Today in the Scottish Parliament – broadcast live @ScotParl TV from 9am @SP_RECcttee:
"Salmon Farming in Scotland Inquiry Update" https://t.co/nEFRRMujJC
Watch evidence from @ScottishEPA @TerryAHearn @HighlandCouncil @marinescotland @SSPOsays @tavishscott @MowiScotlandLtd pic.twitter.com/gHwXbOU8pv— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 18, 2020
Convenor of @SP_RECcttee Edward Mountain MSP:
"There's enough dead Scottish salmon to fill 300 articulated lorries which would stretch from the Scottish Parliament to Murrayfield!" @SSPOsays @MowiScotlandLtd @GogarServices @BBTankers @joe_crowley https://t.co/fZuedob1lJ pic.twitter.com/0PKvmKXBY5— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 18, 2020
More details and papers online here
Scottish Salmon claim "significant progress" @SP_RECcttee "We have met the benchmarks requested of us & gone further" @tavishscott @SSPOsays @salmon_scottish
You mean progressing to significantly higher mortalities, escapes, infectious diseases etc?https://t.co/ofjX847nkx pic.twitter.com/hRwHeSby0V— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 18, 2020
Mr Magoo must have joined the board of Scottish Salmon: "Our vision brings together our commitments to the environment with best standards of fish welfare" https://t.co/ofjX847nkx @tavishscott @SSPOsays @SP_RECcttee @HamishMacdonell @ScottishEPA @HighlandCouncil @rspcaassured pic.twitter.com/WRuXEE4VNm
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 18, 2020
Watch today's evidence session live on Scottish Parliament TV online here
Watch live now on Scottish Parliament TV – the "Salmon farming in Scotland inquiry update" is even better than an episode of the Muppet Show! https://t.co/fZuedob1lJ@ScotParl @SP_RECcttee pic.twitter.com/jQYkIq9bqx
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 18, 2020
Highland Council's Mark Harvey testifies @SP_RECcttee that it is "almost impossible" to balance the jobs from salmon farming vs negative impacts on tourism @HighlandCouncil https://t.co/fZuedob1lJ
There's no jobs on a dead planet! @Jonnynogaps @IanDobb @ScotSalmonTank @WHFP1 pic.twitter.com/GDGQIfHMBo— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 18, 2020
Here's the official transcript:
The Scottish Government "served two enforcement notices" in the last year both related to sea lice https://t.co/sRrbZL4Hek
Which salmon farms were reprimanded? @marinescotland @fms_scotland @SalmonTroutCons @SSPOsays @scotseafarms @GriegShetland @salmon_scottish @MowiScotlandLtd pic.twitter.com/nXvF2RDPcx— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 26, 2020
Did Fishery Boards object to Mowi launching a recapture effort to round up 49,000 escapees on the lam in Argyll? Mowi claim to have had a purse seiner "on standby in the harbour at Campbelltown" https://t.co/sRrbZL4Hek@fms_scotland @MowiScotlandLtd @marinescotland @SSPOsays pic.twitter.com/CjuLAJb2ny
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 26, 2020
"It is quite a challenge" @maureenSNP welcoming @tavishscott to his new job lobbying for diseased 'Scottish' salmon https://t.co/sRrbZL4Hek
"I game-faced it. I was very careful to be respectful of colleagues in spite of knowing some of them for 20 years" https://t.co/hYV202Y4AM pic.twitter.com/gj9zbkKbRM— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 3, 2020
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