“If local democracy counts for anything, Orkney Islands Council has no other choice but to say no to East Moclett salmon farm” @TheScotsman https://t.co/3KvDJox5xq
Will @OrkneyCouncil listen to Papa Westray & refuse approval? @KristopherLeask @JohnRossScott @KirstyCooncil— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 8, 2022
Papa Westray's protest against plans by Canadian giant Cooke Aquaculture for what would be Scotland's largest salmon farm – to be greenwashed as 'organic' via the Soil Association – at East Moclett in North Sound in the far North of the Orkney Islands is making waves in the media with news coverage in The Daily Telegraph, The Herald, The National, The Scotsman and even Fish Farmer. The National reported with a front page by-line (8 September 2022):
Jonathan Ford of No East Moclett Group @ScotNational: "Folk on Papay remain defiant & will do so beyond decision day. We don’t want industrial farming of our seas. Island communities can survive & prosper without destroying the very environment which makes them what they are" pic.twitter.com/Twkfpne2Xs
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 8, 2022
Download front page as a Jpeg online here and the newspaper article as a Jpeg online here
Front page splash in today's National newspaper – with protestors on Papay sharing centre stage with the Prime Minister & First Minister https://t.co/06aLl0F1xM
Will @OrkneyCouncil ignore public opinion & approve @CookeScotland's mega salmon farm? @ArianeBurgessHI @amy_may pic.twitter.com/gcF9KqSX1Z— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 8, 2022
The Scotsman reported (8 September 2022):
The Scotsman: "A Scottish author whose book is currently being made into a film in Orkney has joined locals in the islands to protest against what will be Scotland’s biggest salmon farm if it goes ahead" @TheScotsman @amy_may @Ilonaamos @ArianeBurgessHI https://t.co/3KvDJox5xq
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 8, 2022
Download newspaper version as a Jpeg online here
Activist Don Staniford @TheScotsman: "Salmon cages are spreading around the Highlands & Islands like a malignant cancer and must be eradicated, not accelerated. Cooke’s reckless expansion must be stopped dead in its tracks" https://t.co/3KvDJox5xq @OrkneyCouncil @CookeScotland
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 8, 2022
The Herald reported (8 September 2022):
"Papay has been a living community for over 6000 years without resorting to wholesale destruction of its local environment. Why change that now" @PapayRanger @heraldscotland @CookeScotland @cookeseafood @OrkneyCouncil @amy_may @KateChatto1 @orkneycom https://t.co/OOI6bTaPOT pic.twitter.com/rGnAmfZfxs
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 8, 2022
Here's the newspaper version:
Download newspaper version as a Jpeg online here
Fish Farming Expert reported (8 September 2022):
Fish Farmer reported (7 September 2022):
A group objecting to Cooke’s proposal for a new offshore salmon farm in the north of Orkney has staged a protest on the island of Papa Westray – the No East Moclett group claims that the proposed farm will be a disaster for the environment @fishfarmermag https://t.co/MESm9riBsb
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 7, 2022
The Daily Telegraph reported (7 September 2022):
I'm quoted here adding my voice to islanders' objections to a massive new fish farm off Papay. In addition to these concerns is its proximity to a Marine Protected Area. https://t.co/hllNRWvqsS
— Amy Liptrot (@amy_may) September 7, 2022
Download high resolution photos online here (please credit 'No East Moclett Group'):
No Way To Salmon Farm Off Papa Westray – protestors in the far north of the Orkney Islands tell Canadian giant Cooke to fish off! https://t.co/WULE0dsD5s@CookeScotland @cookeseafood @ScotlandSalmon
Will @OrkneyCouncil listen to the people of Papay? @Liam4Orkney @bbcorkney pic.twitter.com/IIjnxyz5Zi— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 7, 2022
A media advisory provides more background online here
Devastation!
Nobody is listening to over 120 valid objections – dumbed down to 82 for no better reason than to diminish the feelings of the Papay folk. This is industrial and toxic in an, as yet, pristine marine environment! Constant faecal effluent equal to 49,500 humans! https://t.co/kHvDfeDblR— Kate Chatto (@KateChatto1) September 7, 2022
Read more via:
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
Cooke's Organic Scamon Exposed by Gruesome Photos from Orkney!
Organic Scamon – The Soil Association's List of Shame!
Scottish 'Organic' Scamon Leaps 181% – 4,462 tonnes to 12,528 tonnes from 2019 to 2020!
'Organic' Salmon Fit for the Queen? Not Even Fit for Her Dogs!
Toxic Salmon Corrodes Soil Association's 'Organic' Principles
Scottish salmon is so not organic!
Organic Salmon Belongs in the Bin Not Your Shopping Basket!
Dutch TV slams "organic" salmon
EXPOSED: Scottish 'Organic' Scamon
Organic” farmed salmon – let’s get real
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
Organic Scamon – The Greenwashing of Toxic Farmed Salmon
Why organic salmon is causing a nasty smell
Concern over organic salmon farms
"Organically Farmed Salmon Is An Oxymoron" (The Organic Standard, 2001)
'Organic' Scamon: salmon farming production in Scotland certified as 'organic' quadrupled from 3,104 tonnes in 2011 to 12,528 tonnes in 2020 but the number of sites fell from 10 to 9 (i.e. farms are getting much bigger)! https://t.co/BVJNapYi5M @SoilAssocScot @CookeScotland pic.twitter.com/wZCnURAZKP
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 7, 2022
Orkney's 'Organic' Scam: salmon farming in Orkney – much of it certified as "organic" – more than trebled from 6,369 tonnes in 2011 to a projected 23,104 tonnes in 2021 – an increase of 263% in a decade! https://t.co/EV5TYcXVKD @SoilAssociation @SoilAssociation @scotgp @peterk69 pic.twitter.com/QRaqVJFcxa
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 7, 2022






















