Marine scientists in Oban have found noise from devices used to stop seals eating farmed fish & damaging nets, may unintentionally harm other species like harbour porpoises @obantimes https://t.co/8ecXRPivqs @chazz_findlay @denrisch @SSPOsays @HWDT_org @dolmansarahj @MairiMcAllan pic.twitter.com/2Y1xXQLZxA
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 15, 2021
The Oban Times reported (14 June 2021):
Listen to BBC Radio Scotland (9 June 2021):
Also anyone interested listening to me on BBC Radio Scotland Highlands and Islands this morning here's the link: https://t.co/JhQh03yrMn
— Charlotte Findlay (@chazz_findlay) June 9, 2021
Read more via:
- "Five out of the six top farms in Scotland" use GenusWave's 'Acoustic Startle Technology' – But is it MMPA compliant & does it comply with EU law?
- "Scientists sound warning over next-gen seal scarers"
- Journal of Applied Ecology: "Auditory impairment from acoustic seal deterrents predicted for harbour porpoises in a marine protected area"
- Fish Farmer: "Seal scarers could harm porpoises, study finds"
- Parliamentary Report: "ADD Use in the Aquaculture Sector"
- Scientific Study into Impact of Low Frequency ADDs Silenced!
- Pulling the Plug on ADD on salmon farms – is turning down the volume enough to comply with the law?
- Sunday Times: "Animal welfare campaigners sound out ban on acoustic seal deterrent"
- Mail On Sunday: "Salmon farmers are 'torturing' porpoises and dolphins with high-pitched noises to protect their stock, campaigners warn"
- Unlicensed use of ADDs in aquaculture is contrary to European Protected Species legislation & completely immoral!
- Daily Record: "Whales and dolphins being 'tortured' by anti-seal scare devices at Scottish fish farms"
- The Guardian: "Scottish salmon farmers to be banned from shooting seals"
- Caught Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
- The Ferret: "Seal scarers used by fish farms branded 'sonic torture'"
- GenusWave 'Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology' – in compliance with the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act??
- Seal shooting at salmon farms doubles before ban
- Ban on seal shooting must be watertight
- Greens want ban on seal scarers
- BBC Countryfile on ADDs impacting on cetaceans
- Sounding Off On Salmon Farms – Acoustic Deterrent Devices evade Marine Noise Registry
- SARF report 112: "Influences of lower-frequency Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs) on cetaceans in Scottish coastal waters"
- The Times: "Noisy fish farms ‘harm other marine life’"
- Mapping widespread and increasing underwater noise pollution from acoustic deterrent devices
- Sounding Off About Scotland's Noisy Salmon Farms – Turn Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices to Protect Cetaceans
- Deafening Impact of Salmon Farms on Cetaceans
- The National: "Warning salmon farm devices could hit wildlife tourism"
- Turning Down the Volume on Salmon Farms is Not Enough: 'Cetacean Friendly' Acoustic Deterrent Devices Still Harm & Must Be Banned
- Cetaceans Sound Alarm On Salmon Farms – new research sparks EC complaint & call to ban Acoustic Deterrent Devices
- Sunday Herald: "Health of whales, dolphins and porpoises put at risk by underwater alarms"
- Noisy Salmon Farms – Switch Off Acoustic Deterrent Devices Now!
"Five out of the six top farms in Scotland" use GenusWave's 'Acoustic Startle Technology' – but is it MMPA compliant & does it comply with EU law?https://t.co/Mnc3yvlWby @NOAA @marinescotland @MairiMcAllan @MairiGougeon @SSPOsays @chazz_findlay @denrisch @SAMSoceannews @EU_ENV pic.twitter.com/PIcWYW6DXI
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 9, 2021