Aquaculture

VIDEO: Boycott urged over Scottish salmon suffering

2024-09-11T12:58:00

Salmon

Source: Animal Equality UK

Animal Equality UK is demanding stronger legal protections for farmed fish after footage revealed salmon suffocating on accredited farms supplying major British supermarkets

Drone recordings during April, July and August 2024 have captured ‘systemic and extreme animal suffering’ at three Scottish farms owned by Mowi, Scottish Sea Farms and Bakkafrost.

The farms respectively supply Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Sainsbury’s with two being RSPCA-assured and the other accredited by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council.

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