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A Scottish Parliamentary reply by Fergus Ewing in March 2020 revealed that over half a million (522,702) farmed salmon died shocking deaths due to the operation of the Thermolicer, Hydrolicer and Optilicer from 2016 to 2019. The Hydrolicer is the most lethal with 269,674 farmed salmon mortalities followed by the Thermolicer (177,601 deaths) and the Optlicer (75,427 deaths):
Here's the yearly breakdown of deaths each year due to the Thermolicer, Hydrolicer and Optilicer:
2016: 137,448
2017: 168,243
2018: 58,968
2019: 158,044
Total: 522,702
Here's another Scottish Parliamentary reply from Fergus Ewing in March 2020:
Mortality data published by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate in June 2020 shows that the mass mortalities due to the Thermolicer, Hydrolicer and Optilicer continue unabated:
Download Excel spreadsheet online here
Read a letter from Scottish Salmon Watch to Scottish Ministers (10 June 2020) online here
As Scottish salmon's mort mountain piles up the salmon farming industry recklessly push forward with mechanical treatments and de-licing technology such as the Thermolicer.
Stop Thermolicing Farmed Salmon to Death – Ban Heated Torture Chambers!
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Open letter to the RSPCA calls for an end to the certification of Scottish salmon
Sunday Times: "Scientist hits out at RSPCA for backing Scottish salmon farms"
RSPCA defends involvement in Scottish salmon farming
New Veterinary Science Papers Turn Up Heat on the Thermolicer
The Herald: "Scottish Government is urged to ban ‘painful’ salmon delicing tech"
Video Nasty: Thermolicer – the Heated Torture Chamber for Scottish Salmon
Meet Pop-Eye the Scottish Salmon – Tortured by an Optilicer!
Welfare Abuse at Scottish Salmon Farms – Why No Legal Enforcement Or Prosecutions?
Authorities mull over ban on thermal delousing
"Campaign group to file legal challenge against Scottish salmon farms’ use of Thermolicer"
Daily Mail: "Calls to ban salmon farms' lice treatment"
Letter to Scottish Ministers re. Welfare Abuses at Scottish Salmon Farms
Letter to the Cross-Party Group on Animal Welfare: Thermoliced to death
Study questions fish welfare in thermal delousing
Vet warns of head injury risk to fish during delousing
Thousands of fish poached alive in lice treatment bungle that could hit Christmas salmon prices
Fish farm firm kills 175000 salmon by accident
Revealed: how Scottish fish farm cooked thousands of salmon alive
More background on welfare abuse on salmon farms via:
Watch a video of a Hydrolicer in action from Corin Smith at Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots:
Addendum:
Fish Farmer reported in June 2021:
