New Data Online Via 'Scotland's Aquaculture' - Mortalities, Toxic Chemicals & Biomass Exceedances

New Data Online Via 'Scotland's Aquaculture' – Mortalities, Toxic Chemicals & Biomass Exceedances! https://t.co/JggUtrpOT8
See which @rspcaassured "responsibly sourced" & 'organic' salmon farms are using lobster-killing pesticides & breaching pollution limits! @ScottishEPA pic.twitter.com/Btr05oRqDZ

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 9, 2020

New data was posted on 4 December 2020 via 'Scotland's Aquaculture' web-site – adding information for Q3 2020 (July to September) to the database on mortalities, toxic chemical use and biomass exceedances (data for Q4 2020 is expected to be published in early March 2021).

You can use 'Advanced Filter' to search for a particular salmon farm or company and if you click on CSV Export you can open up an Excel spreadsheet with data since 2002. Here's a summary of the Top 20 salmon farms reporting the highest numbers of mortalities (by weight) during 2020 (data up to the end of September):

Here's video footage of mortalities at Grieg Seafood's Dunvegan facility which serviced salmon farms at Leinish Bay and Corlarach – shot in July 2020 and September 2020:

Total weight of mortalities so far during 2020 (up to the end of September) is 20,523 tonnes – in the same period last year 17,171 tonnes were reported so 2020 is shaping up for a record year with perhaps as many as 30,0000 tonnes of dead farmed salmon!

Alexa, how many salmon die each year on Scottish salmon farms? 42 million* https://t.co/jRQzhheju6
Sadly we don't know for sure as the answer is deemed "commercially damaging" by @sspo!
Will @ScottishEPA & @marinescotland force disclosure? @salmon_scottish @rspcaassured pic.twitter.com/fua9nkM6g3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 11, 2020

The data published by Marine Scotland and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency reveals that during the first nine months of 2020 there have already been 45 cases of biomass exceedances reported by salmon farms – with Mowi and Scottish Sea Farms leading the breaches. Here's the Top 20 biomass exceedances (that means sites which have more fish than permitted in the pollution regulations – although in March/April 2020 the rules were relaxed):

Salmon farms reported 41 monthly uses of the shellfish-killing chemical Deltamethrin during the first nine months of 2020 – here's the Top 20 salmon farms:

The use of Deltamethin included use by 'Organic' Sea Harvest in July and August 2020:

'Organic' Sea Harvest caught using lobster-killing Deltamethrin (Alphamax) https://t.co/MMIY8aUAEj @marinescotland "Deltamethrin is highly toxic to lobster larvae" https://t.co/FebQVQadbe @alexmacinnessnp @SoilAssocScot @Jonnynogaps @IanDobb pic.twitter.com/Io7556yMqf

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 22, 2020

Salmon farms (not including well boat use) reported 127 monthly uses of another shellfish-killing chemical Azamethiphos in the first nine months of 2020 – here's the Top 20 lethal salmon farms which lobsters are advised to steer well clear!