Letter from Save Papay hand-delivered from Orkney to Scotland's Environment Minster @MairiMcAllan: "Enforce a moratorium on fish farms across the whole of Scotland"! @scotgov https://t.co/P4URR4ctTg @ArianeBurgessHI @ScotlandSalmon @CookeScotland @SoilAssociation @ScottishEPA pic.twitter.com/euX9GDs1b6
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022
Save Papay sent a letter to Scotland's Environment Minister earlier this week (2 November 2022) calling for an immediate moratorium on fish farms in Scotland – just in case the letter got lost in the post artist Chris Rutterford hand-delivered an extra large envelope direct to the Scottish Government in Edinburgh.
The 10-page letter concluded:
"We now expect clear & decisive action to rein in the exploitation of communities by international fish farm operators riding rough-shod over inadequate regulatory watchdogs" wrote Save Papay in a letter to Scotland's Env Minister @MairiMcAllan @scotgov https://t.co/P4URR4ctTg pic.twitter.com/o99yl3PuJb
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022
Read the letter in full online here
The Orcadian reported (6 November 2022):
The Orcadian: "Papay campaigners appeal to environment minister" @The_Orcadian @MairiMcAllan
The letter describes their effort as a "community-led demand for an immediate moratorium on all fish farm applications & ongoing developments in Scotland" https://t.co/3inu8xFguI #Cooke— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022
Fish Farmer reported (7 November 2022):
Anti-fish farming campaigners are set to appeal formally against the decision by @OrkneyCouncil to approve a new fish farm in the waters off East Moclett on the island of Papa Westray @CookeScotland @ScotlandSalmon @bbcorkney @ArianeBurgessHI @scotgp https://t.co/9z7B0iJDfV
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 7, 2022
https://t.co/wcC28u8KUl pic.twitter.com/n8zg3RGewg
— Chris Rutterford (@RutterfordArt) November 7, 2022
Sign the petition against Cooke's expansion plans online here
"Enough is enough" say Save Papay "No more fish farms" @CookeScotland @CookeSeafood #Cooke
Please sign a petition calling for a halt to salmon farming expansion off Papa Westray! https://t.co/IwVGwjrtIi pic.twitter.com/6dr57PhXRt— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022
Read more via:
Sunday Times: "Islanders up in arms about new fish farm"
Tasmanian TV reporting on Cooke Aquaculture: "one of the world's worst salmon farming companies"
Rubber-stamping Salmon Farm Approvals – 99% success rate!
"Disgrace for democracy…diabolical decision" decries No East Moclett Group on BBC Radio Orkney
The Times: "Author Amy Liptrot joins island’s fish farm protest"
Daily Telegraph: "Orkney locals 'disregarded' over huge salmon farm plan"
No Way To Salmon Farm Off Papa Westray
Photos: Papa Westray Protest Vs Cooke Makes Waves Off Orkney!
Too Many Cookes – community resistance on Orkney spoils super-sized salmon plan off Papa Westray
Shetland salmon packing factory leaks 'blood water' into sea
BBC Radio Shetland on Cooke's "untreated blood water" in Scotland
BBC News: "Shetland salmon packing factory leaks 'blood water' into sea"
More troubles for Cooke, with Scottish “blood water” claims
"A disgrace for democracy….it's a diabolical decision" says Wendy Elves of Papa Westray's No East Moclett @bbcorkney "Everyone should be heard, everyone should count….the decision was made before we entered the room" @OrkneyCouncil @CookeScotland @cookeseafood @amy_may pic.twitter.com/htXviS828H
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 13, 2022