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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Earlier this month I got to tick off one of my all-time, bucket-list reporting experiences. Very excited to share some stories from the water soon! substack.com/@danielshail...

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Out of Office

Advice for Arctic cruising

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Jay Owens @jayowens.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

‘The group go on to discuss their visions for a sovereign Shetland. Hill outlines a kind of techno-futurist luxury communism; Irvine imagines returning to an agrarian system of bartering.’ @danielshailer.bsky.social on Britain's most northerly separatist movement. the-fence.com/article/shet...

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Shetland’s Most Wanted

A series of encounters with an unlikely band of separatists.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Full account of my time with Britain's most northerly separatist movement now up online @thefence.bsky.social. Would love if you gave it a read, and joined me in marking 28 May 2069 for a day of solemn reflection.

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 04/09/2026

A new oil exploration partnership between Mexico’s Pemex and Brazil’s Petrobras is raising alarms over potential drilling near vulnerable Gulf of Mexico reef habitats. Environmental groups warn the deal lacks transparency and could be a huge environmental risk. @danielshailer.bsky.social reports.

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Mexico-Brazil oil deal raises concern for ecosystems and energy transition

Environmental organizations have raised concerns that a recent partnership between the state petrochemical companies of Brazil and Mexico will commit both nations to decades of fossil fuel…

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My latest for @mongabay.com unpacks the newly minted partnership between state oil companies of Mexico and Brazil. Environmental concerns, yes, but sources also raising flags on transparency and the area likely to be developed. news.mongabay.com/2026/09/mexi...

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Mexico-Brazil oil deal raises concern for ecosystems and energy transition

Environmental organizations have raised concerns that a recent partnership between the state petrochemical companies of Brazil and Mexico will commit both nations to decades of fossil fuel production,...

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

More than three quarters of Scottish salmon farms certified as 'sustainable' broke the environmental rules of the certifying body last year without losing their accreditation, The Ferret can reveal

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Scottish salmon farms with 'green tick' for sustainability repeatedly break rules

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UK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 30/08/2026

THE FERRET: More than three-quarters of Scottish salmon farms certified as “sustainable” breached ASC rules in 2025. No green-tick accreditations were removed unless farms gave them up voluntarily, while campaigners warned consumers could be misled. - by Daniel Shailer

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Three-quarters of 'sustainable' salmon farms broke environmental rules. None lost their accreditation.

We looked at inspection reports from the body which certifies “highest standard” farms with a public-facing ‘green tick’ — and found there have been breaches of its rules at dozens of fish farms.

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Rob Edwards @robedwards5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This is a fascinating exposé by @danielshailer.bsky.social.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

My latest for @theferret.scot looks at inspection reports behind the 'green-ticks' you'll see on salmon in supermarket shelves. Found some pretty gnarly details: from unofficial kit ("the Reaper") to fish so decomposed they'd turned into uncountable mush. Enjoy!

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Made it! 3.49hrs in pretty good conditions. Helped along by sunfish and a pod of dolphins. Might write it up at some point, but meantime thanks for the support!

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🚨non-work news🚨I’m trying to swim from Spain to Morocco tomorrow, across the Strait of Gibraltar. Kick off at 8am BST, weather permitting...

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Food Systems & Public Health Fellow @danielshailer.bsky.social wrote for Sentient Media about mismatched U.S./U.K. rules + limited FDA testing = possible blind spots for imported salmon such as antimicrobial resistance. CLF’s @davelove.bsky.social is quoted. sentientmedia.org/scottish-sal...

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Scottish Salmon Could Be Treated With Antibiotics Not Approved by the FDA — and Rarely Tested for

Different U.S. and U.K. regulations, plus limited FDA testing, leave questions about antimicrobial resistance in imported Scottish salmon.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

In between tales of art fraud and Afghan aid money/American Candy Stores, I am in the latest @thefence.bsky.social mag spending some time with Britain's most northerly separatist...

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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Issue 28 Is Here 🤭 With writing from @coramazov.bsky.social, James Ramsden, @heawood.bsky.social, @danielshailer.bsky.social, Lucy Peett, Clive Martin, Zara Meerza, @williamasclarke.bsky.social & many more www.the-fence.com/shop

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Scientists at Brazil's institute for biodiversity conservation say the government risk greenlighting a new frontier of oil drilling over sensitive sea habitats — without looking at cumulative dangers, and using out of date maps... For @mongabay.com:

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

UK's first vertical rocket launch site is back in the news, thanks to letters instructing locals to apply for continued access to their homes this summer and @theferret.scot's @robedwards5.bsky.social revealing fresh details from developer's license application...

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

It’s hot! And fossil fuel companies are turning up the heat up North Sea drilling. My latest for Private Eye:

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Pleasure to chat to @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social for @mongabay.com about her latest: playing poacher with shark fins, 3D x-rays and AI to flag potential trafficking of marine animals. @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org

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SciComm Excellence @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org · 15/06/2026

How do "forever chemicals" reach one of Britain's most remote inhabited islands? @danielshailer.bsky.social's investigation traces the mystery of high PFAS levels in Fair Isle and examines emerging research on how these pollutants may travel through sea spray. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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It has the highest levels of toxic Pfas in drinking water in Scotland. But how did this remote island become awash with forever chemicals?

Scientists believe they may now have found the cause of Fair Isle’s pollution – and warn that it should be ringing alarm bells in other coastal areas

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

In the Guardian today with some environmental sleuthing from Britain’s most remote inhabited island:

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Back in @mongabay.com breaking down a new way of looking at invasives. Current frameworks look at socio-economic/biodiversity impacts (cash & kills). Now researchers are asking about suffering: @bristoluni.bsky.social@wildanimals.bsky.social @meekl.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/2026/05/how-...

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How much suffering do invasive species cause? Researchers are measuring that

Avian vampire flies (Philornis downsi) were not discovered in the Galápagos Islands for almost three decades after they were thought to have arrived from mainland Ecuador in the 1960s. Even then, the ...

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

In the @theguardian.com today with new research finding toxic Pfas everywhere you look in the Solent. Beneath that headline finding — two important takeaways about how we measure Pfas, and what to do about it. @mcsuk.bsky.social @dralexford.bsky.social

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

For decades Brazilian policy-makers have "sacrificed" the country's Cerrado region to agriculture. Now scientists have found that, hectare-for-hectare, its wetlands beat the lowland Amazon for carbon storage SIX times over. For @mongabay.com: news.mongabay.com/2026/05/cerr...

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Cerrado’s hidden carbon highlights gaps in Brazil’s conservation policy

Fieldwork in the wet grasslands of the Brazilian Cerrado often means long trudges through head-high reeds, following tapir trails and watching for tick nests or boggy pitfalls. All this is made more d...

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The SNP are running an executive from Norway's state fossil fuel company for Shetland's seat in Holyrood. A look at her candidacy, policies (so far) and lobbying in my latest, for @desmog.com:

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I'm in the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social answering the question on no one's lips: what does Cuomo's NYC housing plan have in common with "cutting edge" Scottish fish farmers? AI!

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

"It’s a fine shame to all involved." Britain's biggest salmon farm has the greenlight off Shetland, and it's making unlikely bedfellows of fishers and environmentalists. w/ Karen McVeigh for Seascapes:

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Delighted that my scribblings about fish, wind and whisky won a clutch of gongs at the Highlands and Islands Media Awards last week. Especially proud to have taken best feature and be picked journalist of the year. Shetland is a bustling patch and I'm lucky to cover it!

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 14/12/2025

🔴NEW: A body which sets environmental and welfare standards for fish farms took wholesale buyers to a Scottish salmon farm which broke its rules for 11 consecutive weeks. Our latest investigation: www.theferret.scot/a...

Aerial view of circular salmon fish farm pens in dark water. Overlaid text reads: “REVEALED: A fish farm breached animal welfare rules. The regulator still took firms there on a PR tour.” Smaller text explains that the Aquaculture Stewardship Council showcased a Scottish farm that had breached sea lice rules 11 times.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Shetland's farmers say they reacted quickly to "exceptional" conditions; campaigners say waters are warming and "the writing is on the wall". Either way, because of how fish deaths are reported, our figure is likely an underestimate.

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Warming water, disease killed 250,000 farmed Salmon in October

Farmers blamed “exceptional environmental pressures”; campaigners said the figures were “a clear symptom of system problems

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

While other Scottish councils spent their share of nature/coastal adaptation funds on... nature/the coast, Shetland slushed the money into its general coffers for stuff like IT and vehicle maintenance. "Completely unacceptable" said @scotwildlife.bsky.social's @ruchirlives.bsky.social.

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Council slushed £750k of government climate funding into general coffers

Money from government nature and coastal adaption funds has been spent on council “vehicles, ICT [and] maintenance”, officials confirmed.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I'm thrilled to share that I’ve been picked as a winner of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications (@scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org). www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10...

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

HUGE (if mixed) news week for Shetland's crabs 🦀 First beachcombers find a rare Columbus crab the size of a 50p coin. Then a scientific fracas about whether subsea cables "mesmerise" crustaceans. And we found some less good news: www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/news/release...

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Releases of toxic delousing chemical doubled at salmon farms last year

Releases of a delousing chemical which “desertifies” the seafloor more than doubled at Scottish Sea Farm sites last year.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

A compressor at Shetland's oil terminal broke for *nine* straight months last year, pushing the isles' entire methane emissions to a near decade high. "It's an embarrassment for the whole community." @alexjarmitage.bsky.social @r-dixon.bsky.social www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/news/broken-...

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Broken equipment at Sullom Voe caused decade-long peak in emissions

Shetland's methane emissions reached their highest level in a decade last year, driven by broken kit at EnQuest’s Sullom Voe terminal.

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 12/10/2025

🔴 NEW: Lochs in Orkney, the Highlands and the Outer Hebrides are among waters containing high levels of toxic pollutants with health risks known as ‘forever chemicals’. Our latest investigation: theferret.scot/orkne...

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 21/08/2025

🔴 NEW: A consultancy firm which took part in a government pilot for fast-tracking salmon farm applications did an “independent” evaluation of that same pilot — prompting critics to call it a “sham” and claim a conflict of interest could threaten the marine environment 🧵

View of salmon farming cages floating in the sea near a rocky coastline. Overlaid text reads: “Consultancy firm’s review of fast-track salmon farm pilot branded ‘sham’.”

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

New with @theferret.scot: How one boat’s engine trouble exposed a broader breakdown in fishing rules and the government’s investigation.

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Daniel Shailer @danielshailer.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Glad to contribute a little bit of shoe leather to this great report from @desmog.com's @ellen-ormesher.bsky.social.

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 08/06/2025

NEW: A Norwegian company has drawn up plans for Britain’s first deep-sea salmon farm in waters off Shetland, prompting concerns it is an “experiment in factory farming” that could damage the environment. theferret.scot/norwe...

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Norwegian firm's plan for UK’s first deep-sea salmon farm off Shetland prompts concerns

A Norwegian firm has plans for Britain’s first deep-sea salmon farm, off Shetland, prompting concerns it could damage the environment.

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