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Alarm over scheme allowing more lice at salmon farms
A food labelling scheme is to allow five times more lice at salmon farms, prompting Scotland’s fisheries management body to withdraw its support.
January 20, 2023
Salmon firms accused of hiding lice levels
Salmon farming companies in Scotland have been accused of exploiting “loopholes” to hide infestations of lice that cause suffering and harm wild fish.
October 17, 2022
Killing krill: supermarkets and salmon farms under fire
Leading supermarkets and salmon farming companies have been accused of “plundering” the Antarctic for krill and depriving whales, seals and penguins of food.
August 11, 2022
Adverts attacking salmon farming ‘censored’
Five local newspapers in Scotland have refused to publish an advert backed by 26 environmental and community groups criticising the salmon farming industry.
June 1, 2022
Salmon farm pollution rises 10 per cent
Seabed and pesticide pollution of Scottish lochs by the salmon farming industry increased by over ten per cent in a year.
April 19, 2022
Salmon farm antibiotics leap 50 times
The use of drugs at fish farms in Scotland has risen more than 50 times over the last six years.
February 27, 2022
M&S salmon firm rapped for misreporting pesticide use
The company that supplies Scottish farmed salmon to the retail giant, Marks and Spencer, has been officially reprimanded for misreporting toxic pesticide use.
December 5, 2021
Salmon producer accused of ‘Big Brother corporate snooping’ on campaigner
A leading Scottish salmon producer hired a private investigator to snoop on a key critic of the fish farming industry, internal industry documents reveal.
November 27, 2021
RSPCA Assured food label scheme accused of protecting ‘salmon farmers and retailers’
Animal welfare campaigners have accused the RSPCA Assured food label scheme of “protecting the interests of salmon farmers and retailers”.
August 6, 2021