The Sunday Herald reported (25 March 2018):
Download the newspaper version as a PDF online here
Here's a table detailing all the seals killed by salmon farms since 2011 – with Scottish Sea Farms, the Scottish Salmon Company, Hjaltland Seafarms (Grieg Seafood), Marine Harvest and Loch Duart leading the way:
Download as an Excel spreadsheet online here
Read more via online via Seal Killing Data 2011-2017: Scottish Government Seal Licensing Returns
Summary:
Total Seals Killed by Fish Farms (2011-2017):
851 (827 killed by salmon farms) out of 1702 seals killed in Scotland (exactly 50% killed by fish farms and 50% killed by fisheries)
Salmon farms killed 67% of all seals killed in 2017 (up from 44% in 2015, 43% in 2014 and 42% in 2013)
The big five seal killing companies (accounting for 80% of seal kills) are:
Scottish Sea Farms: 189
Scottish Salmon Company: 140
Hjaltland Seafarms: 140
Marine Harvest: 121
Loch Duart: 90
Loch Duart was the biggest seal killer in 2017
Marine Harvest was the biggest seal killer in 2016 & 2015
Scottish Sea Farms was the biggest seal killer in 2014 & 2013 (and in total)
Hjaltland Seafarms (Grieg Seafood) was the biggest seal killer in 2012
The Scottish Salmon Company was the biggest seal killer in 2011
Download the emails from the Scottish Government obtained via FOI by Scottish Salmon Watch:
Download FOI 15 March 2018 Scottish Government lobbying against US ban #1
Download FOI 15 March 2018 Scottish Government lobbying against US ban #2
Download FOI 15 March 2018 Scottish Government lobbying against US ban #3
Download FOI 15 March 2018 Scottish Government lobbying against US ban #4
Read the US Federal Register (16 March 2018) online here:
Including:
Read more via NOAA's List of Foreign Fisheries
Read more about the killing of seals by Scottish salmon farms via:
Herald: "RSPCA attacked for fresh support for Scots seal shooting to protect salmon"
The Scotsman: "Fish farms kill more seals as industry tries to save salmon"
Sunday Times: "Fish farms under fire for seal death toll"
UK seal population under threat for salmon-farming industry
Fish farms shoot dozens of seals to save salmon bound for 'ethical' Waitrose and M&S supermarkets
"Marine Harvest: Scotland's #1 Seal Killer"
Sunday Times: "Seals shot to save Waitrose salmon"
SSPO seeks clarity over seal shooting export threat
Herald: "US warning over continued killing of seals by Scots fish farms"
Seal-killing salmon farms caught in cross-hairs of Scottish Parliament
Take Scotland's Seals Out of the Cross Hairs!
"All At Sea: Seal-Killing Salmon Farms"
"The Two Billion Dollar Salmon Ban"
"Sunday Herald: "Scotland's 'trigger-happy' salmon farmers risk losing £200m US export market""
"Seal of Approval for U.S. Ban on Salmon"
"Staniford calls on RSPCA to drop Marine Harvest, Scottish Sea Farms, SSC"
Dear RSPCA, please wash the blood of Scottish seals off your hands!
Video Message to the RSPCA – stop the killing of seals on salmon farms!
Photos: RSPCA Assured Seal Killers!
"Anti-salmon farm campaigners petition Queen over RSPCA’s seal-shooting sanction"
Petition to the RSPCA: End your support for the killing of Scottish seals!
Press Release: "RSPCA Savaged Over Seal Killing in Scotland"
Letter to Her Majesty the Queen
"Seal of Approval for U.S. Ban on Salmon"
"Scottish Sea Farms points to progress in seal management"
"Exposed: the inhumane shooting of hundreds of seals"
"Scottish salmon has five years to cut seal deaths before NOAA action"
"Campaigners claim new NOAA rules could see Scottish salmon banned from US"
"End the slaughter of seals in Scotland now"
"Charity makes plea to end seal shooting in Scotland"
"US ban on lethal Scottish salmon – £200 million in exports killed off by seal slaughter"
"Closing the Net On 'Seal-Friendly' Scottish Salmon"
"Scottish Salmon Blinded by Seal Killing"
"Stop Shooting Seals for Salmon Meals"
"VICTORY: Disclosure of Seal-Killing Salmon Farm Data Ordered by 21 August"
"Scottish Salmon's Secret Seal Killers! – FOI refusal prompts call for boycott of farmed salmon"
"Lethal Scottish Farmed Salmon: Serial Seal Killers Named & Shamed!"
"Scottish Salmon's Seal Killers Named & Shamed!"
Read a FOI reply on ADDs from the Scottish Government (13 March 2018) online here
Download an Excel spreadsheet detailing ADD use on Scottish salmon farms (obtained via FOI from the Scottish Government on 2 June 2017) online here and online here (edited version showing ADD use only)
Read a FOI reply on ADDs from the Scottish Government (1 June 2017) online here
Download "Understanding the Effectiveness of Acoustic Deterrent Devices on Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), a low frequency cetacean" (November 2017) online here