A salmon farm supplying M&S has been accused of a “cover-up” after footage emerged showing workers removing tons of dead fish hours before a visit from Scottish Parliament members (MSPs) investigating the industry. Animal Equality UK released the video, which shows dead salmon and wrasse floating in cages on Saturday, September 21st. Two days later, workers were filmed using large nets to pull out dead fish and dump them into skips on their vessel ahead of the MSP visit on Monday, September 23rd. Scottish Sea Farms claims the operation was routine but Animal Equality UK calls it 'outrageous' and says it paints a misleading picture of the industry.
A salmon farm has been accused of a “cover-up” after workers were filmed piling tons of dead fish into skips hours before a visit from MSPs to check on welfare standards.
The video produced by the animal welfare charity first shows multiple dead salmon and wrasse floating on the surface of the water in at-sea cages on Saturday, September 21. Two days later, early on the morning of the MSPs’ visit on Monday, September 23, workers at the Dunstaffnage facility were filmed using large nets to pull huge numbers of dead fish out of the water and dumping them into skips on their vessel for later disposal.
It comes as the last two years have brought the highest ever premature mortalities on salmon farms, with more than 34million fish dying before they could reach people’s plates since 2022. As part of a list of demands, Animal Equality UK is calling for a “thorough investigation of this possible cover-up” - as well as full industry transparency and a moratorium on new fish farms.
“Contrary to the claims made by Animal Equality UK, this is an essential part of our duty of care and something we do daily wherever conditions allow, whether we have a farm visit scheduled or not.” M&S was approached for comment.
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