The scam that is 'organic' Scottish salmon – aka 'Organic Scamon' – has almost trebled in a year: increasing from 4,462 tonnes of 'organic' salmon reported in 2019 to 12,528 tonnes in 2020. That's a leap of 181% in a single year! https://t.co/VdswDPek3E @SoilAssociation pic.twitter.com/U6A3Isa3Hv
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 8, 2021
The scam that is 'organic' Scottish salmon – aka 'organic scamon' – has almost trebled in a year: increasing from 4,462 tonnes of 'organic' salmon reported in 2019 to 12,528 tonnes in 2020. That's a leap of 181% in a single year! The 'Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2020' – published by the Scottish Government on 30 September 2021 – details:
New 'Scottish' salmon farming survey reveals just 6 companies (all foreign owned/controlled) account for 99% of 'Scottish' salmon farming (using imported ova) https://t.co/jhk6tLfdJA @marinescotland @SSPOsays @tavishscott @MairiGougeon @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms pic.twitter.com/nBjeKENs18
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 30, 2021
Plans for further expansion at 'Organic' Sea Harvest's Isle of Skye operations are now dead in the water following yet another planning refusal by the Scottish Government yesterday (7 October 2021).
WE WON THE BATTLE!
After YEARS of fighting, permission to build a cruel & toxic #salmonfarm in our bay has been denied.
This place is a unique ecosystem full of diverse & important wildlife, it was such high stakes.Finally protecting the environment beats financial gain. pic.twitter.com/j7cr406k1o
— Katie Tunn (@Katie__Eden) October 7, 2021
BBC Alba reported (7 October 2021):
BBC News: "It’s a real relief for me and our community group, after years of protesting this fish farm" said Katie Tunn. "Most of the people here were against it" https://t.co/F5GVfuR3dY @Katie__Eden @BBCScotlandNews @bbcalba @Ianblackford_MP @_KateForbes @HighlandCouncil
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 8, 2021
In November 2020, 'Organic' Sea Harvest were denied another salmon farm off Flodigarry following a planning appeal refusal by the Scottish Government.
Victory: 'Organic' Salmon Farm Refused Planning Permission on Skye! https://t.co/ckbEi9cBwQ
"There remains some uncertainty regarding the significance of potential impacts upon wildlife & habitats" rules the Scottish Government @GreenerScotland @nature_scot @iasgairmuir pic.twitter.com/mSXQb3fBC0— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 27, 2020
In March 2021, Scottish Salmon Watch filed a complaint against the Soil Association with the Advertising Standards Authority.
"No Pesticides Here" claim @SoilAssociation in membership ad on @Facebook – yet @SoilAssocScot permits the use of toxic pesticides such as Deltamethrin on 'organic' salmon farms. Hence we filed a complaint @ASA_UK https://t.co/jHzIfvAo6t @ClarenceHouse @LawWoodward @PeterMelchett pic.twitter.com/BXdw2XzyvY
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 21, 2021
Scottish Salmon Watch reported in March 2021:
How can you seriously promote 'organic' salmon as "healthy" when it is 19% fat? That's fattier than pizza! https://t.co/s7itnIaTTL@sainsburys @SainsburysNews @SoilAssocScot @SoilAssociation @rspcaassured @ScotlandMowi @MowiScotlandLtd @SSPOsays @FSScot @JulieHL @tavishscott pic.twitter.com/i94h1kvCMw
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 3, 2021
Read more via:
- "We Won the Battle": Campaigners Celebrate as 'Organic' Salmon Farm Refused Planning Permission on Skye!
- Organic Scamon Makes Waves Off the Isle of Skye
- Mail on Sunday: "The SNP leader, his pal's 'foul-smelling' fish farm…and a stench of hypocrisy"
- Mowi Caught Importing 'Organic' Smolts from Ireland to On-Grow on Skye – did they follow the SSPO's code & quarantine for three months?
- 'Organic' Salmon Fit for the Queen? Not Even Fit for Her Dogs!
- Toxic Salmon Corrodes Soil Association's 'Organic' Principles
- Photos: 'Organic' Sea Harvest of Diseased Salmon, Mass Mortality or Toxic Chemical Use?
- Scottish salmon is so not organic!
- Organic Salmon Belongs in the Bin Not Your Shopping Basket!
- Champagne Moment: 'Organic' Salmon Farm Refused Planning Permission on Skye!
- Scottish Scamon: 'Organic' Sea Harvest Goes Dutch, Norwegian & Canadian!
- Mowi's Legal Threat Over Filming
- Dutch TV slams "organic" salmon
- 'Organic' Sea Harvest Challenged by Advertising Standards Authority
- Organic farm plan defeated by Skye locals
- EXPOSED: Scottish 'Organic' Scamon
- Organic Scamon Alert on Skye: Self-Classification "Used to Dumb Down Public Dissent" Claims Resident
- Skye High Opposition to 'Organic' Sea Harvest
- Video Report from Skye: Please Stop 'Organic' Sea Harvest!
- Organic” farmed salmon – let’s get real
- Organic Scamon – The Greenwashing of Toxic Farmed Salmon
- Why organic salmon is causing a nasty smell
- Concern over organic salmon farms
- "Organically Farmed Salmon Is An Oxymoron" (The Organic Standard, 2001)
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
As owner of 'Organic' Sea Harvest in #Scotland how can Visscher Seafood market #Scottish salmon as "all natural" when it was farmed with the toxic chemical Deltamethrin (shown by science to kill lobsters)? @timbrouwer89 #VisscherSeafood https://t.co/OzeqlPrFJr#Organic #Scamon pic.twitter.com/GVAAH1a42d
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 27, 2020