Petition Vs Cooke Aquaculture in Scotland Makes Waves Worldwide!

Petition against Cooke Aquaculture's expansion plans in Scotland closes in on 500 – please sign and spread the word against disease-ridden salmon farming! @Change https://t.co/IwVGwjIwKi @NOFF_Tasmania @BobBrownFndn @SalmonNews @LivingOceansFdn @NSFAS_Ireland @CCNScotland pic.twitter.com/koGh6Gzsqp

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

A petition against Cooke Aquaculture's expansion plans off Papa Westray in the Northern Orkney Islands is making waves worldwide!

500 people have now signed a petition calling on Cooke to halt salmon farming expansion in Orkney! https://t.co/IwVGwjrtIi
Please tell @OrkneyCouncil & @CookeScotland to stop polluting pristine coastal waters – enough is enough! @amy_may @PapayRanger @RutterfordArt @KateChatto1 pic.twitter.com/ZVNsfkxflf

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 7, 2022

"Fish farming is a pestilence all over the globe," commented Chris Potter echoeing the sentiment of many people who have signed the petition.

Anne Mosness: "Cooke fish farms allowed hundreds of thousands of nonnative salmon to escape in one disastrous accident in Washington waters along with pollution & pathogens. Our wild species have been at risk for decades from Cooke"https://t.co/YpuUDoBdyK @CookeSeafood #Cooke pic.twitter.com/obKq9tJ67m

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 7, 2022

Cooke's expansion plans in Scotland are attracting the kind of media attention which makes shareholders and investors decidedly jittery:

"Enough is enough" said Wendy Elves. "We have seen an increase in salmon farming by stealth…This damaging farm – and all others – must be halted" https://t.co/tz495IqFuo @OrkneyCouncil @CookeScotland @ScotlandSalmon @CCNScotland @PapayRanger @KateChatto1 @RutterfordArt @scotgp

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

Cooke Aquaculture has left a legacy of environmental pollution, mass mortalities, dead seals and welfare abuse! https://t.co/iQKP4evPGU pic.twitter.com/mEYrH0gLOu

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 6, 2022

“Economic development must not come at the long-term detriment of our community who have already welcomed more than our share of industrial fish farming. Further expansion will destroy our way of life and our deep sense of place & purpose” @CookeScotland https://t.co/9z7B0iJDfV pic.twitter.com/gC2y51p7YZ

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 7, 2022

All over the world there is growing community resistance to Cooke Aquaculture:

Living Oceans & Global Salmon Farming Resistance allies published an open letter in Aussie 🇦🇺 newspapers, inc @themercurycomau, to Tasmanians & government warning them on Cooke Inc's public record of violations & disregard of regs in 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇱🇬🇧

Read 🧵to TAKE ACTION 👇 pic.twitter.com/a999YdxDI3

— Living Oceans (@living_oceans) November 3, 2022

Here are some testimonies from GSFR members around the world who have Cooke as their neighbour 👇#rec3forsafeseas #sumofus #tassal #cookeinc #huonaquaculture #petuna #politas #jbs #FishFarmsOut pic.twitter.com/2GV70ePTpc

— Living Oceans (@living_oceans) November 3, 2022

The Tasmanian Times reported (2 November 2022):

International spotlight turned on Tasmania:
Warnings as Canadian Giant Buys out Tassal by GSFR @themercurycomau @TassalSalmon @RockliffTeam @tanya_plibersek @9NewsMelb pic.twitter.com/1C9TWeB540

— TAMP -Tasmanian Alliance for Marine Protection (@TAMP_TasMarine) November 1, 2022

The Advocate reported (3 November 2022):

Our fish farm campaigner @Alitarctica talking about the takeover of Tassal by Cooke Aquaculture. The #toxic Tasmanian salmon industry is only going to get worse, which seems unimaginable.https://t.co/VByUzbLCcH

— Bob Brown Foundation (@BobBrownFndn) November 3, 2022