The salmon aquaculture industry in Scotland has long fought against the suggestion that phosphorus and nitrogen containing compounds excreted by salmon, indeed all animals, act as nutrients in the growth of phytoplankton in marine ecosystems. These, in turn, can result in what are called plankton or harmful algae blooms. These can be of sufficient magnitude…
Category: Fish Farm
FOI request reveals fish died from toxic levels of ammonia in system similar to that proposed for Bienn Reithe, Loch Long.
A Freedom of Information request submitted to the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Federal Agency by the British Colombia marine environmental group Clayoquot Action has revealed that fish in the trial Fiizk Semi-Closed Containment System, (similar to that proposed for the fish farm at Beinn Reithe, Loch Long), died from toxic levels of ammonia. Initially, the…
Representations to National Park indicates majority opposed to Beinn Reithe fish farm
In light of Loch Long Salmon Ltd submitting additional information to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park related to its Bienn Reithe Loch Long fish farm planning application, the public now has a second opportunity to submit representations to the Park authority. Almost 200 members of the public and organisations have so far submitted…
Scottish Ministers will not intervene in Ardentinny fish farm planning application
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…
Proposed Loch Long fish farm (Beinn Reithe) – Questions that need to be answered
With a second fish farm planned for Loch Long and the planning application submitted by Loch Long Salmon Ltd. (LLS) to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park in October 2021 (with a closing date for representations/objections of 5 December, 2021), we should all be concerned at the rapid growth of proposed fish farms in…
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…
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…