The Beinn Reithe, Loch Long salmon farm planning application was previously rejected by the Loch Lomond National Park Authority and subsequently appealed by Loch Long Salmon Company. However instead of the decision being made by Scottish Government Reporters, ministers stated that the “new technology” being considered “raises issues of national significance” therefore the exceptional step…
Category: Loch Long Salmon Company
Response to Holyrood Magazine “Swimming Against the Tide”
In the January 2024 issue of Holyrood magazine an ‘advertorial’ was published and sponsored by Loch Long Salmon Limited. The article contained a number of claims by LLS Managing Director, Stewart Hawthorne which need to be challenged. The magazine states that it is read by the country’s key legislators and according to Ipsos Mori, it…
Scathing closing submission from National Park on Loch Long Salmon planning appeal
With the conclusion of the Loch Long Salmon Ltd (LLS) Planning Appeal related to the planning application for an experimental semi-closed containment fish farm at Beinn Reithe, Loch Long in October, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority (NPA) has submitted its closing submission to the DPEA Reporter, who in turn will make his…
Fish Farm Farce – Loch Long Salmon Planning Appeal
Trial or Commercial? Which system manufacturer? Unproven waste management system? Potential for escapes? Mortalities prevention? Just some of the questions with unsatisfactory answers. Loch Long Salmon (LLS) thought it was all going swimmingly with their plans for a mammoth experimental fish farm using unproven technology at Bienn Reithe on Loch Long in the Loch Lomond…
Loch Long Salmon propose experimental farm a mere 850 metres from disease infected neighbour on Loch Linnhe
Last week’s exposé in a national newspaper of fish welfare abuse, showed some 4 tonnes of diseased salmon (that’s approximately 2,000 x 2kg fish) being incinerated at Scottish Sea Farms’ fish farm at Loch Linnhe. Something which has ramifications beyond this particular open-net facility. Loch Long Salmon (LLS) is proposing to site two semi-closed industrial…
Loch Long Salmon Beinn Reithe Planning Application Appeal – Respond by 11 May
If you submitted a representation to Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park or DPEA opposing the Loch Long Salmon industrial fish farm at Beinn Reithe Loch Long, then you should have received a letter (see below) in the last few days from DPEA. If you wish to attend the pre-examination meeting (which may be…
[Updated 26 Feb] Beinn Reithe Loch Long Fish Farm Planning Appeal – How to oppose
[Updated 26 Feb, 2023] The following is some pertinent information you may wish to consider including in your opposition submission to the DPEA. Comments must be submitted no later than March 3, 2023. The list is by no means exhaustive. Please see related AFFtheClyde posts for more information on the Beinn Reithe proposal. – Loch…
Loch Long communities respond to scathing attack on National Park by fish farm developer
AFFtheClyde this week defended the decision by the board of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park to refuse planning consent for what would have been Scotland’s largest fish farm after the company, Loch Long Salmon, launched a scathing attack on the Park planners. In a press statement after submitting its planning appeal earlier this…
AFFtheClyde joins Coastal Communities Network as Loch Linnhe residents reach out for support to oppose fish farm
Environmental group AFFtheClyde, established by Ardentinny residents in 2019 to oppose a proposed fish farm at the Loch Long village, has become the newest member of the Coastal Communities Network (CCN). The network, which is part of Fauna & Flora International, supports some 24 community-based groups throughout Scotland and are united by the desire for…
Ross Greer congratulates local residents who fought Loch Long salmon farm development and won
Ross Greer, who, along with fellow Green MSP Ariane Burgess, jointly objected to the Loch Long Salmon Company’s Beinn Reithe fish farm proposal, has congratulated the local loch side communities. In a statement he said “This is fantastic news for Loch Long and the whole of the National Park. I’d like to congratulate the local residents…