Today's Sunday Express (20 January) features an article lifting the lid of Scotland's toxic salmon farming industry.
Read in full via a PDF online here
"The industry is adamant that it is doing everything by the book, but it is still coming under fire from animal rights groups and conservationists," writes Paula Murray. "Among the critics is the Global Alliance Against Industrial Aquaculture (GAAIA), which claims to have unearthed evidence that formalin – diluted formaldehyde and a high toxic chemical to animals – has been used to control the spread of amoebic gill disease (AGD)."
"Mr Staniford said: "Formalin is the same stuff Damien Hirst uses to pickle his animals for his art." continued the 'Focus' article in The Sunday Express. "It is a powerful chemical which is turning farmed salmon into pickled salmon. They are turning pristine Scottish waters into toxic toilets. Effectively salmon farms are like battery farms for chicken. With a high concentration of animals in confined spaces spread of diseases and parasites is inevitable."
Read more details on the Scottish salmon farming industry's use of toxic chemicals via FishyLeaks
Today's Sunday Herald and The Sunday Times also published letters from John Robins of Save Our Seals Fund following up last weekend's press coverage:
Read more via "Fish
farm developers brand loch protesters 'a nest of vipers'"; "Wild
fish groups under investigation by charity watchdog" and "Information
commissioner backtracks on naming salmon farms that kill seals after 'death
threat'" (The Sunday
Herald, 13 January)
Read more details via "Anti-aquaculture
body ‘aiding fish farm growth’" (The Sunday Times, 13 January)
Pressure is mounting on Scotland's Norwegian-owned salmon farming industry to clean up their act. The Press & Journal yesterday (19 January) reported how "Marine Harvest
withdrew controversial plans for a new farm at a Skye beauty spot".
Arthur Sevstre of Skye's Group Against Unsustainable Fish Farming said the withdrawal was welcome and "the people's voices have been heard".
The question for Norwegian-owned companies spreading infectious diseases and discharging toxic chemicals into Scotland's pristine lochs is simple: instead of fouling Scotland's nest why don't you go back to Norway to foul your own nest?
Read more via "Protesters' Joy in Scotland as Marine Harvest Withdraws from Loch Slapin"