Móðurfélag Arctic Fish, norski sjókvíaeldisrisinn Mowi, hefur verið svipt vottun sem breskar matvörukeðjur horfa til þegar ákveðið er hvaða vörur eru teknar til sölu. Ástæðan er hrikaleg meðferð starfsmanna á eldislöxunum. Dýravelferðarsamtök tóku upp aðfarir starfsmannanna með dróna.
Sífellt fleiri eru að átta sig á hversu sjókvíaeldi í opnum netapokum er miskunnarlaus og skaðlegur iðnaður. Sem betur fer 🙏
The Fishsite fjallar um þessar fréttir:
The Norwegian-owned company has been the official supplier of salmon to the UK’s Royal Household since 1990, but its name is now conspicuous by its absence on the latest list of Royal Warrant holders.
The change follows the publication of undercover footage taken at Mowi’s Loch Harport site on the Isle of Skye, which appeared to show staff beating salmon to death using a heavy baton, known as a priest.
The publication of the footage in May, which was taken by a drone operated on behalf of Green Britain Foundation, had previously caused major supermarkets to temporarily take the company’s fish off their shelves, while the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) also suspended the company from its animal welfare scheme.
The loss of the Royal Warrant has been hailed by a number of individuals and organisations with an anti-fish farming agenda…