Fish firm filmed burying salmon on Scottish island beach illegally

Fish firm filmed burying salmon on Scottish island beach illegally

Source: thenational

10/3/2024

A FISH firm has allegedly been filmed “burying” salmon on a beach four months after the practice was made illegal in Scotland – with the company saying it is “not happening at all”.

Based in the Outer Hebrides Whiteshore Cockles has been burying dead and diseased salmon from fish farms in pits of sand for more than a decade on one of North Uist’s beaches.

Whiteshore Cockles carrying out the practice was legal due to an exemption from the Scottish Government, as they were building a fish waste dryer.

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