"Explosive" FOI disclosure @ScottishEPA on Toxic Gases Spewing from The Scottish Salmon Co (Bakkafrost) off Skye! https://t.co/ZuJ147DRec
Hydrogen Sulphide detected at 55,000 ppm "which puts the gas into explosive range" @ScotlandSalmon @GaelForceGroup @_KateForbes @MairiMcAllan pic.twitter.com/oBbuHr430j— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 8, 2022
$camon $cotland today (7 November 2022) published 'explosive' documents exposing the dangerous nature of salmon farming:
EXPLOSIVE WARNING: "A gas sample was collected directly from the sunken barge & analysed by a Marine Chemist which provided the results of H2S in concentrations of 55,000 ppm which puts the gas into explosive range" @ScottishEPA @ScotlandSalmon @MCA_media https://t.co/ZuJ147UUgc pic.twitter.com/L2VvtEnOWx
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 8, 2022
"Scottish salmon is an unexploded time-bomb. Toxic gases, mass mortalities, infectious diseases, lice infestations & rising community resistance across the Highlands & Islands will blow salmon farming in Scotland out of the water" https://t.co/ZuJ147UUgc pic.twitter.com/pDpQPSfnVh
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 8, 2022
Read the press release and FOI backgrounder in full online here
Download FOI documents disclosed by SEPA on 4 November 2022:
SEPA EIR Response F0194491 4 November 2022
Email 1_Update From Barge Recovery works
Email 2_Notification on Barge at Portree
Email 3_Portree Barge Gas Venting Plan Update
Email 3_Salmon Feeder Barge Gas Purging_Attachment
Last week (1 November 2022), $camon $cotland received a Freedom of Information reply from the Maritime & Coastguard Agency detailing how the sunken feed barge is expected to be lifted to the surface "in November 2022":
Why wasn't a public warning issued on the danger of "explosive" gases spewing from Scottish Salmon's sunken feed barge off Skye? @HighlandCouncil @MCA_media @NHSScotland @marinescotland @PoliceScotland @Ianblackford_MP @_KateForbes @ScotlandSalmon @scotgp https://t.co/ZuJ147DRec https://t.co/kIWoRGRUtL pic.twitter.com/mGwqV4mGB4
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 8, 2022
BBC News reported in August 2022:
BBC News: 'Rotten egg' gas leaking from fish feed barge wreck – a 500m exclusion zone has been placed around the wreck of a salmon feed barge near Portree on Skye https://t.co/nRuwKkZyTy @BBCScotlandNews @bbcalba @ScottishEPA @marinescotland @H_S_E @MCA_media @PoliceScotland
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2022
$camon Scotland broke the news following a tip-off by a whistleblower on 28 August 2022:
Tip-off re. Bakkafrost off Portree: "Their feed barge sank end of last year…a few weeks ago divers [trying to raise it]…stopped as there was found to be very high levels of toxic gasses….this has lead to an exclusion zone….there is a 24hr guard"
True? @ScottishEPA pic.twitter.com/sus4ZLFyqh— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 29, 2022
WARNING: Dangerous Scottish Salmon – toxic gases containing Hydrogen Sulphide – known as 'swamp gas' – are spewing from Bakkafrost Scotland's salmon farm off Portree https://t.co/b6sRwpqDgi
Avoid Toxic Scottish Salmon! @ScotlandSalmon @_KateForbes @Ianblackford_MP @ScottishEPA pic.twitter.com/p8wrqlOvp2— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2022
Read more via:
500m exclusion zone near Portree Harbour in Skye as barge gives of rotten eggs smell
P&J: "Exclusion zone set up around Skye barge giving off rotten eggs smell"
"Experts tackle lethal gas leaking from sunken feed barge" (Fish Farming Expert)
Toxic Gasses Spew From The Scottish Salmon Company (Bakkafrost Scotland) Off Portree
Is this 'state-of-the-art' feed barge now spewing toxic gasses on the bottom of the seabed off Portree? @GaelForceGroup @ScotlandSalmon @WHFP1 @bbcalba @marinescotland @ScottishEPA @H_S_E https://t.co/qWI1VyqAVN #HydrogenSulphide #Toxic #Scottish #Salmon pic.twitter.com/o5WTZybupy
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 30, 2022