Yet another salmon farm disaster !

[scobo]

Thousands of salmon lost in 'major' seal attack

More than 50,000 juvenile fish were killed or escaped in the incident on Skye, says an industry body.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[3lbgrayling]

Tavish Scott. A Quisling.

Jim

 

[bobfly2]

Half a million fishfarm escapes last year. 25% mortality before reaching saleable size. What would people across the UK think if a quarter of all cattle and sheep were dead in the fields?

 

[easker1]

supposed to be a disaster, but not as big a disaster as salmon farming , tou are right about Tavish scott easker1

 

[Laxdale]

An ex fish farmer mate pointed out that "escapes" are a handy tool to have in the box when a site has serious issues with lice or disease.

 

[skyeman1]

SSPO chief executive Tavish Scott said: "Salmon farms and seals can co-exist quite happily in the marine environment".

Unfortunately a healthy marine environment can not co-exist with salmon farming. Just as honest MSPs can't co-exist with the salmon farming lobby.

 

[easker1]

the firm I worked for tried the disease line when they found they couldn't sell the smolts, but it didn't work and the firm went bust, the staff got the blame, easker1

 

[speytime]

I read somewhere fairly recently that salmon farming in Scotland is set to double, apparently there's 50 million to be invested.

With this sort of money involved i can understand why the government is reluctant to challenge them.

Salmon farming worth £2 billion to Scottish economy

Scotland’s salmon farming sector is worth over £2 billion to the country’s economy, according to a new report.

thefishsite.com

Al

 

[esk]

Even Al Jazeera are getting in on the act.

LINK