#Act4 Aquatics Government investigations into alleged animal cruelty after scarred, frayed and lice-infested salmon were filmed at a fish farm on the island of Lewis were a “whitewash”, according to a new report. In Scotland official inspections of lice-ridden salmon farm slammed as ‘whitewash’ 22 September 2019
#Act4 Aquatics Suspiciously high mortality levels of Norwegian juvenile salmon were found in the report produced by Dyrevernalliansen and the Norwegian Veterinary Institute earlier this month. DYREVERNALLIANSEN: New report reveals high mortality of hatched salmon in Norway 16 September 2019 Dyrevernalliansen
#Act4 Aquatics A project that aims to determine the optimal water conditions for treating salmon with gill health issues has been launched by a consortium of Scottish aquaculture experts today. Turning ill health to gill health 28 August 2019
#Act4 Aquatics Nearly 200 fish farms are allowed to use a carcinogenic chemical called formaldehyde which is used to embalm corpses, The Ferret reveals. Scottish fish farms using cancer-linked embalming fluid as disinfectant 30 June 2019
#Act4 Aquatics Scottish Government inspectors have launched an investigation into video evidence of alleged animal cruelty at a salmon farm on the north west coast. ‘Sick’ salmon film prompts government probe into Scottish fish farm 13 June 2019
#Act4 Aquatics Scottish salmon is marketed as healthy, sustainable and environmentally-friendly but is that image accurate? Welfare and health problems at centre of salmon farming investigation on UK TV 20 May 2019
#Act4 Aquatics Fergus Ewing, Rural Economy and Connectivity Secretary, outlined the first part of a programme of regulatory reform in the industry, following two parliamentary inquiries into the sector last year. First step in regulatory reform for Scottish salmon focuses on sea lice 5 May 2019
#Act4 Aquatics At least nine million fish have been killed by diseases, botched treatments, poor handling and other problems at salmon farms around Scotland since 2016, according to official returns. Mass deaths: 9 million fish killed by disease at Scottish salmon farms 14 April 2019
#Act4 Aquatics The report looks at the life cycle, sentience and individuality in salmon before exploring in detail the many welfare issues faced by farmed salmon. New investigation and report: “Fish welfare on Scotland’s salmon farms” 10 August 2018 OneKind