Petition launched against expansion plans by 'Scottish' Sea Farms near Oban https://t.co/8X5hB1NYE3
Stop polluting the marine environment with toxic chemicals & end welfare abuse on salmon farms! @rspcaassured @SSPCA_Mike @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood @Folketrygdfond @obantimes pic.twitter.com/IreM0aXBF4— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 3, 2021
A petition against plans by Norwegian giant Scottish Sea Farms to expand at their salmon farm at Dunstaffnage near Oban has been launched by local campaigners.
Sign the petition and access the planning documents online here
Data published by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency via 'Scotland's Aquaculture' web-site reveals that Scottish Sea Farms has used the toxic shellfish-killing chemical Emamectin benzoate a staggering 32 times (data since September 2020 is still not publicly available)!
As way of context, unnamed person promoting Norwegian-owned 'Scottish' Sea Farms – your use of toxic shellfish-killing chemicals is ethically & environmentally bankrupt https://t.co/U3Xo7UFtXX pic.twitter.com/I6d6sk9OYA
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 3, 2021
Scottish Sea Farms has also used the shellfish-killing chemicals Deltamethrin, Azamethiphos and Cypermethrin at their Dunstaffnage salmon farm.
Given the use of a cocktail of toxic chemicals it is not surprising that Emamectin benzoate has been detected by SEPA under the Dunstaffnage salmon farm.
Mass mortalities at the Dunstaffnage salmon farm operated by Norwegian-owned Scottish Sea Farms are staggering – here's the top 20 highest monthly mortalities as reported to SEPA.
Disease data shows that Dunstaffnage salmon farm has reported problems with Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (heart disease), Salmonid alphavirus (Pancreas Disease) and Vibrio.
When Scottish Salmon Watch visited a salmon farm in the Summer Isles at Tanera we nearly vomited at the stench of Scottish Sea Farms.
When we visited their processing plant at South Shian we were shocked at the dead cleaner fish.
When we filmed at Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Spelve in 2018 we saw lice-infested cleaner fish.
In November 2020, Salmon & Trout Conservation Scotland published shocking photos of welfare abuse at a salmon farm operated by Scottish Sea Farms in nearby Loch Creran 'Special Area of Conservation' and 'Marine Protected Area':
In November 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch reported on opposition to Scottish Sea Farms in Wester Ross.
"The site proposed by @scotseafarms is entirely unsuitable due to its proximity to important protected habitats. These plans pose a serious threat to marine wildlife, stores of blue carbon & the local creel fishing industry" @heraldscotland https://t.co/Yc9xVNEJKx @ScotWildlife
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 4, 2020
No wonder locals are horse in their opposition to @scotseafarms Who in their right mind would want a horrific salmon farm polluting a Marine Protected Area? @FergusEwingMSP @marinescotland @ScotWildlife @SaversSea @KateForbesMSP @LeroySeafood @scotgp https://t.co/21mM6iVaB9 pic.twitter.com/vD8t4Sa5xe
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 4, 2020
In August 2019, Scottish Salmon Watch and SumOfUs coordinated a protest against Scottish Sea Farms.
The Oban Times reported in August 2019:
Here's photos of the protest at Dunstaffnage marina.
And in front of a salmon farm operated by Scottish Sea Farms off Shuna in Loch Linnhe.
In January 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch reported on lice infestation problems at Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Kishorn.
Lice-infested & disease-ridden Scottish Salmon anyone? https://t.co/1CWQ6GdcT5 "Over 50" lice per fish @scotseafarms in Loch Kishorn states @marinescotland inspection report. Were these fish sold as Lochmuir & RSPCA Assured? @marksandspencer @rspcaassured @SSPOsays @LeroySeafood pic.twitter.com/9qxUjLl3FT
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) January 6, 2020
Photo: Lice-infested salmon farmed by Scottish Sea Farms
The BBC One Show reported on mass mortalities due to lice infestation and infectious diseases at Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Kishorn in 2017.
Photographs published by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate show welfare abuse at salmon farms operated by Scottish Sea Farms across Scotland:
Download as a PDF via Photo Dossier of Diseased, Deformed & Abused Scottish Salmon
Edie Bowles @Animallawyersuk said the dossier, compiled by Don Staniford, a critic of salmon farming, indicated “systemic and obvious” pain & suffering that could justify legal action against @scotgov @MairiGougeon @SSPOsays https://t.co/ZuzAis8gEr @SundayTimesScot @ciwf @scotgp pic.twitter.com/RPVIAL3KlS
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 2, 2020
Watch video footage of a torture chamber called a Thermolicer in operation at a salmon farm operated by Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Creran.
In February 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch reported on mass mortalities at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in nearby Loch Spelve on the Isle of Mull.
Does the RSPCA still certify Loch Spelve? @rspcaassured @scotseafarms A 6% survival rate is truly shocking – out of 382,344 salmon stocked in the farm only 24,000 were harvested! How can the RSPCA condone such cruelty & suffering? @RSPCA_Frontline @RSPCA_official @RSPCAChris https://t.co/nAUVPrV1oQ
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 12, 2020
Telephone inspection of @scotseafarms by @marinescotland in Loch Spelve – 366,000+ fish die (199,124 culled & 177,588 morts). Fish start dying on 16 Sept & site is fallowed on 29 Oct yet 'Mortality Event Reports' are dated 14 Nov with zero 'inspection' until phone call on 15 Nov pic.twitter.com/AHzlw7SrTo
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 12, 2020
Here's more photos of disease-ridden salmon farmed by Scottish Sea Farms (obtained via FOI despite threats by lawyers acting for Scottish Sea Farms and The Scottish Salmon Company):
Read more via EXPOSED: Photo Disclosures Opens Floodgates to More Diseased & Deformed Scottish Salmon
Sick Scottish Sea Farms (real name – Norskott Havbruk) "affected by an earlier than planned harvest of fish due to illness" https://t.co/SKqUC4BKVQ @fishfarmermag @scotseafarms @LeroySeafood https://t.co/q0iRAIMRra @markruskell @FergusEwingMSP @marinescotland @KateForbesMSP pic.twitter.com/aDXVMtlBIm
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 14, 2019
Last month, Scottish Salmon Watch revealed that Scottish Sea Farms was Scottish salmon's #1 seal killer with over 230 seals killed since 2011.
Named & Shamed: Salmon farmers killed over 1,000 seals since 2011. Don't buy Scottish salmon stained with the blood of Scotland's seals! https://t.co/Y3kY2D6BoI@SSPOsays @scotseafarms @salmon_scottish @ScotlandMowi @LochDuartSalmon @CookeScotland @GriegShetland @rspcaassured pic.twitter.com/BWOFSl1mTa
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 27, 2021
Scottish Sea Farms is also responsible for the death of a humpback whale killed at a salmon farm in the Sound of Mull in 2014.
Read more on the Norwegian money behind 'Scottish Scamon' – including the Norwegian owners of 'Scottish' Sea Farms – online here
In November 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch wrote to the Norwegian Government to divest from 'unethical' salmon farming companies operating in Scotland including Scottish Sea Farms.
Did you know that the Norwegian Government's Pension Fund (derived from Norway's oil revenues) is the largest or 2nd largest shareholder in companies which account for 80% of 'Scottish' salmon farming? @Folketrygdfond @MowiScotlandLtd @salmon_scottish https://t.co/4P1m3g2CvT pic.twitter.com/Sl6bFlcwaK
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 30, 2020
Scottish Sea Farms is not only unethical but it has been shown to be a threat to public health. "A Scottish fish farming plant, whose workers complained of a mystery illness, had been reprimanded by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for "serious violations" of food safety rules on pesticides in salmon," reported Rob Edwards in The Sunday Herald (28 October 2012).
"A processing plant at Connel, in Argyll, which is run by Scottish Sea Farms, was warned by the FDA in March that it was in breach of US federal regulations," continued The Sunday Herald (28 October 2012). "Your firm's aquaculture farmed salmon appear to be adulterated," the FDA said, "in that the products have been prepared, packed, or held under conditions whereby they may have been rendered injurious to health."
"Staff at Scottish Sea Farms site in Connel, left their posts on October 11 after feeling ill and coughing and vomiting," reported Fish Update (24 October). "One Scottish Sea Farms employee, who did not wish to be named, said the sickness had been ongoing for ‘two to three’ weeks."
Read more via FDA Health Warning for Scottish Farmed Salmon
No wonder Scottish Sea Farms and Marks & Spencer have attempted to brand farmed salmon using the fake name 'Lochmuir'.
And if fake marketing does not work, Scottish Sea Farms have used Police Scotland as private security to keep the public away from their salmon farms.
Police Scotland Acting as Private Security for Scottish Sea Farms (yet again)? @policescotland @scotseafarms https://t.co/gVec2N47IW Scottish Salmon Watch today filed a formal complaint against Police Scotland for harassment and against Scottish Sea Farms for reckless behaviour pic.twitter.com/QMenSoJ2GS
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 29, 2020
Read more via:
- Scottish Salmon's #1 Seal Killer – Norway's 'Scottish' Sea Farms Named & Shamed!
- Locals Horse in Opposition to Scottish Sea Farms
- Dead in the Water – New Data Reveals Mass Mortalities & Disease on Scottish Salmon Farms
- Leaked Email: Staff Cuts at Scottish Sea Farms Compromise Fish Welfare
- Welfare Warning for Scottish Salmon – stormy waters & prolonged periods of pain forecast!
- Herald: "Scottish salmon found in ‘sickening’ conditions across Scotland as sea lice problem escalates"
- Video Exposes Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured salmon farm sourced by M&S 'Lochmuir'
- New Data Reveals Mass Mortalties for Disease-Ridden Scottish Salmon
- "Over 50" Lice Per Fish at Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Kishorn
- Sick 'Scottish' Sea Farms