Following exclusive coverage in The Sunday Herald (6 November), the shocking news of 95,400 farmed salmon killed by a Thermolicer at a salmon farm operated by Marine Harvest in Scotland has made waves in the media today (7 November).
Intrafish made the news their top story this morning in Norway:
Today's Scottish Daily Mail reported:
The Ferret reported:
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Undercurrent News reported:
The Herald reported:
Fisheries Information Service reported:
iLaks reported:
The Daily Meal also reported (8 November):
Intrafish reported (8 November):
The article above (translated via Google) includes:
Sales Director Tore Laastad in Steinsvik, the company producing
avlusningsenheten, writes in a comment IntraFish:
"As of today we have 30 Thermolicers in operation, and these machines have the
12 months avlust approximately one million tonnes of salmon and trout. The machines
are in daily use in almost all salmon producing countries.
When the fish is strong in principle and operations go as planned is
Thermolicer treatments associated with very low mortality, this is
also documented by a veterinary institute," he writes.
Read more via:
- Compassion in World Farming: "Scottish intensive salmon farming plumbs new depths"
- Press Release: 'Thermolicer' Back-Fires Killing 95,400 Farmed Salmon
- Sunday Herald: "Oops: fish farm firm kills 175,000 of its salmon by accident"
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