Brian O'Riordan
@BrianLIFE_EU
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Naive Belgified Brit, believes fisheries can be fair and sustainable, and that fisheries work should be decent and remunerative.
Belgium
Joined December 2015
It’s not Christmas until the Ullapool tree is up! Made up of over 400 lobster creels and topped off with a crab light, the 16 feet tall tree is the centrepiece of the town’s Christmas decorations.
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Esta mañana he intervenido en el Make Fishing Fair Forum, organizado por @LIFEplatformEU y Blue Adventures, con la participación del comisario de Pesca, Costas Kadis. Gracias a LIFE por darme la oportunidad de defender una vez más la pesca artesanal, esencial para nuestras
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Thumbs up to King Charles @RoyalFamily for revoking the Royal Warrant from @MowiScotlandLtd It's time to take Scottish salmon off all our tables - not just the royal table @WildFishCons
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Good Samaritan Staniford returns five of Mowi's escapees to Gorsten salmon farm in Loch Linnhe - only 74,995 to go @MowiScotlandLtd When will @scotgov take action? How many escapees have been recaptured? @lochaberfish @fms_scotland @AST_Salmon @NatureScot @ScotGovMarine
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The 2026 Fishing opportunities for the Baltic Sea and the upcoming negotiations in the October #AGRIFISH Council were at the heart of today’s meeting with the Baltic Sea Advisory Council. We are determined to work together for the recovery of the Baltic Sea and ensure a better
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Cut the Crap: M&S supplier Scottish Sea Farms Caught Polluting Loch Creran – Stop dumping toxic & noxious sewage wastes into a ‘Special Area of Conservation’!Further details via https://t.co/PerDxem7LB
@marksandspencer @scotseafarms @ScottishEPA @argyllandbute @NatureScot
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Shout out to Björk for calling salmon farming 'evil', an 'ecological nightmare' and 'like Frankenstein or the fish in The Simpsons' https://t.co/fdmD9dG8C9
@FarOutMag @bjork @MFAIceland @Icelandair @IcelandUN @IcelandNATO
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Mowi was fined 5.3 billion Chilean pesos (US $5.1 million) following the escape of 690,000 salmon https://t.co/aB265EpAik How much will @ScotGovMarine fine @MowiScotlandLtd for 75,000 escaped fish in Loch Linnhe? @WildFishCons @AST_Salmon @fms_scotland @scottishgreens
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LEGAL UPDATE - I'm heading for a three day trial in April next year in Dunoon Sheriff Court vs Faroese/Norwegian salmonster Bakkafrost! Thanks to @CaptPaulWatson and Charlie Humphrey for their video podcast which provides more details on Bakkafrost's 'Blood Salmon'
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Norwegian salmonster @MowiScotlandLtd may be able to bully me in the Scottish Courts and ban me from boarding their lousy farms - but Mowi can't stop people learning the toxic truth about 'organic' salmon pharming @SoilAssociation Watch footage via https://t.co/dCBGHvOOa9
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The salmon farming giants are dragging @TheGAAIA aka Don Staniford through the courts to shut him up. This is the same industry that spied on him with ex-paratroopers - just for exposing the truth: salmon farming is cruel and cruel filthy business and does enormous environmental
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Salmon SLAPP Update: One week to go until my legal fight in Dunoon Sheriff Court vs Bakkafrost - the Faroese/Norwegian salmonster which is desperate to privatise public waters in Scotland. Don't let the Salmafia get away with mass murder - please help via https://t.co/zmW9EBQbtN
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REVEALED: The Scottish Government has signed the death warrants for over nine million salmon at Bakkafrost's disease-ridden hatchery at Applecross since 2016. Read and weep @scotgov @ScotGovMarine @HIEScotland @ScotlandSalmon via https://t.co/oZtlH0CRpV
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⚖️ SSFs face strict 10–20% catch margins. Yet under the new #EU Fisheries Control Reg (2024), big fishmeal vessels get exemptions at 7 “Listed Ports” (6 🇩🇰, 1 🇱🇻). We urge #Sweden as #Baltfish chair to push eDNA controls. Learn more here👉 https://t.co/dfI1NSTHQE
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Amazing news - an anonymous funder has agreed to match all donations to fight the $almafia up to £25,000. That means if you donate £25 then my legal fighting fund gets £50. Your support is much appreciated - best fishes! https://t.co/zmW9EBPDEf
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Hi, my name is Don Staniford and I've campaigned for over 25 yea… Don Staniford needs your support for Stop the $almafia Privatising Public Waters in Scotland
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'This is a global battle - this is a global fight. This is for all the other people around the world fighting salmon farms. We need to shine a light' https://t.co/6MwpLPQukV
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I agree. We need to stop pushing fish stocks to the brink of collapse and then calling it ”sustainable”. Overhaul of ICES Fisheries Advice needed! #SaveOurOcean
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LIFE and 29 groups call for reform of ICES fisheries advice, urging precautionary, ecosystem-based models for sustainability
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This case isn’t just about Don. It’s about the right to expose cruelty. The right to investigate. The right to speak out. Animal Justice Project stands with Don. Learn more and support Don here: https://t.co/FxdLYrHide
@TheGAAIA #fishfarming #scottishsalmon
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LIFE + 29 orgs urge reform of the science behind EU/UK fisheries. - We need ecosystem-based, recovery-focused #science that reflects legal & ecological needs. 👉 https://t.co/206DvhK0JD
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As one of the +29 orgs, FishSec is urging @EU_MARE and @ICES to promptly ensure that the scientific advice for fisheries management supports rebuilding of fish populations that are below sustainable biomass levels - to protect coastal communities and create ecosystem resilience.
LIFE + 29 orgs urge reform of the science behind EU/UK fisheries. - We need ecosystem-based, recovery-focused #science that reflects legal & ecological needs. 👉 https://t.co/206DvhK0JD
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