Lobbyist for ‘Scottish’ Salmon Caught Telling Pack of Lies on BBC Scotland

BBC Scotland The Nine 6 April 2021 #6 Tavish & Martin on diseases

 

 

 

 

 

 

To steal a joke from the legal and political profession, how do you know when a salmon farming lobbyist is lying?

 

When their lips move.

 

BBC Scotland The Nine 6 April 2021 #1 b Tavish smirking

 

 

Tavish Scott, chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (the lobby group for the 99% foreign-owned 'Scottish' salmon farming industry – ca. 80% of which is controlled by Norwegian financial interests including Norway's Government Pension Fund), told a pack of lies last night on BBC Scotland's 'The Nine' (6 April 2021).

 

 

 

"Let's look at some of the specific claims this documentary makes," said BBC Scotland's Martin Geissler.  "Don was talking there about the moment he climbs up a ladder and looks into a tank full of dead fish, it's what they call a mortality bin.  It's like a skip of dead fish.  It's not entirely clear in the wording of the documentary what percentage of the fish that are farmed end up in there but they're suggesting it's a lot.  They say they die from lice infestatations, Chlamydia, heart disease, anaemia."

 

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"No, no," interupts Tavish Scott.

 

 

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"Is that true?" asked the BBC's Martin Geissler.

 

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"No, it's absolutely not true," replied Tavish Scott.  "It's one of the pack of lies that these extreme activists produce all the time, Martin.  I am disappointed the BBC is giving it air time to this pack of lies tonight".

 

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Interupting: "The disease data is sourced from the Scottish Government" pointed out Don Staniford. 

 

BBC Scotland The Nine 6 April 2021 #5 Don with SSW name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If Tavish Scott took the time to read the mortality data and 'Case Information' on diseases published each month by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate he would see that millions of Scottish salmon are dying each year from lice infestation, 'Gill Issues' (including Chlamydia, Proliferative Gill Inflammation and Amoebic Gill Disease), Pancreas Disease, Cardiomyopathy Syndrome, Heart & Skeletal Muscle Inflammation and mechanical torture treatments such as the Thermolicer and Hydrolicer. 

 

Poster #5 Healthy Scottish Salmon Hidden Extras

 

Scottish Salmon Watch has written to BBC Scotland asking that Tavish Scott's "pack of lies" comment are investigated. 

 

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#14 Gill Disease Poxvirus & Chlamydia Plague Scottish Salmon

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone interested in ground-truthing Tavish Scott's pack of lies need look no further than the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate who publishes monthly data on mass mortalities (including millions of Scottish salmon killed by infectious diseases) and 'Case Information' detailing infectious diseases, viruses, pathogens and bacteria in Scottish salmon. 

 

Tavish lies blog April 2021 #1

 

 

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch reported last week (1 April 2021):

 

 

 

 

Data published recently by the Scottish Government – sourced from inspections of salmon farms by the Fish Health Inspectorate – reveal that Tavish Scott is a bare-faced liar when he denied on BBC Scotland's 'The Nine' (6 April 2021) that Scottish salmon is dying from lice infestations and infectious diseases.    For example, here's 'Case Information' reported by the Fish Health Inspectorate relating to an inspection of The Scottish Salmon Company (a member company of the SSPO represented by lobbyist Tavish Scott) in November 2020:

 

 

 

 

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The damning reports of diseased Scottish salmon detailing mass mortalities, viruses, pathogens, bacteria and welfare abuse go on and on and on (and just remember that these are reports published by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate not by "extreme activists").

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If Tavish Scott took the time to read the Fish Health Inspectorate reports – including damning photographic evidence of welfare abuse at RSPCA Assured salmon farms – maybe he would stop lying to the BBC and the Scottish public?

 

Photo Dossier of FHI Case Information Feb 2020 #1 Photo Dossier of FHI Case Information Feb 2020 #2

 

 

 

 

 

Here's damning video footage published last month (23 March 2021) by Compassion in World Farming and OneKind detailing mortality problems and welfare abuse at five of the foreign-owned salmon farming companies who control over 96% of 'Scottish' salmon farming production:

 

 

Watch more video footage of welfare abuse inside salmon farms via "The Go Pro Camera Never Lies (Unlike Salmon Farmers)" and photos via "The Camera Never Lies About Scottish Salmon!"

 

 

 

 

 

Gill diseases such as Amoebic Gill Disease, 'Complex Gill Disease' including Piscichlamydia, Epilethiocystis and other gill problems have hit salmon farming hard over the last few decades.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The truth seems to be a foreign country when Tavish Scott is interviewed by the BBC.  When grilled on BBC Countryfile in December 2020, Tavish Scott refused to acknowledge the fact (as sourced and published from Scottish Government data published in October 2020) that the mortality rate on Scottish sea cage salmon farms was 26%.

 

 

 

 

 

Tavish Scott also struggled to deal with the facts when interviewed by Holyrood Magazine in November 2020:

 

 

 

 

 

In November 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch estimated that 42 million farmed salmon die annually on salmon farms in Scotland (from hatch as eggs to 'catch' in sea cages) with ca. 20 million deaths in hatcheries and ca. 20 million in the sea phase of production.

 

 

 

 

 

Sadly, numbers of mortalities of Scottish salmon is not officially reported after the SSPO lobbied the Scottish Environment Protectiojn Agency in 2013 claiming that disclosure would be "commercially damaging".

 

 

 

 

 

Whilst Tavish Scott blindly ignores the truth, a scientific paper published last month in Nature reported:

 

"Pathogens, parasites, and pests (PPP) are a chronic risk for the aquaculture sector, and the intensification of production and increased trade and supply chain integration since 2000 have amplified these risks," reported researchers.  "Even in sectors in which major investments and progress have been made in the detection, avoidance, and treatment of PPP, new threats frequently emerge.  For example, the salmon aquaculture industry has successfully controlled some diseases, such as infectious pancreatic necrosis virus and infectious salmon anaemia, but other diseases and parasites (for example, salmon rickettsial syndrome and sea lice) remain costly for many producers and damaging to wild salmon as treatment options are either unavailable or the target organism has become resistant to treatment"

 

 

 

SciDevNet reported (30 March 2021):

 

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Addendum:

 

From: Don Staniford <salmonfarmingkills@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 5:44 PM
Subject: Tavish Scott lying on BBC Scotland
To: <nine.news@bbc.co.uk>
Cc: Mike Farrell – News <mike.farrell@bbc.co.uk>, <martin.geissler@bbc.co.uk>, Chris Foote <chris.foote@bbc.co.uk>
 
If you look at the transcript of what Tavish Scott said in yesterday's BBC Scotland 'The Nine' interview he clearly lied when he answered "No, absolutely not" in reply to Martin's question on infectious diseases:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tavish also lied when he gave false information on the salmon farming industry's use of artificial colourings – details via Salmon With a Fake Tan – Please Boycott Pharmed Fish!
 
 
What action can be taken against his blatant lies?
 
Scottish Salmon Watch would like to file a complaint and ask that Tavish's lies are corrected.
 
 
 
Thanks,
 
Don Staniford
 
Director, Scottish Salmon Watch
 
 
 
 
From: Don Staniford <salmonfarmingkills@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: Tavish Scott lying on BBC Scotland
To: <nine.news@bbc.co.uk>
Cc: Mike Farrell – News <mike.farrell@bbc.co.uk>, <martin.geissler@bbc.co.uk>, Chris Foote <chris.foote@bbc.co.uk>

Further, to my email dated 7 April (see below) I would like to reiterate:
 
"What action can be taken against his blatant lies?  Scottish Salmon Watch would like to file a complaint and ask that Tavish's lies are corrected".
 
 
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Scottish Salmon Watch just filed a formal complaint with the BBC: https://twitter.com/TheGAAIA/status/1384129979689046018
 
 
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A correction/retraction from Tavish Scott would be much appreciated. 
 
Thanks,
 
Don Staniford
 
Director, Scottish Salmon Watch
 
 
 

From: BBC Complaints <bbc_complaints_website@contact.bbc.co.uk>
Date: Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 2:09 PM
Subject: BBC Complaints – Case number CAS-6694812-X3J2F1
To: Donald Staniford <salmonfarmingkills@gmail.com>

Thanks for contacting the BBC. This is to confirm we’ve received the attached complaint sent in this name. We’ve included the text of the complaint and a case reference for your records (see below). 

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YOUR COMPLAINT: 

Tavish Scott lying on BBC Scotland's 'The Nine'  

How can Tavish Scott's blatant lies on BBC Scotland's 'The Nine' (6 April 2021) be permitted to stand without correction?

Details via:

"Lobbyist for 'Scottish' Salmon Caught Telling Pack of Lies on BBC Scotland": https://donstaniford.com/lobbyist-for-norwegian-salmon-farmers-caught-lying-on-bbc-scotland/

Tweet via: https://twitter.com/TheGAAIA/status/1384126263766380547
 

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