The media splash following a damning report on the environmental impacts of salmon farming published by the Scottish Parliament (5 March 2018) reminds me of Monty Python's famous 'Fish Slapping Dance'.
The Scottish salmon farming industry certainly sustained one hell of a slapping – with media coverage via BBC News, Reporting Scotland, The Scotsman, The Times, The Herald, The Press Association, The National, The Daily Mail, The Sun, The South Wales Guardian, Jersey Evening Post, Leigh Journal, Shetland News, AOL, Insider, The Oban Times, BBC Radio Shetland, i Newspaper, Fisheries Information Service, Fish Update, Intrafish, Undercurrent News and The Fish Site.
The Daily Mail reported (6 March 2018):
The Sun reported (6 March 2018):
The National reported (5 March 2018):
BBC News reported (5 March 2018):
The Herald reported (5 March 2018):
The Times reported (7 March 2018):
Shetland News reported (5 March 2018):
The Oban Times reported (5 March 2018):
i Newspaper reported (6 March 2018):
Even the pro-salmon farming trade press gave the industry a jolly good slapping.
Fish Farming Expert reported (5 March 2018):
Fisheries Information Service reported (6 March 2018):
The Fish Site reported (5 March 2018):
Fish Update reported (5 March 2018):
Key Points: Scottish Parliament's report on the environmental impact of salmon farming
Shetland News: "Damning salmon industry report warns of 'irrecoverable' environmental damage"
Scottish Parliament Report: "Environmental Impacts of Salmon Farming"
BBC News: "MSPs warning over salmon farming impact on environment"
Press Release: "Scrutiny for Scottish Salmon"
Update: Written evidence to Scottish Parliament salmon farming inquiry
Holyrood: "Salmon producers agree to publish reports on fish deaths"
Scottish Parliamentary inquiry calls for more evidence
Victory for Freedom of Information
Media Update: Scottish Salmon Pledges to Publish Data on Diseases & Lice Infestations
Video: Scottish Parliament inquiry into the environmental impacts of salmon farming
The National: "Scotland's fish farmers to release salmon mortality figures"
Tweet storm at the Scottish Parliament's salmon farming inquiry
'Militant' MSPs Grill Scottish Salmon
Update: Scottish Parliament inquiry into the environmental impacts of salmon farming
The Scottish Salmon Polluters Organisation (SSPO)
Loch Duart – The (Really Not Very) Sustainable Salmon Company
Daily Mail: "Salmon crisis as 2.3m are dumped in nine months"
The National: "Environmental groups urge Scottish fish farms to scale back"
SSPO "sets the record straight"
Transcript of Scottish Parliament inquiry into the environmental impacts of salmon farming
GAAIA's written submission to the Scottish Parliament inquiry
Daily Mail: "Thousands of fish thrown in a truck – and troubling new questions for salmon farms"
The Scotsman: "Fish farms increase could lead to more seals being shot"
Press Release: "Scottish Salmon Farming 101 – Scottish Parliament inquiry opens 'in early 2018'"
Media Backgrounder: Inquiry into Salmon Farming by the Scottish Parliament
"First Minister questioned on leaking wastes from morts – call for a moratorium from Greens"
"Campaigners say 'no more salmon farms' after disease on Lewis kills 125,000 fish"
25 Years of Scottish Salmon Shame
25 Reasons to Boycott Scottish Salmon
Take a closer look at the problems plaguing salmon farms via Scottish Salmon Watch
