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?

Prince Charles's slap in face after 'organic' salmon farm refused planning: Why does the @AST_Salmon patron give the royal seal of approval to salmon pharming? @ClarenceHouse @SoilAssociation @SoilAssocScot @SalmonTroutCons @fms_scotland @JeremyPaxman https://t.co/STXdJXFVIu pic.twitter.com/nhze5sHc7k

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 11, 2021

 

 

 

When Prince Charles, patron of the Atlantic Salmon Trust, visited Skye last month he appeared to endorse 'Organic' Sea Harvest's expansion plans.  The Press & Journal reported (17 September 2021):

 

 

 

 

 

The article included:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Press & Journal reported in June 2021:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Norwegian, Dutch & Canadian owners of 'Organic' Sea Harvest may have hit the bottle over the weekend but it will have been to drown their sorrows as a second 'organic' salmon farm was refused by the Scottish Government.  

"We are obviously very disappointed" says 'Organic' Sea Harvest following yet another planning refusal @scotgov https://t.co/1ONicfrgJX @HighlandCouncil @alexmacinnessnp @SoilAssociation @SoilAssocScot
Not everyone is disappointed! @IanDobb @Jonnynogaps @Katie__Eden pic.twitter.com/6VOvMFq4HJ

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 9, 2021

 

 

 

Fish Farming Expert reported (8 October 2021):

 

'Organic' Sea Harvest lost its appeal against planning refusal for a salmon farm at Balmacqueen off Skye. ~It is the second time OSH has lost a planning appeal" #HowManyTimesBeforeUGetTheMessage?https://t.co/evhc8LwFYR @salmonfarming1 @scotgov @HighlandCouncil @Ianblackford_MP

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 8, 2021

 

 

 

Fish Farmer Expert reported in November 2020:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why does Prince Charles – and the royal family – continue to endorse the expansion of disease-ridden salmon farming as 'sustainable'?   

 

 

 

The Duke of Rothesay visited @MHScotland’s Loch Leven Fish Farm today to find out about sustainable salmon farming. pic.twitter.com/beDyK1RSLR

— The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall (@ClarenceHouse) October 13, 2016

 

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in June 2021:

 

'Organic' Salmon Fit for the Queen? Not Even Fit for Her Dogs! https://t.co/buXL542q56
Will the Royals really eat 'organic' salmon bathed in lobster-killing Deltamethrin, infested with lice & swimming in toxic algal bloom? @timbrouwer89
@SevernWye @ClarenceHouse @KensingtonRoyal pic.twitter.com/ygWKxWnUEw

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 25, 2021

 

 

 

 

'Organic' Sea Harvest has been desperately lobbying for royal approval for their toxic and disease-ridden product – despite the use of the lobster-killing chemical Deltamethrin at the Soil Association-certified 'organic' salmon farming company.   Scottish Salmon Watch reported in March 2021:

 

As Royal Patron of @SoilAssociation why is the use of the toxic chemical Deltamethrin – show by recent science to be lethal to lobsters – allowed for use on 'organic' salmon farms? @ClarenceHouse @dimbleby_jd @Charlotcostume @SoilAssocScot @HelenBOrganic @JoannaBlythman @peterk69 https://t.co/9mKOkQZA2u

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 20, 2021

 

 

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales (Royal Patron of the Soil Association) knows all too well the environmental impacts of toxic chemicals and has campaigned tirelessly for decades against their use in agriculture on land.   Why His Royal Highness would endorse the use of the toxic chemical Deltamethrin in the sea on 'organic' salmon farms – remember that Deltamethrin is labelled by the chemical manufactuers as a 'marine pollutant' and "very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects" – is a case study in how the Soil Association's principles have been corroded by corporate interests.

 

 

Toxic Salmon Corrodes Soil Association's 'Organic' Principles – will anyone stand up against the use of the toxic chemical Deltamethrin? @SoilAssociation @ClarenceHouse @dimbleby_jd @Charlotcostume @SoilAssocScot @HelenBOrganic @JoannaBlythman @peterk69 https://t.co/jHzIfvAo6t pic.twitter.com/tyEhGRWtuk

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 20, 2021

 

 

 

In 2018, Salmon & Trout Conservation (whose patron is also Prince Charles) weighed in against 'organic' salmon.

 

 

 

 

 

Royal patronage and support for environmentally destructive salmon farming dates back to the 1970s when the Duke of Edinburgh visited Mowi's salmon farm in Loch Ailort leading to the royal seal of approval for Mowi salmon.  

 

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge served farmed salmon at their royal wedding in 2011 https://t.co/tC8veDzWrx @KensingtonRoyal We are not amused pic.twitter.com/Zna4126V1v

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 21, 2020

 

 

 

In May 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch wrote to Prince Charles raising concerns over royal warrant holder Mowi's proposed use of the banned neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in Loch Ailort:

 

Does @RoyalFamily support the use of the bee-killing toxic neonicotinoid Imidacloprid by royal warrant holder @MowiScotlandLtd? Prince Philip visited Loch Ailort in 1974 leading to pharmed salmon supplied to Buckingham Palace #WorldBeeDay #WorldBeeDay2020 https://t.co/S1ovGqCpu7 pic.twitter.com/rPIRJQDpms

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 20, 2020

How can the Prince of Wales be a champion of 'sustainable' salmon farming when it plans to use the bee-killing neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in Loch Ailort? @MowiScotlandLtd @ClarenceHouse https://t.co/WuZF4j7EcN @RoyalFamily #WorldBeeDay #WorldBeeDayDay2020 @WeAreBenchmark #BMK08 pic.twitter.com/f9IGlbauSy

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 20, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

Back in 2015, I petitioned Her Majesty the Queen over her patronage of RSPCA Assured salmon farms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prince Charles's patronage of salmon farming interests via the Atlantic Salmon Trust raises serious questions.    Scottish Salmon Watch reported in September 2020:

 

Judas sold out Jesus for thirty pieces of silver – it seems the Atlantic Salmon Trust are willing to sell the King of Fish down the river for £300,000 https://t.co/H5siw5DAlq @AST_Salmon @ScotlandMowi @MowiScotlandLtd @fms_scotland @marinescotland @HamishMacdonell @SSPOsays pic.twitter.com/NlLqvH9cCM

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 28, 2020

 

 

 

The Patron of the Atlantic Salmon Trust is HRH the Prince of Wales.

 

 

 

Sadly, HRH the Prince of Wales's notion of 'sustainability' is Mowi's disease-ridden salmon farms!

 

 

 

 

 

The Daily Mail reported in July 2015:

 

 

 

 

 

 

His Royal Highness and the rest of the royal family should maybe sit down together in front of the telly tonight to watch the Kate Winslet-narrated film 'Eating Our Way to Extinction' which features footage of farmed salmon being tortured by a Thermolicer in Loch Leven (a farm now certified as 'organic' by the Soil Association). 

 

Eating Our Way to Extinction – narrated by Kate Winslet – "aims to influence a sea-change in eating habits and to convince viewers to boycott farmed salmon" https://t.co/YQ07ck6yDI @SundayTimesScot @EatingOur #eating2extinction #eowte #Boycott #Scottish #Salmon @SSPOsays pic.twitter.com/H9aolC5z9P

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 29, 2021

 

 

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