Today's Sunday National & The Ferret report on how the use of drugs at fish farms has leapt 50 times in six years! @ScotNational @FerretScot @robedwards53 https://t.co/H2a3KO0y1H @MowiScotlandLtd @ScotlandSalmon @scotseafarms @marinescotland @ScottishEPA @vmdgovuk @rspcaassured pic.twitter.com/m54c8jesPQ
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 27, 2022
The Sunday National/Ferret reported (27 February 2022):
Read article in full via The Ferret online here
Antibiotics given to caged salmon to combat diseases at over 50 farms around Argyll, the highlands and islands have risen from 147 kilograms in 2016 to 7,476 kilograms in 2021. https://t.co/adsjFAdW5Y
— The Ferret (@FerretScot) February 27, 2022
Here's a follow-up letter published by The Sunday National (6 March 2022):
"Fundamentally, anyone who confines a sea-going animal in a cage, treats them with chemicals, causes them stress through various procedures and interventions, has lost the caring argument" https://t.co/5QukVYdbwD @ScotlandSalmon @MowiScotlandLtd @ciwf @onekindtweet @peta
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 7, 2022
Read more via:
Drug Addict Alert: Scottish Salmon's Fifty-Fold Increase in Antibiotics Since 2016!
Media Backgrounder: "Mowi's Increasing Disease Problems Drives Increases in Antibiotic Use"
Toxic Scottish Salmon – Chemical Use Doubles Since 2018!
Salmon Pharming's 'Silent Spring' of the Sea
Fury as fish farm pesticide pollution rises 72% in a year
Public Register of Toxic Chemicals Used in Scottish Salmon Farming?
Sunday Times: "Outlawed insecticide may be used on Scottish salmon"
Anyone for ASC-Certified Scottish Salmon Doused in Carcinogenic Formaldehyde?
The Ferret: "Toxic fish farm pesticide polluted ten lochs across Scotland"
REVEALED: Carcinogenic Chemical Formaldehyde Flooding Scottish Lochs
More toxic pesticides to be used by salmon farmers
Under the Cloak of Coronavirus: SEPA open the floodgates to lobster-killing chemicals!
Sunday Times: "Chemical fears at Scots fish farms"
Scottish fish farms using cancer-linked embalming fluid as disinfectant
Salmon farming giant Mowi probed over chemical use
Mapped: the 45 lochs polluted by fish farm pesticides
The Sunday Times: "Salmon industry toxins soar by 1000 per cent"
Scottish Salmon's Lethal Legacy – Ten-fold Increase in Toxic Chemical Use in Ten Years
Scientific Backgrounder: Ecotoxicity & Chemical Resistance
Media Backgrounder: Scotland's 'Silent Spring' of the Sea
Daily Mail: "The toxic chemicals in farmed salmon straight from the loch"
Scottish fish farmers use record amounts of parasite pesticides
"Scottish salmon is a hopeless drug addict that surely belongs on the floor with the Trainspotting junkies not welcomed into your kitchen & served as ‘healthy’ food. Norwegian giant Mowi should check itself into rehab to curb their drug dependency" https://t.co/T3qavQYEUR pic.twitter.com/irjTlZ6EFq
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 27, 2022