Letter to Scottish Ministers: "Please Ban the Use of Cleaner Fish in Thermolicers as in Norway!"

Letter to Scottish Ministers: Please ban the use of cleaner fish in Thermolicers as in Norway! @ScotGovMarine @InfoMattilsynet pic.twitter.com/GHtNFg8sLZ

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 22, 2024

$camon $cotland today (22 January 2024) wrote to Scottish Ministers calling for a ban on the use of cleaner fish in Thermolicers:

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Campaigners call on @rspcaassured to ban the use of 'cleaner fish' in Thermolicer torture chambers as in Norway @InfoMattilsynet pic.twitter.com/ZVg1XgWKLh

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 22, 2024

Read the letter in full via online here

“Salmon farmers must be forced to publicly report data on deaths of cleaner fish on salmon farms,” said Don Staniford, director of $camon $cotland. “Welfare audits – including observers on Thermolicer boats – should be conducted as a matter of urgency to save the millions of lumpfish and wrasse suffering unnecessarily and dying cruel deaths in de-licing torture chambers. This shocking video footage is the last nail in the coffin for the Thermolicer in Scotland. Mowi is the king of cruelty and must be stopped dead in its tracks. Norwegian companies such as Mowi and Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) must follow the practice back home in Norway whereby cleaner fish are removed prior to mechanical treatment. It is only a matter of time before Scottish Ministers ban de-licing machines. The use of Thermolicers – whether used with cleaner fish or just salmon – represents a clear breach of welfare laws and is ethically bankrupt.”

Dear the RSPCA, please ban the use of cleaner fish in Thermolicers as in Norway. Please stop condoning welfare abuse via @rspcaassured salmon farms! @RSPCA_PATeam @RSPCA_official @Emma_Slav pic.twitter.com/mrpuFs0gLO

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 22, 2024