Mega Media Splash Vs Cooke's Super-Sized Salmon Farm Off Orkney - The Scotsman, The Herald, The National, Daily Telegraph & even Fish Farmer!!

“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