Objectors to the proposed Dawnfresh fish farm at Ardentinny have failed in their attempt to have the Scottish Government ‘call-in’ the proposed planning application. Scottish Ministers have the power to intervene by ‘calling-in‘ in any planning application for their own determination. Last week those who had submitted objections to the application to SEPA in May…
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Bute & Cumbrae SEPA CAR Licences – Deadlines for supporting objections
Our friends at ButeifulCoasts.com have created a very useful page outlining the process of how objectors can ‘call-in’ for review by Scottish Ministers the decision by SEPA to approve the CAR (Controlled Activities Regulations) licences for the proposed fish farms at South Bute, Little Cumbrae and Cumbrae. Even if you did not originally object to…
SEPA grants authorisation for Dawnfresh Cumbrae fish farms
Despite objections from a number of individuals and groups in North Ayrshire, SEPA has granted Dawnfresh authorisation for a CAR licence (Controlled Activities Regulations) for two proposed trout farms at Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae. The next stage will be for Dawnfresh to consider submitting a planning application to North Ayrshire Council which would include an…
Is SEPA failing our community?
As outlined in our article of September 13, 2021, SEPA is to grant a licence for the proposed Dawnfresh Ardentinny fish farm subject to the conditions in the draft authorisation. Although SEPA advised that they had lost the contact details of those who had made representations in June 2019 due to a cyberattack in December,…
SEPA to grant licence for Ardentinny Fish Farm
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is to grant a licence for the proposed Dawnfresh fish farm on Loch Long at Ardentinny subject to the conditions in the draft authorisation (see below). As can be seen in the SEPA advertisement (see image below), published in the 10 September, 2021 issue of the Dunoon Observer, it…
Deadline approaches for opposing Dawnfresh Clyde fish farm proposals
Friday 28 May, 2021 is the deadline for submissions to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) for opposing the Dawnfresh proposals for fish farms at South Bute, Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae. As the proposed locations will not only have a catastrophic environmental effect on the the areas adjacent to the fish farms, the farms will…
Buteifulcoasts online meeting to discuss Dawnfresh proposed Clyde fish Farms
DawnFresh Foods has submitted CAR applications with SEPA for three trout farm sites across the mouth of the Clyde as well as the Ardentinny/Loch Long proposed fish farm. Buteifulcoasts.com are holding an online meeting on 20 May at 7pm to discuss these proposals. For more info, see https://buteifulcoasts.com/may-20th-open-meeting/ and https://buteifulcoasts.com/sepa-clyde-fish-farm-consultation/. Microsoft Teams meeting Join on…
Update on Dawnfresh’ CAR (Controlled Activities Regulations) application to SEPA
SEPA has informed AFFtheClyde that, as a result of its computer modelling analysis of the Dawnfresh application for Ardentinny, they are not prepared to grant a licence for 2127.6 tonne at that location. However the modelling did indicate that a license for 570 tonne, using the same cage configuration as applied for, may be sustainable….
AFFtheClyde September 2019 Update
#AFFtheClyde has continued its activities to raise awareness about the Dawnfresh Farming Ltd. proposals regarding the Loch Long Fish Farm project and to campaign against them. The following is an update on our recent progress. – Contact has now been made with the various Community Councils along Loch Long, all of whom will be affected…
Fish Farms – Self reporting not working
Reports of the recent escape of some 33,000+ trout from the Dawnfresh-owned fish farm at Loch Etive, which has been covered extensively in the local and national media over the past week, has again highlighted a greater need for transparency in the fish farming industry and in particular, Dawnfresh Farming Ltd. As widely reported, the…