Santa Says No No No to Farmed Salmon

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" Santa Says No No No to Farmed Salmon "

- Ten Reasons to Boycott Farmed Salmon This Christmas

 

The Salmon Farm Protest Group (SFPG) today (Saturday 20th) takes to

the

streets of Edinburgh to celebrate wild salmon and to protest about

the

danger factory farmed salmon poses to wild fish populations. SFPG

supporters will be dressed as Santas and chefs handing out tins of

wild Alaskan

salmon to Christmas shoppers on Princes St (12-1pm outside M & S) and

Rose St

(1-2pm outside Sainsbury's). At 2.15 pm the SFPG will personally

deliver a

surprise Christmas present to the First Minister of Scotland at St

Andrews House

on Regents Road.

 

Bruce Sandison, Chairman of the SFPG, said:

 

" Consumers should avoid farmed salmon this Christmas. Before buying

customers should count to ten and think again. Ten reasons to say no

to

farmed salmon include: fish farm sea lice infestations killing wild

salmon, a possible risk of listeria, artificial colourings and

contaminants.

Before buying these products in supermarkets, consumers would be

well-advised

to ask staff if it is wild or farmed salmon, and what chemicals it

contains.

Better safe than sorry. Have a happy, healthy Christmas. "

 

http://www.salmonfarmmonitor.org

 

 

Notes to Editors:

 

 

Ten Reasons to Boycott Fresh Farmed Salmon This Christmas:

 

 

1) Sea lice – factory salmon farms are infested with parasites and

spread sea lice to wild salmon and sea trout

 

 

2) Escapes – a recent scientific paper published by the Royal Society

concludes that mass escapes from farms can lead to extinctions in

wild

salmon

 

3) Wastes: Salmon farms discharge untreated wastes directly into

pristine marine waters thereby using the sea as an open sewer

 

4) Unsustainable: far from saving wild fish, salmon farming is a

drain

on depleted marine resources and is inherently unsustainable

 

5) Listeria – One in ten smoked salmon are contaminated with listeria

which can cause meningitis, blood poisoning and still births in

pregnant

women

 

6) Insanitary and filthy – the US FDA have refused over 200 cases of

Irish, Scottish, Chilean and Norwegian salmon for being `insanitary'

and

`filthy'

 

7) Fatty – Farmed salmon contains more fat than wild salmon (up to

ten

times fattier in some cases)

 

8) Chemicals – Factory farmed salmon are dependent upon a cocktail of

toxic chemicals to control diseases and parasites

 

9) Artificial colourings – farmed salmon contain synthetic pink dyes

such

as Astaxanthin and Canthaxanthin (E161g)

 

10) Contaminants – farmed salmon can contain DDT, chlordane and

dioxins

and can be up to ten times more contaminated with PCBs than wild

salmon

 

For the more details on the " Ten Reasons " including web-links and

further information:

 

http://www.salmonfarmmonitor.org/pr201203notes.shtml