Subject Access Request Lifts Lid on Surveillance of Activists!

A 334 page Subject Access Request disclosure from Cooke Aquaculture dated 7 February 2023 lifts the lid on how the $almafia are spying on salmon farming activists.

Exclusive: Subject Access Request lifts lid on spying by the $almafia @ScotlandSalmon @CookeScotland
"Don Staniford is hitting the freshwater sites now so need to be more vigilant than ever….Don Staniford came on the agenda yesterday which had to be dealt with" @tavishscott pic.twitter.com/IuItiQRH3D

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 11, 2023

Here's the Subject Access Request reply from Cooke Aquaculture earlier this week (7 February 2023):

From: Enquiries <Enquiries@cookeaqua.com>
Date: Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 5:19 PM
Subject: RE: Subject Access Request from Don Staniford
To: Don Staniford <salmonfarmingkills@gmail.com>

Hello

Please see attached.

Regards

Cooke Aquaculture

Cooke's Subject Access Request (SAR) disclosure dated 7 February 2023 includes emails detailing intelligence and surveillance of Don Staniford – including photos:

The Subject Access Request disclosure cites Don Staniford's "unhealthy interest" in Cooke being communicated to "top brass":

The Subject Access Request disclosure includes the suggestion of legal action against 'trespass':

"Dear All, [redacted] & [redacted] have outlined a need & a proposal to raise interdict/cease & desist orders against Don Staniford [redacted]" (email from anon to the $almafia) @ScotlandSalmon @CookeScotland @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms
Stop exposing salmon pharming? Never! pic.twitter.com/Vi8V8j9nwR

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 13, 2023

The Subject Access Request disclosure refers to Don Staniford diving beside a pen and a "police warning" (which led to a landmark police apology):

Landmark Victory for Surveillance of Salmon Farms – Police Scotland apologises for wrongly protecting @scotseafarms from public access for filming & diving https://t.co/FJN8LmAX2w @policescotland pic.twitter.com/kU4IKfmGA5

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 15, 2020

The Subject Access Request disclosure included a photo of Don Staniford:

The Subject Access Request disclosure refers to legal action vs Thermolicers:

The Subject Access Request disclosure refers to Cooke being "bitty nervous" of being pranked/exposed by Don Staniford/Greenpeace (shhh – watch this space!):

The Subject Access Request disclosure suggests that the $almafia has insiders working in the media and certainly points to media surveillance:

The Subject Access Request disclosure reveals that the $almafia tracked BBC journalist Joe Crowley:

The Subject Access Request disclosure reveals that media tracking for Cooke Aquaculture was carried out by John Cooke of Stove Boat 'Strategic Communications and Media Relations' (John Cooke may be related to the boss of Cooke Aquaculture, Glenn Cooke):

The Subject Access Request disclosure reveals that the $almafia pressured journalists to drop stories – and that they have adopted a PR policy of not engaging with Don Staniford:

The Subject Access Request disclosure includes details of Tavish Scott advises French TV not to speak to Don Staniford:

$almafia shill @tavishscott to @France5tv: "You don't need to use Mr Staniford as we would be always welcoming if you to come and visit our farms…we've got honestly nothing to hide" @ScotlandSalmon
Watch the video footage via @hugoclement https://t.co/2SMzuUFCyn pic.twitter.com/blHYvWJUhc

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 12, 2023

The Subject Access Request disclosure claims that Don Staniford is a "convicted liar", "a liar", "idiot" and an "arse":

……but also conceding that "the guy is good":

The Subject Access Request disclosure includes tracking of social media, press releases, Crowd Funding and Freedom of Information requests:

The Subject Access Request disclosure suggested that a "disgruntled employee" or "ex employee" was feeding Don Staniford information:

The Subject Access Request disclosure includes particular reference to Orkney where Cooke has experienced PR problems and community resistance:

The Subject Access Request disclosure refers to a Cooke employee being "globally published" by Don Staniford:

The Subject Access Request disclosure suggests (wrongly) that Don Staniford is behing WildFish's 'Off the Table' campaign:

The Subject Access Request disclosure refers to things getting "a bit lively" during a flotilla protest in 2019 which triggered a discussion by the $almafia:

Read disclosure in full online here

In November 2021, The Ferret and Herald revealed via a Subject Access Request filed by Corin Smith that The Scottish Salmon Company (since renamed Bakkafrost) had hired a private investigator to conduct surveillance and a 'deep dive' on Corin Smith and a second unnamed activist (understood to be Don Staniford):

"Smith has shown The Ferret photographs of a GPS tracker allegedly found on the underside of his car in June 2021. Police Scotland confirmed it had received a report from Smith about the tracking device and the TSSC ‘intelligence report’ and that “enquiries remain ongoing” pic.twitter.com/B6N6QSzam8

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 27, 2021

Front page exclusive in today's @heraldscotland @PaulDobson95 @FerretScot "Internal industry documents show that a former chief executive of The Scottish Salmon Company requested an intelligence report on the fish farming campaigner Corin Smith" @salmon_scottish @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/gh7DvIxNyE

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 27, 2021

Channel 4 News reported (21 December 2021):

Tavish knows nothing about it. pic.twitter.com/Z6Q8i9NqLw

— Salmon Scotland (@SalmonScotland) December 21, 2021