Salmon spotter but for how much longer? The bountiful river of my youth refreshes a local salmon farm and has no wild salmon returning. Why?
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21 Nov 2023
How can this still go on? It’s a national disgrace that our government supports this industry. It should be shut down. 65,000,000 dead since 2015.
@MairiGougeon @GMartinMSP
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Antibiotic florfenicol was detected in wild seafood 14 kilometres from salmon farm.
“Many domestic and overseas markets have a zero tolerance policy for traces of antibiotic in wild seafood”
abc.net.au/news/2026-06-02/f…
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James Howson retweeted
Lochaber Fisheries Trust seeing very high sea lice infestation levels in Loch Sunart.
Interactive map lochaberfisheriestrust-dev.g…
Salmon farming significantly increases infection levels on wild fish. 19 of 26 sea trout examined had lice exceeding mortality threshold of 0.3 lice/g.
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Documentary maker follows the environmental destruction of salmon farms in Norway. The “war-zone” as he calls it.
Link:
facebook.com/share/p/18jsJku…
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May 21
Awesome sustainable Scottish salmon getting air freighted to the Gulf while there’s a war on. Wonder where they’re getting the fuel from… 🇷🇺🪆??
May 21
A new #UK - #Gulf trade deal is set to strengthen demand for #ScottishSalmon, opening up greater opportunities for exporters across a key growth market.
Read more here:
bit.ly/4eUKFOq
#Aquaculture | #MadeinScotland | #Trade | #Seafood | #UKTrade | #GlobalTrade | #FoodExports | #SustainableFood
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James Howson retweeted
Farmed salmon in Iceland and BC lobbyists: Farmed salmon production increases; native Atlantic salmon runs collapse; industry calls for increase to 265MT by 2032; lobbyists think BC/Ottawa should see this as good.
#salmon #priorities @BBCEarth @CTV @CBC @AST_Salmon @savesalmon1
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Almost 70% of the Icelandic population oppose open cage salmon farms. But as in Scotland & Norway, politicians allow themselves to be blinded by the corporate lies:
@AST_Salmon @WildFishCons @ScottishEPA @ScotGovMarine @StuartBlack_HIE @HIEScotland @SP_RuralAffairs @JohnSwinney
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Farmed salmon marine ingredients:
Another native species used for farmed salmon feed is over harvested, putting additional pressure on Krill in the antarctic waters and other species elsewhere.
thefishingdaily.com/science-…
#salmon #bcpoli #krill @BBCEarth @CTV @CBC @UBCoceans @ubcic
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8000 jobs were created in Norway to process “production salmon”, categorised by “deformities, open sores and wounds”.
Panic has set in because Norway is now allowed to export these fish without processing.
intrafish.no/kommentarer/bru…
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“Nitrogen pollution from one fish farm is equivalent to 25000 people.”:
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“Worker losing two fingers among 29 injuries in Scots salmon industry in 10 months.
Shocking HSE figures reveal the accidents from March 2025 to January 26 including amputations, broken bones, concussions & lacerations.”
@SP_RuralAffairs @HighlandCouncil
dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scott…
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May 18
Shame the opposite is true for the wild fish they’re killing.
Anyway, it’s been a cold start to the year - wait til El Niño hits these toxic death pens.
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Edible fish discarded by bottom trawling fisheries represent an estimated €220 million in lost value annually.
bit.ly/trawlingeurope
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If tobacco companies proposed a levy on every cigarette sold, used to fund a new science center with a scientific model framed on centuries old superstitions, and then said if not allowed this phantom source of revenue will be killed, what would people say?
#bcpoli #ottawa @UBCIC
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Those pesky algae blooms are back in Norway.
12.9 Million dead fish in the first 3 months.
#SustainableGrowth
salmonbusiness.com/algae-blo…
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Farmed salmon marine feed ingredients: Norway/China push to increase Krill harvested from Antarctic waters, seeming to believe whales/penguins will know where proposed marine protected areas will be.
news.mongabay.com/2026/05/ch…
#salmon #bcpoli @bbcearth @CBC @CTV @UBCoceans @UBCIC
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MOWI launch new PR advert based on multiple sex-offender’s lyrics, who died of
ketamine, MDMA and cocaine toxicity before he could stand trial.
#salmonfarming
salmonbusiness.com/mowi-laun…
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This is the second major incident on the Spey in two weeks. What is @ScottishEPA doing. Salmon is an endangered species yet @scotgov doesn’t care. Thanks @Feargal_Sharkey for your support
🚨POLLUTION event on THE SPEY ⚠️
At the Knockando burn caustic chemicals have killed wild fish, birds of prey and aquatic life. The @DailyMail enquired but were told by SEPA that no such event has occurred.
We’re here to tell you it has, and show the devastating causes.
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May 3
EXCLUSIVE: The number of wild salmon caught in Scotland’s rivers is at its lowest level since records began 74 years ago, 'worrying' new figures have revealed
thenational.scot/news/260730…
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🚨POLLUTION event on THE SPEY ⚠️
At the Knockando burn caustic chemicals have killed wild fish, birds of prey and aquatic life. The @DailyMail enquired but were told by SEPA that no such event has occurred.
We’re here to tell you it has, and show the devastating causes.
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James Howson retweeted
May 3
Salmon and other species killed after chemical spills into River Spey tributary trib.al/AjbI4ih
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