The Herald: "Enterprise body under fire for cash handout to deal with dead salmon"

The Herald reported (3 April 2018):

Also reported via Undercurrent News: "Scottish campaigners criticize funding of new disposal method for dead salmon" (3 April 2018)

Here's the 'Approvals List' from Highlands & Islands Enterprise for October – December 2017 including a £362,000 project for an 'Integrated Aquaculture Rapid Mortality Recovery System':

Download as a PDF online here

Read more about mortalities on Scottish salmon farms via:

Hard Evidence: Dossier of Data on Lice, Diseases & Mortalities at Scottish Salmon Farms

The Herald: "Video: Disease concern as Scots salmon farmers' produce "stomach-churning" record levels of fish deaths"

"Scotland's fish farmers to release salmon mortality figures"

"Scottish Salmon's Mort Mountain Leaps Over 10 Million – FOI reveals 2.3 million dead salmon at Marine Harvest farms in 2017".

Data on Mortalities & Diseases at Scottish Salmon Farms

Photo Gallery: Dead Salmon from Scotland's Disease-Ridden Salmon Farms

Press Release: "Diseased Salmon Slip Net & Spill on Road – Failure to police the transport of dead fish prompts EC complaint"

Sunday Times: "Scots councils ‘failing to enforce EC laws on leaky salmon trucks’"

Daily Mail: "Thousands of fish thrown in a truck – and troubling new questions for salmon farms"

"Parliamentary Question: to ask the Scottish Government how many farmed salmon have died in each year since 2012"

"First Minister questioned on leaking wastes from morts – call for a moratorium from Greens"

"BBC's 'Dead Salmon Run' Opens Can of Worms"

"Millions of Scottish Salmon Going Up in Smoke"

BBC's The One Show: "The Dead Salmon Run"

BBC's The One Show (Part 2)

"125,000 salmon die in disease outbreak at Lewis fish farms"

"Campaigners say 'no more salmon farms' after disease on Lewis kills 125,000 fish"

"A disgrace: Ten million salmon thrown away by fish farm industry in last year alone"

"Death rate at salmon farms doubles to 20m fish a year"

"Welfare fears after claim deaths of farmed salmon have doubled"

"Thermal treatment for lice blamed for salmon deaths"

"Poached alive – fish die as farm overheats water"

"Oops: fish farm firm kills 175,000 of its salmon by accident"

"European Commission complaint over dead fish dumping forces rule change"

"Scottish watchdog labelled ‘lapdog’ after agreeing to keep fish farm deaths secret"

"Farmed salmon killed by disease leaps to 8.5 million"

"Where have all the dead fish gone?"

Take a closer look at the infectious diseases, viruses and other hidden nasties lurking in Scottish salmon via Scottish Salmon Watch:

Download documents obtained via FOI from Highlands & Islands Enterprise on 31 May 2018 via:

HIE FOI reply 31 May 2018 Ferguson #1 (41 page PDF)

HIE FOI reply 31 May 2018 Ferguson #2 (20 page PDF)

HIE FOI reply 31 May 2018 Covering letter

Here's a press release (Embargoed Until 11 June 2018) online here