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Exposing the realities of salmon farming in Scotland.
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Brigitte Wear
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đ´ NEW đ´ The worldâs largest salmon producer Mowi stands accused of a charm offensive in the Scottish Highlands that distracts from its âpolluting, smelly and invasiveâ fish farms, say local residents and fishers, in what used to be âpristineâ Highlands lochs. with
@desmog.com
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New investigation | Extreme cruelty in Scottish trout slaughterhouse
YouTube video by Animal Equality UK
https://youtu.be/meizaq4IfOU?si=qlzAAlJ9MgvhlEfP
about 2 months ago
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Bylines Network
6 months ago
Planned Grimsby land-based salmon farm presents huge risk to community and animal welfare After the mass die-off of 170,000 salmon in Japan, Grimsbyâs planned facility risks bringing the same mass suffering and disaster to the UK By Natalie Bennett
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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Planned Grimsby land-based salmon farm presents huge risk to community and animal welfare
After the mass die-off of 170,000 salmon in Japan, Grimsbyâs planned facility risks bringing the same mass suffering and disaster to the UK
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/planned-grimsby-land-based-salmon-farm-presents-huge-risk-to-community-and-animal-welfare/
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Jen Scotney
9 months ago
Time to stop salmon farming expanding without proper scrutiny⌠Please sign to protect our waters đ
greens.scot/ProtectScotl...
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Protect Scotlandâs Waters â Pause New Salmon Farms
Protect Scotlandâs Waters â Pause New Salmon Farms -
https://greens.scot/ProtectScotlandsWaters
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Foodrise
9 months ago
Triodos, what happened to your sustainable ambitions? đ¤ As of November 2024, Triodos has invested a shocking $16 million dollars in Bakkafrost, one of the worldâs largest fish farming companies. (1/5)
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Foodrise
9 months ago
đ˘ EXPOSED: Big banks and investors are pouring $ BILLIONS into the salmon farming industry, driving its enormous growth and huge profits at the expense of wild fish populations and communities around the globe. Here are 5 key takeaways from our new report that you should know about đ§ľ(1/6)
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Antibiotic resistance in farmed salmon is way worse than previously recognised.
thefishsite.com/articles/stu...
10 months ago
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www.vice.com/en/article/n...
Vice, cover the recent escape of salmon in Norway
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Norwegian Company Just Put a Bounty on 27,000 Escaped Salmon
Norwegian company Mowi, is offering a reward for each escaped salmon caught after around 27,000 fish busted out of a local farm.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/norwegian-company-just-put-a-bounty-on-27000-escaped-salmon/
10 months ago
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Farmed salmon from Scotland in the news again today, hard to believe that salmon are considered a healthy choice of food to eat.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
11 months ago
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Humpback whale that was trapped on a salmon farm at the Isle of Skye is now free, but with an increase of these whales visiting Scotland, it's only a question of when not if this happens again.
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Wild Atlantic Salmon in Ireland are under threat from farmed salmon. Inter breeding with farmed salmon could wipe them out.
afloat.ie/port-news/fi...
11 months ago
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The Soil Association and the RSPCA assured scheme are not fit for purpose, neither has an upper limit for mortality, a farmer could lose 99% of their fish and the remaining 1% would still get the "high welfare" rubber stamp. Why?
11 months ago
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Pearl Jellyfish wipe out 200,000 salmon, the industry blames rising sea temps. If that's the case isn't it time that the industry called it a day? or do they have some clever tricks on how to reverse climate change?
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/200000-...
11 months ago
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Lots of papers today covering the report from Scottish parliament committee. It's a shame organisations like the RSPCA & Soil Association can't pay attention to this report, they need to stop certifying farms with high mortality.
archive.ph/zvXSb
11 months ago
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The man, the myth, the legend, Don Staniford has joined Bluesky. Give him a follow
@donstaniford.bsky.social
11 months ago
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Salmon farming now banned in Washington after huge escape of salmon from farms in 2017. Meanwhile in Scotland the largest escape in a decade is hidden from the public for 2 yearsâŚ
11 months ago
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Salmon farmers donât have to report when farmed fish escape during transport! Wild Atlantic salmon are an endangered species and escapes like this could finish them off.
archive.ph/uBdaX
12 months ago
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Donât put poison on the plate this Christmas.
12 months ago
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Dale Vince
12 months ago
Salmon farming is a dirty business⌠How do you know the salmon you eat isnât a diseased zombie salmon? Go on fish eaters - tell me how much you love eating zombie salmonâŚ
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Dale Vince
12 months ago
Whoâs made my naughty list this yearâŚ? Anyone I missed? Tag them below
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Animal Rising
about 1 year ago
It speaks to the gravity of the problems across the Assured scheme that Chris, who was so proud to represent the RSPCA, has decided his only choice now is to leave. By endorsing animal agriculture instead of protecting those trapped within it, the RSPCA has lost its way.
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Well done
@carolinelucas.bsky.social
cas.bsky.social
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@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
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for making a stand against the RSPCA's hypocrisy.
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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RSPCA accused of âfailure of leadershipâ as Chris Packham resigns
Packham and Caroline Lucas stood down as president and vice-president after workers at the charityâs approved abattoirs were filmed mistreating animals
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/rspca-accused-of-failure-of-leadership-as-chris-packham-resigns-8zll3g9h0
about 1 year ago
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The Soil Association canât escape the fact that chemicals theyâve banned have been routinely fed to âorganic salmonâ thatâs currently for sale
www.thegrocer.co.uk/comment-and-...
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How many more controversies can the salmon sector survive?
Yesterday's revelations over organic fish farms in Scotland should set further alarm bells ringing
https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/comment-and-opinion/how-many-more-controversies-can-the-salmon-sector-survive/699150.article
about 1 year ago
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Ailsa McLellan
about 1 year ago
Azamethiphos used in
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farming to control parasites. Effects linked to neurological disorders, decreasing male fertility, foetal abnormalities, chronic fatigue syndrome and Parkinson's disease.' Use up in Scotland 33% between 2018 - 2023. Please don't eat farmed salmon.
mol.im/a/14177313
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Salmon exposed to banned chemicals unwittingly sold by UK supermarkets
Norwegian firm Mowi, which describes itself as the 'world's most sustainable protein producer' has been selling fish exposed to dozens of chemicals to UK supermarkets as 'organic'.
https://mol.im/a/14177313
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Dale Vince
about 1 year ago
1/3 This scandal with so-called 'organic' salmon is just the tip of the iceberg. Not only are consumers being duped into paying premium prices for farmed salmon doused in toxic chemicals, but the entire practice of fish farming is an environmental disaster.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Salmon exposed to banned chemicals unwittingly sold by UK supermarkets
Norwegian firm Mowi, which describes itself as the 'world's most sustainable protein producer' has been selling fish exposed to dozens of chemicals to UK supermarkets as 'organic'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14177313/Organic-salmon-exposed-forbidden-chemicals-sold-UK-supermarkets.html
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The Soil Association have been certifying farmed salmon that contain banned chemicals, which they themselves say can lead to Parkinsonâs!!
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Salmon exposed to banned chemicals unwittingly sold by UK supermarkets
Norwegian firm Mowi, which describes itself as the 'world's most sustainable protein producer' has been selling fish exposed to dozens of chemicals to UK supermarkets as 'organic'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14177313/amp/Organic-salmon-exposed-forbidden-chemicals-sold-UK-supermarkets.html
about 1 year ago
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An explainer about Scottish salmon farming.
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about 1 year ago
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Emma Roddick MSP
about 1 year ago
The Rural Affairs and Islands Committee is sitting in private today to try and find answers to questions we've been taking evidence on for the last six months. Here are some of the questions and issues I've been raising throughout the salmon farming inquiry đ
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Neal Haddaway
about 1 year ago
đ The fight against salmon farming: Activist Don Staniford exposes environmental harm, welfare abuses & corporate SLAPP tactics. Read about his relentless battle & the hidden cost of "sustainable" salmon:
medium.com/the-new-clim...
#Activism
#Environment
#SalmonFarming
#FoodImperialism
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The Activist Taking on the Salmon Farming Industry
Multinational MOWI has won a case barring activist Don Staniford from its salmon farms. But could this prove an own-goal for the industry?
https://medium.com/the-new-climate/the-activist-taking-on-the-salmon-farming-industry-69750f21a62c?sk=467da6786e385bede091a09b01866aa1
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Robeloo
about 1 year ago
Protest today was full of passion, as we all came together to fight for our beloved Storm Bay. Our pristine south eastern bays and coastlines, where we live, swim, fish and surf, are in danger of environmental disaster. Please! NO MORE FISH FARMS!
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Feargal Sharkey - fan
about 1 year ago
The stretch of the River Cam in Cambridge which has been designated bathing water, Sheepâs Green, failed the phosphate test, failed the nitrate test and failed the ammonia test. You have been warned.
www.lbc.co.uk/news/feargal...
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'I'd stay well away from swimming there': Feargal Sharkey tests the River Cam after site was awarded bathing status
One of Britainâs top swimming spots is 'failing' on water quality due to pollution, according to environmental testing conducted by LBC.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/feargal-on-friday-water-cambridgeshire-river/
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The Ferret
about 1 year ago
đ´NEW: Seven fish farming companies have been accused by the Scottish Governmentâs green watchdog of breaking the law by failing to provide information on fish numbers. Find out more:
theferret.scot/fish-farming...
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Thank you Peter Egan for speaking out about salmon farming.
about 1 year ago
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Have an elderly relative or someone with health problems in your family that you donât like? Give them some smoked salmon this Christmas!
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Urgent health warning issued over smoked salmon and cured fish
The Food Standards Agency (FDA) is advising pregnant women and anybody with a weakened immune system to avoid the foods due to the risk from listeria bacteria.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14148527/fsa-health-warning-smoked-salmon-cured-fish-christmas.html
about 1 year ago
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Robeloo
about 1 year ago
Change of date for SALMON FARM protest to next Sunday Dec 8th. Bluesky Tassie people, come out and save Storm Bay from TOXIC pollution and help save my beautiful view and everyone's favorite surf beaches. Heidi and I love Storm Bay
#Stormbay
#Fishfarm
#Protest
#Pollution
#nature
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Don Staniford of Scamon Scotland claimed âScottish salmon is a welfare nightmare that should be avoided. Yet retailers are flouting fish labelling laws and misleading consumers"
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1982...
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Harrods and Fortnum & Mason accused of 'misleading' customers with fish labels
The retail giants have came under fire from campaigners after they found a label without adequate information.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1982695/harrods-fortnum-mason-salmon-labels
about 1 year ago
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Boycott salmon to save the whales. Investigations have found that krill is used by the two major Tasmanian aquaculture companies & their feed suppliers. They are literally stealing krill from the whalesâ mouths.
tasgreensmps.org/parliament/a...
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Tasmanian Greens MPs | Aquaculture - Effects on Wild Fish
The impact on wild fish populations is significantly higher than has previously been reported.
https://tasgreensmps.org/parliament/aquaculture-effects-on-wild-fish/
about 1 year ago
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Thank you Dale Vince for being committed to fighting the entirely foreign owned Scottish salmon farm companies: GET THEM OUT OF THE UK
www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
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Millionaire to fund more investigations into salmon farming
Dale Vince said his preference would be for the âimmediate closure of all salmon farming operations in Scotlandâ
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/millionaire-to-fund-more-investigations-into-salmon-farming-z56n7thrp
about 1 year ago
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Ailsa McLellan
about 1 year ago
Ireland: 'Are seals to blame for eating 8,000 missing farmed salmon?' Interesting headline choice. I prefer: 'Are
#Salmon
farmers responsible for the release of 8000 farmed salmon into the environment - to the potential detriment of wild salmon stocks?'
www.salmonbusiness.com/ireland-are-...
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Ireland: Are seals to blame for eating 8,000 missing farmed salmon?
Marine Institute says fish either migrated to the sea or âsuccumbedâ to predatory mammals. Marine mammals, including seals and dolphins, are believed to have consumed a significant portion of the 7,00...
https://www.salmonbusiness.com/ireland-are-seals-to-blame-for-eating-8000-missing-farmed-salmon/
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Thank you Max Maclean for speaking out against farmed salmon.
about 1 year ago
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Salmon farming is killing the planet:
www.seafoodsource.com/news/aquacul...
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Humpback whale deaths near Cooke, Australis salmon grow-out centers draw scrutiny in Chile
https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/aquaculture/deaths-of-humpback-whales-in-chile-draw-scrutiny-of-australis-cooke-salmon-farming-operations
about 1 year ago
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Italian media reporting on Mowi in Loch Torridon Salmon, what's happening in Scottish farms? - The video investigation
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Salmoni, cosa sta succedendo negli allevamenti in Scozia? - La videoinchiesta | Corriere TV
Il problema del riscaldamento delle acque, delle malattie degli animali e dell'elevato tasso di mortalitĂ . I numeri impressionanti
https://video.corriere.it/animali/salmoni-cosa-sta-succedendo-negli-allevamenti-in-scozia-la-videoinchiesta/85680c11-d82b-4bb8-9e29-6369a5edfxlk
about 1 year ago
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spencer roberts đŚ
about 1 year ago
Wild fish extraction for aquaculture feed is particularly intensive for carnivorous species. Farming a single Atlantic salmon can require extracting over a thousand anchovies from the ocean. When we consider collateral mortality during fishing, the ratio climbed higher yet.
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DeSmog
about 1 year ago
đľ NEW đľ Fish Farming Industry is Using âMisleadingâ Figures to Downplay its Role in Overfishing, New Research Finds đ@brigitte-whl.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2024/11/21/f...
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Fish Farming Industry is Using âMisleadingâ Figures to Downplay its Role in Overfishing, New Research Finds
Aquaculture is the worldâs fastest growing food sector â one that proponents have long argued can help conserve wild fisheries. The argument goes that farming seafood instead of catching it will provi...
https://www.desmog.com/2024/11/21/fish-farming-industry-is-using-misleading-figures-to-downplay-its-role-in-overfishing-new-research-finds/
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Brigitte Wear
about 1 year ago
đ´ NEW đ´ We also published two new profiles â Skretting and Cargill Aqua Nutrition â in our industrial aquaculture database for World Fisheries Day today!
desmog.com/industrial-a...
@desmog.bsky.social
A thread on World Fisheries Day!
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Ailsa McLellan
about 1 year ago
Scotland's marine muds sink more carbon than our forestry, peat, + terrestrial soils combined. If damaged (e.g. by bottom dragged fishing gear or
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farming) the sinks lose their function + can become Carbon sources.
@thesnp.bsky.social
must protect them.
spice-spotlight.scot/2021/03/24/o...
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Out of the blue: Is blue carbon the next frontier for climate change mitigation in Scotland?
This blog explains the current understanding of carbon captured and stored in Scotlandâs coastal and marine environment, known as âblue carbonâ. It also outlines known threats to âŚ
https://spice-spotlight.scot/2021/03/24/out-of-the-blue-is-blue-carbon-the-next-frontier-for-climate-change-mitigation-in-scotland/
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Ailsa McLellan
about 1 year ago
âSalmon with mixed genes from farmed fish are less viable than wild salmon in the Vosso River, but still displace wild salmon - a new study showsâ Genetic, nutrient and chemical pollution from
#Salmon
farms are destroying habitats and ecosystems.
www.fiskeavisen.no/vosso-laksen...
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Vosso-laksen svekka av oppdrettsgen
Biletet viser Vossolaks registrert i kilenot.|Foto: Norce Laks med innblanda gen frĂĽ oppdrettsfisk er mindre levedyktig enn villaks i Vossoelva, men fortrengjer likevel villaksen, viser ny studie. âŚ
https://www.fiskeavisen.no/vosso-laksen-svekka-av-oppdrettsgen/
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Well done Jamie Moyes for helping to show the realities of salmon farming.
news.mongabay.com/2024/11/scot...
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Scottish salmon farms seek growth despite mounting fish deaths and environmental concerns
ULLAPOOL, U.K. â The fish float on the surface by the dozen, their bellies pointing toward the still-dark sky of the early morning. We are peering into a cage of an intensive Atlantic salmon farm, own...
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/scottish-salmon-farms-seek-growth-despite-mounting-fish-deaths-and-environmental-concerns/
about 1 year ago
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Jill Belch
about 1 year ago
Open letter call on the @ScotGov to urgently address salmon farmingâs negative economic & environmental impacts >50 organisations have asked them to urgently re-evaluate its economic claims about open-net salmon farming.
wildfish.org/latest-news/...
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