A great result! 🎊
Last week a case brought to @EnvStanScot by CCN over the unlawful use of ADDs 📢on salmon farms has led to a de-facto ban on these devices.
ADDs emit high frequency pulses which disturb ceteaceans🐬🐋#CommunityActionhttps://t.co/SE6Y4ozd7R
— Coastal Communities Network (CCN) (@CCNScotland) August 9, 2022
The Coastal Communities Network reported yesterday (9 August 2022):
Another win for CCN! 🎊 https://t.co/8CLaSShFil
— Coastal Communities Network (CCN) (@CCNScotland) August 5, 2022
Sealife Adventures posted on Facebook (6 August 2022):
Environmental Standards Scotland reported (5 August 2022):
We’ve reached an informal resolution with Marine Scotland about licencing and enforcement procedures around the use of Acoustic Deterrent Devices in marine environments. Read the report here: https://t.co/zdzkdDDE6b pic.twitter.com/CQpPt6hFei
— Environmental Standards Scotland (@EnvStanScot) August 5, 2022
Download the Environmental Standards Scotland report – "Marine Scotland's Enforcment of Accoustic Deterrent Devices" – in full online here
West Coast Matters posted on Facebook (7 August 2022):
Last week saw an absolutely massive victory for all those who have campaigned for years to stop the illegal harassment of whales, dolphins and porpoise in our inshore waters. pic.twitter.com/QZSfy2Bffy
— Eòghann MacUalraig (@ewangkennedy) August 7, 2022
The Mail On Sunday reported in August 2021:
"Salmon farms probed for using illegal 'scarers' which threaten dolphins" (Mail on Sunday) @ClydePorpoise @OTAQ2 @aceaquatec @marinescotland @NOAA @SSPOsays @salmon_scottish @MowiScotlandLtd @GriegShetland @scotseafarms @MairiGougeon @scotgp https://t.co/opkfPi6ZA0 pic.twitter.com/DubEWfGFLg
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 25, 2021
The Sunday Times reported in February 2021:
Today's Sunday Times: "Animal welfare campaigners sound out ban on acoustic seal deterrent" https://t.co/jvVxtOvxMr @SundayTimesScot
"The Scottish government needs to get on with banning these cruel devices” @markruskell @GreenerScotland @SealifeA @ClydePorpoise @whalesorg pic.twitter.com/6bkWrLif6Y— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 21, 2021
Did lawyers finally have the bottle to affirm to @GreenerScotland @NicolaSturgeon @strathearnrose that ADD use was illegal? https://t.co/jvVxtOvxMr
Did @SSPOsays see the writing on the wall? @OTAQ2 @aceaquatec @nature_scot @SealifeA @whalesorg @HWDT_org @tex_sim @chazz_findlay https://t.co/0Tunz9ZRqy pic.twitter.com/ObrkjxRrwK— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 21, 2021
The Oban Times reported (22 February 2021):
"If you use the right nets, you don’t have to use ADDs" said David Ainsley @SealifeA "Now is the time to say to Marine Scotland they must enforce the law" @marinescotland https://t.co/afvN51r4QS@OTAQ2 @aceaquatec @nature_scot @SSPOsays @strathearnrose @GreenerScotland pic.twitter.com/C5J6Cm90bO
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 22, 2021
The Daily Record reported (3 August 2020):
Did Fergus Ewing bully civil servants @marinescotland @ScotGovNetZero @scotgov @nature_scot to silence criticism of the illegal use of Acoustic Deterrent Devices? @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @OTAQ2 @aceaquatec https://t.co/XyeiNygFrI @FergusEwingSNP https://t.co/gSpyfLyHOt pic.twitter.com/tgLnxQeS7t
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 10, 2022
Read more via:
- Damning Report: Marine Scotland Caught Breaking EU Law By Environmental Standards Scotland!
- Scottish Salmon Caught Telling Porkies on ADDs?
- "Salmon farms probed for using illegal 'scarers' which threaten dolphins" (Mail on Sunday)
- RSPCA Assured food label scheme accused of protecting ‘salmon farmers and retailers’
- FOI Exposes Lobbying by 'Scottish' Salmon on Killing of Seals & Use of ADDs
- The Oban Times: "Seal scarer devices may harm harbour porpoise"
- "Five out of the six top farms in Scotland" use GenusWave's 'Acoustic Startle Technology' – But is it MMPA compliant & does it comply with EU law?
- "Scientists sound warning over next-gen seal scarers"
- Journal of Applied Ecology: "Auditory impairment from acoustic seal deterrents predicted for harbour porpoises in a marine protected area"
- Fish Farmer: "Seal scarers could harm porpoises, study finds"
- 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!
