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Probe launched over claims of sonic torture at Scots fish farms

Corin Smith of Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots questioned why Scottish salmon farms work to weaker environmental standards than their counterparts in other countries THE Scottish Government has launched an investigation after receiving complaints from environmental conservationists over the use of “seal scarers” by a company which has fish farms in Argyll and Bute. The row is over the use of acoustic deterrent devices (ADDs), aka seal scarers, which are used to deter seals from attacking fish farms by emitting a sound in the water they find unpleasant. Critics of seal scarers – devices branded as “sonic torture” – claim they cause hearing damage and stress in dolphins, porpoises and whales and therefore breach legislation to protect cetaceans.

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Seal scarer devices may harm harbour porpoise

Seal scarer devices may harm harbour porpoise
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Salmon farmers to avoid noise devices | Press and Journal

© Photographer Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Scottish salmon farmers have vowed to avoid using acoustic technology deemed as being potentially harmful to dolphins, porpoises, whales or other marine mammals. The Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) said yesterday the industry will no longer use these acoustic deterrent devices (Adds) to protect fish from seal predation. Adds are used by a number of marine sectors, including offshore construction and engineering, as well as salmon farmers to deter marine mammals from installations, and to protect animals, people and infrastructure.

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Salmon industry stops using acoustic deterrents which could harm wildlife

http://shet.news/q8m4h Copied! THE SCOTTISH salmon farming industry is calling on the Scottish Government as well as the US authorities for guidance after announcing that it is no longer using potentially harmful acoustic deterrent devices (ADDs) to deter marine mammals such as seals from entering pens. The move comes just one month after Scottish salmon farmers were barred from shooting seals as a last resort to protect their livestock. 7 of 14Adverts The industry has since called on the Scottish Government to consider compensation for fish lost in seal attacks in line with similar schemes for terrestrial farmers losing livestock to predators.

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