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Mowi
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Employers in Scotland fined £9.4m for health and safety violations
Oil, whisky, and construction firms are among those fined in recent years for poor health and safety measures – some of which have resulted in deaths.
Formaldehyde used 200 times by fish farm industry
Formaldehyde was used by fish farms nearly 200 times over a three year period, despite fears it could harm the marine environment.
Hundreds of green activists face legal threats from private companies and governments
Environmental campaigners have been receiving legal threats, prompting claims that private companies and the state are trying to silence them with legal bills.
Named: 19 fish farms posing ‘high risk’ to wild salmon
Nineteen fish farms on lochs along the west coast of Scotland have been identified as posing the most risk to endangered wild salmon.
Investigators film buckets of dead fish at salmon industry’s ‘poster child’ farm
Animal welfare investigators have filmed buckets of dead fish being lifted from the waters of a fish farm, run by leding farmed salmon producer Mowi.
Salmon firm takes legal action against activist who covertly films fish farms
Salmon firm takes legal action against activist who covertly enters fish farms to film
New footage shows deformed salmon at RSPCA-assured fish farm
Video footage shows salmon apparently suffering from deformity and disease at a Highland fish farm certified by leading animal welfare and environmental bodies.
Salmon farm firm fined £800,000 after employee drowned
A major salmon farming company has been fined £800,000 after an employee was crushed and drowned when he fell into the water during a boat transfer.
Antarctic krill fishing boosted by fish farming
Fishing companies are hoping to "double" their catches of krill — tiny animals that sustain the Antarctic Ocean — to feed the fish farming industry.