Lice-Infested RSPCA Assured Mowi Salmon - all sorts of problems in Loch Erisort!

'Case Information' published last week (6 January 2022) by the Scottish Government exposes the horrors of salmon farms operated by RSPCA Assured Norwegian giant Mowi – including 117,414 dead lumpfish (49% mortality), lice infestation, use of the toxic chemicals Hydrogen peroxide and Azamethiphos, Amoebic Gill Disease, Heart & Skeletal Muscle Inflammation, Yersinia (Black Death), Cardiomyopathy syndrome, Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis virus and Salmonid alphavirus.

All sorts of problems in Loch Erisort for @rspcaassured @MowiScotlandLtd! Data published @marinescotland reveals 117,414 dead lumpfish (49% mortality), lice infestation, Heart & Skeletal Muscle Inflammation, Yersinia (Black Death) & Cardiomyopathy syndrome https://t.co/DYF8JPYEoO pic.twitter.com/29ttoKeebH

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 12, 2022

Here's a Fish Health Inspectorate report (Cases 20210390-20210430) detailing an inspection of Mowi's North Shore salmon farm in Loch Erisort on 20 October 2021:

REVEALED: Mowi's @rspcaassured North Shore salmon farm in Loch Erisort infested with 9 to 20 lice per fish – as reported via @marinescotland inspection in October 2021 https://t.co/WK0SjATflz @MowiScotlandLtd @ScotlandSalmon @ASC_aqua @HamishMacdonell @tavishscott @Folketrygdfond pic.twitter.com/f3r17F4btg

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 11, 2022

Anyone for 'healthy' & "responsibly farmed" @rspcaassured Mowi salmon fresh from Loch Erisort?
Comes with lice infestation, Heart & Skeletal Muscle Inflammation, Cardiomyopathy syndrome & Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis virus! @marinescotland @sainsburys @Tesco @AldiUK @LidlGB pic.twitter.com/NCvwEQuymk

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 11, 2022

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in April 2020:

Be Sure to Boycott RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon! https://t.co/61yIroIUBp Shocking new photos published of Mowi's disease-ridden North Shore feedlot in Loch Erisort @marinescotland @MowiScotlandLtd "visibly moribund fish" & "significant lice damage" @sainsburys @rspcaassured pic.twitter.com/gjLaeqpcFz

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 7, 2020

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in January 2020:

All Sorts of Problems for RSPCA Assured Mowi in Loch Erisort (Yet Again)! https://t.co/K1AzBjwv9e @MowiScotlandLtd @APHAgovuk @rspcaassured @SSPCA_Mike @marinescotland @HebridesNews @WHFP1 @Sygazette @KateForbesMSP @FergusEwingMSP @BBCScotlandNews @sainsburys @LidlGB @AldiUK pic.twitter.com/KhYMx9wwCN

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 28, 2020

Mmmmm – who's for some 'healthy' Mowi salmon fresh from Loch Erisort (shamefully certified – along with all Mowi's salmon farming production – as welfare friendly via RSPCA Assured)?

Photos: RSPCA Assured salmon farmed at Mowi's Tabhaigh site in Loch Erisort (published in January 2020 by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate)

BBC News reported in October 2017:

The Daily Mail reported in January 2018:

In November 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch reported that the Advertising Standards Authority was investigating a complaint filed against Mowi's "responsibly farmed" Scottish salmon as advertised by Tesco and Sainsbury's.

Mowi's "responsibly farmed" Scottish salmon sold by @tesco & @sainsburys is subject of a complaint filed by campaigners with advertising & trading standards @ASA_UK @CMAgovUK @TSScot @SSC_seafood https://t.co/XjkuDA7WsB
Scottish salmon is irresponsibly farmed! @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/PzmQeFu5D3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 22, 2021