@waitrose would you mind explaining what you mean by a native Hebridean salmon….@PaddyCGalbraith pic.twitter.com/Sdj0r76Qyu
— Will Martin (@wjhm93) October 12, 2020
Hi Will. Native Hebridean Salmon is bred from wild Hebridean Salmon and farmed only in Hebridean waters. It has complete traceability to the Scottish Hebridean Islands. – Mark
— Waitrose & Partners (@waitrose) October 13, 2020
Dear Waitrose, when you say bred from wild Hebridean salmon please clarify…as I don’t not believe that it is permissible to catch wild salmon and breed from them?
— Will Martin (@wjhm93) October 14, 2020
For public clarification, can Waitrose please come clean on the "complete traceability" of Hebridean Salmon? Is it sourced from @salmon_scottish ? Is it sourced from salmon eggs imported from Norway or Iceland? @marinescotland @WeAreBenchmark @HGSalmonUK https://t.co/3spFPTDB93 pic.twitter.com/cq0i5uZQBY
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 15, 2020
New Scottish Government survey reveals that 89.7% of 'Scottish' salmon are derived from foreign sources (Norway, Iceland & Ireland) https://t.co/LX57bm5nfV @marinescotland @GreenerScotland @SSPOsays @WeAreBenchmark @HGSalmonUK @FergusEwingMSP pic.twitter.com/NH9CrYu1JK
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 19, 2020
Just wondering if Waitrose source from Scottish Salmon's Plocropol salmon farm which has a Norwegian strain of Piscine Mycarditis Virus (presumably imported via infected ova) @salmon_scottish @Try_Lochlander https://t.co/1ZYSFmwryO pic.twitter.com/axiks6147F
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 10, 2021
- Massive Attack on "Rotten Edifice" of 'Scottish' Salmon
- The National: "Ministers deny risk of contaminating Scots salmon with Norwegian egg imports"
- Norway's Infectious Salmon "Horror Show" Secretly Playing Now In Scotland?
- EFTA disclose documents on disease-ridden Norwegian salmon farming but refuse more citing commercial confidentiality
- 'Scottish' salmon resumes imports of "ISA-free" eggs from Norway?
- FOI letter to Norwegian Food Safety Authority re. Infectious Salmon Anaemia
- Undercurrent News: "Iceland replaces Norway as main source of Scottish salmon eggs following import ban"
- Letter to Scottish Ministers: "Bio-security Protocols & Safety Precautions re. Ova Imports"
- The Ferret: "Imports of Norwegian salmon eggs banned over deadly virus"
- Norwegian Salmon Egg Exports Banned Due to Disease Risks
- Viking invasion taints 'Scottish' salmon – 90% of eggs now imported
In 2017, the Global Alliance Against Industrial Aquaculture reported:
Last year, the Scottish Salmon Company unveiled 'Native Hebridean Salmon' which the company claims was "developed over many years from broodstock originally sourced directly from the cold, clear waters of the island of North Uist in the rugged Outer Hebrides of Scotland".
"The Scottish Salmon Company has developed its own 'native strain' of salmon broodstock," gushes the foreign-owned company on their web-site. "This unique Native Hebridean Salmon is heir to an ancestral bloodline stretching back millennia. Only salmon that share this pure Scottish island lineage and which are born, reared and harvested on the Hebrides qualify as Native Hebridean".
The FOI data reveals that 1.5 million eggs sourced from Aquagen in Norway were imported to Hebridean Smolts via the Scottish Salmon Company in 2016:
"This is surely a case of false marketing for Trading Standards or the Advertising Standards Authority," said Don Staniford. "The Scottish Government, if they truly support Scottish salmon, should immediately stop imports of foreign ova. Importing eggs increases the risks of deadly diseases such as Infectious Salmon Anaemia – shown by peer-reviewed science to have been imported into Chile from infected eggs sourced from Aquagen (a company now importing over half the ova to Scotland)".