The Herald reported (13 March 2018):
Note that in early March 2018, SEPA made available all the mortality data (by weight) for 2017 via Scotland's Aquaculture database. An Excel spreadsheet of the data for mortalities during 2017 and back to 2002 – including graphs summarising the data – is available online here
Marine Harvest reported the most mortalities in 2017 followed by the Scottish Salmon Company, Cooke Aquaculture, Scottish Sea Farms, Grieg Seafood and Loch Duart all with over 1,000 tonnes of dead farmed salmon:
The worst monthly mortalities during 2017 were reported at the following salmon farming sites with Gravir Outer (Scottish Salmon Company) and Poll na Gille (Marine Harvest) featuring twice and most morts appearing in October/November:
The 20 worst salmon farm sites for mortalities (by weight and month) between 2002 and 2017 were:
Mortalities spiked in late Summer with higher mortality rates reported during the Autumn months (September, October and November):
Note that the increase in mortalities cannot be explained simply as a function of an increase in salmon farming production – in fact the ratio of mortalities to salmon farming production is now the worst ever:
Download Excel spreadsheet in full online here
The BBC's Joe Crowley (who exposed leaking wastes from diseased farmed salmon on The One Show's 'Dead Salmon Run' in December 2017) Tweeted:
Read more about the Scottish Parliament's inquiry and damning report via:
- The Herald: "Fish farm damage 'beyond repair'"
- Press Release: "Protests Against 'Diseased & Dangerous' Scottish Salmon"
- Charlie Whelan in the Daily Mail: "We have to act now….before it is too late"
- Daily Mail: "Salmon farms 'a severe risk' to the environment"
- BBC Radio Shetland grills Scottish Salmon Producers on "damning" report
- The Sun: "Eco Threat: MSPs kick up stink over claims salmon industry is risking 'irrecoverable damage'"
- BBC Reporting Scotland (Evening News, 5 March 2018)
- Press Update: Scottish Salmon Slapped!
Take a closer look at the problems plaguing salmon farms via Scottish Salmon Watch
Read more via Press Release: "Protests Against 'Diseased & Dangerous' Scottish Salmon"
Read more on mortalities on Scottish salmon farms via:
"Scotland's fish farmers to release salmon mortality figures"
Data on Mortalities & Diseases at Scottish Salmon Farms
Photo Gallery: Dead Salmon from Scotland's Disease-Ridden Salmon Farms
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"
"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"
"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?"
