THE biggest fishfarming company in Scotland, MOWI, won a permanent interdict last week that says kayak-campaigner Don Staniford – or any of his…
THE biggest fishfarming company in Scotland, MOWI, has won a permanent interdict that says kayak-campaigner Don Staniford – or any of his associates – cannot go within 15 metres of its fishfarms.
The case is internationally recognised as a SLAPP, a"strategic lawsuit against public participation". That definition essentially says that the law is being unfairly used by the rich and powerful.Don Staniford, a long-time anti-fishfarm campaigner who lives in the north of England, takes a position many people would regard as extreme, because he doesn’t believe a migratory species like salmon should be farmed at all.
There are many other reasons to be concerned about the expansion of the salmon farming industry. I wrote last week how the clouds of nutrients, feaces, fishfood and other detritus they spread across Scotland’s sealochs are deforming the marine ecosystem, and may threaten the spawning grounds of many other species of fish.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
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