Mmm Mowi's @rspcaassured farmed salmon from Loch Torridon comes marinaded in diseases & viruses including salmon gill poxvirus, amoebic gill disease & epitheliocystis @ScotlandMowi @marinescotland @SSPOsays @sainsburys @AldiUK @LidlGB @coopuk @waitrose @Tesco @Morrisons @ASC_aqua pic.twitter.com/EbGosMFv56
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 9, 2021
Data recently published by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate reveals damning 'Case Information' on infectious diseases, mass mortalities and toxic chemicals are salmon farms across Scotland in November and December 2020:
The Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate – accompanied by APHA – inspected a salmon farm operated by Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Creran in November 2020 following a tip-off by a third party. The FHI reported over 53,000 mortalities in a two week period (Weeks 42 & 43) with Amoebic Gill Disease detected:
53,000+ mortalities reported @scotseafarms in Loch Creran during October 2020 https://t.co/F3TWdV7r7x
Why is this information not published in the 'Mortality Event Reports'? @marinescotland pic.twitter.com/O243oGJ9cg— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 9, 2021
Damning video footage of welfare abuse inside the Loch Creran salmon farm was captured by Corin Smith in October 2020:
Mowi's salmon farm at Torridon in Loch Torridon was inspected by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate in November 2020 – reporting gill anaemia, salmon gill poxvirus, sea lice infestion and "elevated mortalities due to gill issues" including over 80,000 farmed salmon morts and 15,000 cleaner fish morts:
When Scottish Salmon Watch visited Mowi's RSPCA Assured Torridon salmon farm in September 2020 we nearly vomited at the stench:
Mowi has officially reported six 'Mortality Event Reports' to the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate – all during 2020 – totaling 99,318 farmed salmon.
Mowi has officially reported 99,318 dead salmon in six 'Mortality Event Reports' during 2020 @rspcaassured salmon farm in Loch Torridon due to Amoebic Gill Disease, Proliferative Gill Disease & physical damage from treatment https://t.co/4fvkHwGJ8u @ScotlandMowi @marinescotland pic.twitter.com/x9iL7ihs08
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 9, 2021
Mowi's threat of legal action against Scottish Salmon Watch has not stopped other gruesome video footage being published:
The Scottish Salmon Company's salmon farm at Plocropol on the Isle of Harris was inspected by the Scottish Government in November 2020 – reporting Heart & Skeletal Muscle Inflammation, Cardiomyopathy Syndrome and Pancreas Disease with "numerous moribunds" which were "displaying lesions, physical damage and were hanging around at the surface".
Fresh from Scottish Salmon's Plocropol salmon farm on the Isle of Harris – their "eyes had burst" reported @marinescotland with lesions, physical damage, Piscine Reovirus, lice infestation, torn fins & 80,000+ mortalitieshttps://t.co/1ZYSFmwryO @salmon_scottish @Try_Lochlander pic.twitter.com/VtLxqYulXW
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 10, 2021
Mass mortalities were attributed to a Thermolicer with early harvesting forecast "due to the poor health of the stock on site". A lice load of 10 was identified and three of the fish sampled by inspectors were reported as having their "eyes burst". In a three week period (weeks 42 to 44) there were over 80,000 mortalities reported with a weekly mortality rates of over 8%:
A scientific paper – Indications for a vertical transmission pathway of piscine myocarditis virus in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) – was published in the Journal of Fish Diseases in 2019:
Norwegian isolate of Piscine Myocarditis Virus – 99.36% identity – reported in Scottish farmed salmon @salmon_scottish at Plocropol on the Isle of Harris https://t.co/1ZYSFmwryO@MilenaMMonte @vetinst_no @marinescotland
Imported via infected eggs? @WeAreBenchmark @SSPOsays pic.twitter.com/CcL2nQVdNz— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 10, 2021
The Scottish Salmon Company's Reibinish salmon farm on the Isle of Harris was inspected by the Scottish Government in November 2020 – reporting mass mortalites due to a botched wellboat treatment, Cardiomyopathy Syndrome, Pancreas Disease, Proliferative Gill Disease and 48,442 morts in one week (week 42):
The Scottish Salmon Company's Glenan Bay salmon farm in Loch Fyne was inspected by the Scottish Government in December 2020 – reporting Pancreas Disease, over 75,000 mass mortalities, use of a Hydrolicer, Salmosan (Azamethiphos) and "some fish with physical damage":
Mowi's Bagh Dail Nan Cean (Bay of the Dead Heads) salmon farm was inspected by the Scottish Government in December 2020 – reporting Piscirickettsia (treated with the antibiotic Oxytetracycline), Amoebic Gill Disease and 18,291 mortalities in one week alone (week 44):
Piscirickettsia was first reported in Scottish salmon farming back in 2004:
Mowi's nearby Port Na Cro salmon farm also reported Piscirickettsia in an inspection by the Scottish Government in November 2020:
Photos of Piscirickettsia in farmed salmon are available online here
Piscirickettsia reported @ScotlandMowi @rspcaassured salmon farms at Port Na Cro & Bay of the Dead Heads @marinescotland @SSPOsays https://t.co/1ZYSFmwryO
Mowi's bacteria-laden Scottish salmon (treated with Oxytetracycline) is available @sainsburys @LidlGB @AldiUK pic.twitter.com/TSCcuDM98T— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 10, 2021
Mowi's Kingairloch salmon farm was inspected by the Scottish Government in December 2020 – reporting Heart & Skeletal Muscle Inflammation (HSMI):
Mowi's Kingairloch salmon farm has a history of disease problems. Here's photos published by the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspectorate following an inspection in 2019:
The Scottish Salmon Company's Russel Burn salmon farm was inspected by the Scottish Government in December 2020 – reporting fungus issues, 18,000 morts due to fungus, tanks with "visible fungus" in the fish and some issues with fin nipping:
A letter dated 23 December 2020 from the Scottish Government's Fish Health Inspector to The Scottish Salmon Company reported "inadequately maintained" medicine records and a lack of information on quantities of fish waste:
The Scottish Salmon Company's Lamlash Bay salmon farm on the Isle of Arran was inspected by the Scottish Government in December 2020 – reporting Amoebic Gill Disease and Proliferative Gill Disease:
Read more via:
The Case Against Scottish Salmon Continued – new data for January 2020
2019 Salmon Farming Data Now Online!
The Killing Farms – Scottish Salmon's Horror Story Continues!
Photo Dossier of Diseased, Deformed & Abused Scottish Salmon
'Moribund' Mowi: Salmon Gill Poxvirus, Amoebic Gill Disease & Anaemia at Ardintoul
Update: Mass Mortalities Piling Up at Scottish Salmon
The Case Against Scottish Salmon
Revealed: Mowi's Nightmare in Loch Linnhe – 55% Mortality & Infectious Diseases
New Report – "The State of Scottish Salmon Farming in 2018"
Addendum:
Date: Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 4:14 PM
Subject: FOI re. PMCV, vertical transmission & ova imports
To: <CEU@gov.scot>
Was the Norwegian strain of Piscine Myocarditis Virus in Scottish Salmon imported via infected eggs (ova) from Norway or Iceland? @WeAreBenchmark @GriegShetland @BetterBreeding @FergusEwingSNP @SSPOsays pic.twitter.com/oE3nYA4GHt
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 10, 2021