A salmon farming firm, Wester Ross Fisheries, a subsidiary of Mowi Scotland, has been accused of misleading locals in Loch Broom, Scotland, about plans to install a large feed barge at their fish farm. Residents claimed they were initially told there were no such plans, but it was later admitted at a public meeting that the intention had always been to add the barge.
Watchdog ruling lifts the lid on Scotland’s secretive salmon farms
For years, Scotland’s salmon industry has sold an image of cold, clean seas and “responsibly farmed” fish. Behind that marketing, regulators have been sitting on welfare inspection reports detailing mass mortalities, gruesome failures and shocking conditions on farms linked to supermarket favourites Co‑op and Marks & Spencer.
