Thousands of farmed salmon broke out of a pen in Iceland this past August. This flight follows a 2021 escape when 81,000 farmed fish broke into the wild, and the company responsible was fined for not reporting the escape.
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Thousands of farmed salmon broke out of a pen in Iceland this past August. This flight follows a 2021 escape when 81,000 farmed fish broke into the wild, and the company responsible was fined for not reporting the escape.
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“Scottish salmon is the UK’s most popular fish and the country’s No 1 food export,” says Tavish Scott, chief executive of Salmon Scotland. He adds: “With domestic and global demand for Scottish salmon continuing to grow, the success of the Scottish salmon sector – and the jobs that depend on it – will not be put at risk from a handful of urban-based activist chefs.”
The farms are clearly feeling the pain, guys, judging by the “We hates-es the Hobbits-ses” “handful of of urban based chefs comment.
Looks suspiciously like a case of biting the hands that origianally nreated, enabled and fed you.
Suggest that you change your “poor” PR / Spokes People at the very least – FAST, before it’s too late and whilst you still can.
in Satrurday’s Guardian – another Industry’s Mafia Hit:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/14/its-a-poor-product-leading-uk-chefs-join-campaign-to-cast-farmed-salmon-off-menu
biting the hands that originally enabled and fed you.
That’s better.
PS – Seen similar in Angling, you know – from the Big Brand Mafia and the One Way True Way Fishers……
And now the industry has Björk the Icelandic singer and farm-hit folks in Argentina and Chile on its case.
In Monday’s Guardian –
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/16/can-we-save-the-wild-salmon-of-iceland-bjork-releases-song-to-fight-fish-farming
Time, I think, for a re-play of Bowie’s “Fashion”.
https://youtu.be/F-z6u5hFgPk?si=u3DZnF0n4GPiJlkZ
Once it’s gone, there’s usually no getting it back……