Environment
Fish farm noise pollution threatens whales and dolphins
Whales, dolphins and porpoises are being put at risk by noise alarms used by fish farms to scare off seals.
Seals
Environment
Scottish salmon exports at risk if seals keep being shot
Scotland’s salmon farming industry will lose its biggest £200 million export market to the US if it persists in shooting seals.
Environment
Exposed: the inhumane shooting of hundreds of seals
Hundreds of seals shot around Scotland’s coasts were pregnant, feeding their young or failed to die instantly, according to a new study.
Environment
Mapped: every Scottish salmon farm that shot seals
The “naming and shaming” of the 75 salmon farms that have shot 180 seals around the Scottish coast over the last two years has prompted calls for a boycott by consumers and supermarkets.