New data published @ScottishEPA details repeated use of the lobster-killing chemical Deltamethrin by @SoilAssociation certified 'Organic' Sea Harvest https://t.co/GlePzttr2G#Organic #Scamon @ClarenceHouse @SoilAssocScot @HelenBOrganic @jamescashmore
@JoLewisSA @timbrouwer89 pic.twitter.com/RE4QYis7m2— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 4, 2022
Data published by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency undermines the credibility of 'organic' salmon farming in Scotland:
Scottish Salmon Watch reported in October 2021:
The scam that is 'organic' Scottish salmon – aka 'Organic Scamon' – has almost trebled in a year: increasing from 4,462 tonnes of 'organic' salmon reported in 2019 to 12,528 tonnes in 2020. That's a leap of 181% in a single year! https://t.co/VdswDPek3E @SoilAssociation pic.twitter.com/U6A3Isa3Hv
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 8, 2021
The scam that is 'organic' Scottish salmon – aka 'organic scamon' – has almost trebled in a year: increasing from 4,462 tonnes of 'organic' salmon reported in 2019 to 12,528 tonnes in 2020. That's a leap of 181% in a single year! The 'Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2020' – published by the Scottish Government on 30 September 2021 – details:
In March 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch filed a complaint against the Soil Association with the Advertising Standards Authority.
"No Pesticides Here" claim @SoilAssociation in membership ad on @Facebook – yet @SoilAssocScot permits the use of toxic pesticides such as Deltamethrin on 'organic' salmon farms. Hence we filed a complaint @ASA_UK https://t.co/jHzIfvAo6t @ClarenceHouse @LawWoodward @PeterMelchett pic.twitter.com/BXdw2XzyvY
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 21, 2021
In March 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch reported:
Think 'organic' salmon = zero toxic pesticides? Nope. "Parasite treatments, including Deltamethrin, are permitted in the organic standards" admit @SoilAssocScot @SoilAssociation
Please boycott 'organically' farmed #Scottish #Salmon as well as @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua @SaumonLabel pic.twitter.com/oAcSVpNM4V— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 30, 2021
The latest version of the Soil Association's 'organic' salmon standards (published in February 2021) shamefully permits the use of the lobster-killing chemical Deltamethrin:
Toxic 'Organic' Scamon – Why does @SoilAssociation allow 'organic' salmon farmers to use the toxic chemical Deltamethrin (shown by peer-reviewed science published in 2020 to be lethal to lobsters)? @SoilAssocScot @HelenBOrganic @jamescashmore @JoLewisSA https://t.co/2yerGjeTEi pic.twitter.com/sDGTilOWfN
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 20, 2021
Alphamax is the trade name for the toxic chemical Deltamethrin – shown by peer-reviewed science to be lethal to shellfish and labelled by the chemical manufacturer as a 'Marine Pollutant'. An article – "The impact of anti-sea lice pesticides, azamethiphos and deltamethrin, on European lobster (Homarus gammarus) larvae in the Norwegian marine environment" – published in scientific journal Environmental Pollution in September 2020 reported:
The Institute of Marine Research in Bergen, Norway, reported in September 2020:
"Dangerous doses of Deltamethrin typically drifted between 5 & 15 km. In rare cases, the anti-sea lice agent could travel 20-30 kilometres before it was sufficiently diluted to pose no risk to lobster larvae" https://t.co/oqcZ7yEH0f @Havforskningen @SoilAssocScot @SoilAssociation pic.twitter.com/Qif2FaZneo
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 21, 2021
In March 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch called for a ban on the use of Deltamethrin in salmon farming:
Please ban Deltamethrin use by Scottish salmon pharmers! @ScottishEPA https://t.co/X81m8zYm5c
Over 2,000 doses of the lobster-killing chemical have been used by salmon farms in Scotland since 2008!@ScotlandMowi @salmon_scottish @kamesfishfarm @scotseafarms @GriegShetland @scotgp pic.twitter.com/TgagUNSJVa— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 24, 2021
Read more via:
- Sunday Times: "Prince Charles is a ‘hypocrite’ for promoting organic salmon"
- Prince Charles's slap in face after 'organic' salmon farm refused planning: Why does the AST patron give the royal seal of approval to salmon pharming?
- Scottish 'Organic' Scamon Leaps 181% – 4,462 tonnes to 12,528 tonnes from 2019 to 2020!
- "We Won the Battle": Campaigners Celebrate as 'Organic' Salmon Farm Refused Planning Permission on Skye!
- Organic Scamon Makes Waves Off the Isle of Skye
- Mail on Sunday: "The SNP leader, his pal's 'foul-smelling' fish farm…and a stench of hypocrisy"
- Mowi Caught Importing 'Organic' Smolts from Ireland to On-Grow on Skye – did they follow the SSPO's code & quarantine for three months?
- 'Organic' Salmon Fit for the Queen? Not Even Fit for Her Dogs!
- Please Ban Deltamethrin Use by Scottish Salmon Pharmers!
- Toxic Salmon Corrodes Soil Association's 'Organic' Principles
- Photos: 'Organic' Sea Harvest of Diseased Salmon, Mass Mortality or Toxic Chemical Use?
- Scottish salmon is so not organic!
- Organic Salmon Belongs in the Bin Not Your Shopping Basket!
- Champagne Moment: 'Organic' Salmon Farm Refused Planning Permission on Skye!
- Scottish Scamon: 'Organic' Sea Harvest Goes Dutch, Norwegian & Canadian!
- Mowi's Legal Threat Over Filming
- Dutch TV slams "organic" salmon
- 'Organic' Sea Harvest Challenged by Advertising Standards Authority
- Organic farm plan defeated by Skye locals
- EXPOSED: Scottish 'Organic' Scamon
- Organic Scamon Alert on Skye: Self-Classification "Used to Dumb Down Public Dissent" Claims Resident
- Skye High Opposition to 'Organic' Sea Harvest
- Video Report from Skye: Please Stop 'Organic' Sea Harvest!
- Organic” farmed salmon – let’s get real
- 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)
Prince Charles outed as a 'hypocrite' for promoting "organic" salmon in The Sunday Times & the Scottish Government accused of "greenwashing" over 'sustainable' salmon farming @SundayTimesScot @ClarenceHouse @scotgov @SoilAssociation @AST_Salmon @fms_scotland @SSPOsays @scotgp pic.twitter.com/VlRvUEmzE2
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 18, 2021