: "Warning salmon farm devices could hit wildlife tourism"
- Turning Down the Volume on Salmon Farms is Not Enough: 'Cetacean Friendly' Acoustic Deterrent Devices Still Harm & Must Be Banned
- Cetaceans Sound Alarm On Salmon Farms – new research sparks EC complaint & call to ban Acoustic Deterrent Devices
- Sunday Herald: "Health of whales, dolphins and porpoises put at risk by underwater alarms"
- Noisy Salmon Farms – Switch Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices Now!
Government report reveals increasing use of noisy Acoustic Deterrent Devices on Scottish salmon farms! https://t.co/BGwjnnHMwR@SAMSoceannews @denrisch @chazz_findlay @tex_sim
@nature_scot @marinescotland @SSPOsays @OTAQ2
@aceaquatec @NOAAComms @SealifeA @salmon_scottish pic.twitter.com/Ze3tBdKfBN— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 2, 2021
Fact-Check: "The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation says that there are currently no ADDs in use at Scottish farms"https://t.co/jSVobZFe2D @SAMSoceannews
Is this really true? @SSPOsays @ScotlandMowi @GriegShetland @salmon_scottish @scotseafarms @OTAQ2 @aceaquatec— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021