*[Enwl-eng] Salmon scandal

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            I just wanted to make sure you saw this.

            Scotland’s wildest, most unspoiled coastlines are under threat from salmon megafarms. And officials are meeting in mere weeks to decide whether to give the green light to a proposed 20-cage salmon farm off the idyllic Isle of Arran.

            Your signature could tip the scales.

            Will you join the 40,000 members like you demanding that the Scottish government protect the country’s wildlife, and immediately halt all new salmon farms?

            Thanks for all that you do,
            Anna and the team at SumOfUs

            Here’s my original email, with more information:



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                        The seals, porpoises and birds of Scotland’s pristine coasts are under siege -- by salmon megacorporations choking out native wildlife to farm ‘sustainable’ salmon.

                        You can stop this. Tell the Scottish government to block all new coastal & offshore salmon farms!

                         Sign the petition 
                       
                 
            Something’s rotten in the Scottish Isles.

            As you read this, salmon corporations are trying to persuade local governments to let them build megafarms off the country’s wildest, most unspoiled coastlines. 

            The farms would fill the crystal-clear ocean water with faeces, uneaten fishmeal and dead salmon. These farms even threaten the porpoises, sea birds, and seals who call these isles home.

            Local residents have been fighting to defend their beautiful islands from the salmon industry’s greed. You can help them by demanding the Scottish government block all new salmon farms off the country’s coasts and in its seas!

            Tell the Scottish government: No new salmon farms!

            On their farms, multi-million pound companies like Mowi and the Scottish Salmon Company cram thousands of tonnes of fish into cages to become ‘sustainable’ filets, creating the perfect conditions for disease and sea lice to spread.

            The Scottish Salmon Company is so notorious for this it’s been called the ‘liciest’ of its kind in Scotland. Meanwhile, Mowi was put under investigation for possibly misreporting the amount of chemicals -- like hydrogen peroxide and pesticides -- it uses to control those outbreaks.

            That’s not all. To keep hungry seals out of their fish pens, many salmon farms install sonic devices that could harm nearby whales and porpoises. And if these don’t work, they can apply for a licence to shoot the seals. 49 seals were shot by Scottish salmon farmers in 2017 alone.

            Salmon corporations clearly have a long way to go until their farms are truly clean, safe and healthy enough for Scotland’s seas and the creatures that call it home. And until that happens, we can’t let them off the hook.

            Save Scotland's pristine waters from giant fish farms!

            Together, we’ve already forced change in this industry. Just last year, over 33,000 members like you demanded better hygiene on salmon farms, making headlines and pressuring the authorities into championing stricter standards for waste pollution and sea lice control.

            So we’re asking you to join us again. And that starts with demanding the Scottish government halt salmon farm expansion right now -- and keep this industry from steamrolling the country’s delicate coasts and seas.

            Tell the Scottish government: No new salmon farms!


             Sign the petition 
            Thanks for all that you do, 
            Anna, Rachel and the team at SumOfUs



            More information:

            Protests at plans for salmon farm near Lochranza, on Arran, The Guardian, 31 December 2019
            Proposed salmon farm off Arran met with fury by locals and environmentalists as industry comes under increasing criticism, The Sunday Post, 19 April 2019
            Proposed salmon farm raises environmental concerns in Hebrides, The Guardian, 12 August 2019
            Hundreds create human chain on Isle of Arran to protest proposed new fish farm, The Sunday Post, 17 September 2019
            Not just salmon: 5 other animals impacted by salmon farming in Scotland, OneKind, 21 September 2018 
              
       






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      From: Anna Liberadzki, SumOfUs 
      Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 1:57 PM
      Subject: Re: Salmon scandal

     





 
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