The people are disgusted with @ScotlandMowi legal action against Don Staniford @TheGAAIA and attempts to use the law to hide their abhorrent animal husbandry practices and harm to #ourseas cetaceans. Stop buying MOWI salmon @Tesco @sainsburys @AmazonFresh https://t.co/CbARxLGzYd
— david nairn (@ClydePorpoise) October 12, 2021
Scottish Salmon Watch reported last month (14 September 2021):
Caught on candid camera – The Scottish Salmon Company claim to have an EPS licence to use ADDs at their salmon farm at West Strome in Loch Carron https://t.co/vvP9mJfXF1
I thought there were no EPS licences issued for ADDs on salmon farms! @nature_scot @marinescotland @SSPOsays— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 13, 2021
@patrickharvie @lornaslater @MairiGougeon @NicolaSturgeon Irrespective of any ADD policy can kicking, the current use of ADDs without EPS licence is a Habitats 39 offence. Why is government allowing these crimes against protected species to continue? I did not vote for this! https://t.co/N4gqdpoK0A
— david nairn (@ClydePorpoise) September 13, 2021
Hi Don, I am to provide material evidence and witness statements to MS Compliance on Thursday. I speak to them first before release any specific details as don’t want to compromise their investigation.
— david nairn (@ClydePorpoise) September 14, 2021
The Mail On Sunday reported in August:
The Ferret reported in August 2021:
Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots reported in June 2021:
Surveying for Acoustic Deterrent Devices in Loch Fyne & Loch Striven found almost every active salmon farm using ADDs. Every farm was operated by Faroese/Norwegian-owned 'Scottish' Salmon Company @salmon_scottish @Folketrygdfond @Try_Lochlander @SSPOsays https://t.co/wcTHtY3oSO pic.twitter.com/J6zsOzrzOA
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 29, 2021
In August 2019, BBC Countryfile showcased Mowi's illegal use of ADDs in the Sound of Jura:
The BBC Countryfile show (4 August 2019) featured tourist operator David Ainsley who called for a ban on ADDs due to impacts on cetaceans (read David's submission to the Scottish Parliament and complaint to the European Commission online here):
Scottish Salmon Watch has filmed at salmon farms across Scotland using ADDs illegally:
Read more via:
- Scottish Salmon Caught Telling Porkies on ADDs?
- "Salmon farms probed for using illegal 'scarers' which threaten dolphins" (Mail on Sunday)
- RSPCA Assured food label scheme accused of protecting ‘salmon farmers and retailers’
- FOI Exposes Lobbying by 'Scottish' Salmon on Killing of Seals & Use of ADDs
- The Oban Times: "Seal scarer devices may harm harbour porpoise"
- "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!
Surely someone on inside track at @marinescotland & @nature_scot has the bottle to affirm to @GreenerScotland @NicolaSturgeon @strathearnrose that unlicensed use of ADDs in aquaculture is contrary to European Protected Species legislation and completely immoral? pic.twitter.com/yfQQZhjaI8
— david nairn (@ClydePorpoise) October 12, 2020