Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park board on Monday rejected the planning application by Loch Long Salmon Company for the salmon farm development at Bienne Reithe, Loch Long. The application which was supported by the Argyll MP, MSP, councillors and the Scottish Government was opposed by a number of communities around the loch who…
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Deputy leader of Scottish Labour speaks out against the Beinn Reithe, Loch Long Fish Farm proposal
Deputy leader of Scottish Labour, Jackie Baillie MSP, whose Dumbarton constituency borders the proposed Beinn Reithe salmon farm at Loch Long, has spoken out about the development on the eve of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Public Hearing in Arrochar on Monday 31 October. In a written submission to the National Park,…
Are you attending the Bienne Reithe Fish Farm Public Hearing? We can help!
We still have some spaces left on the bus to Bienne Reithe Fish Farm Public Hearing in Arrochar on Monday. The visit will also cover the site of the proposed fish farm just up Loch Long from Ardentinny. By attending the meeting you will be demonstrating your opposition to the development and therefore helping to…
We’re putting a bus on to Arrochar Public Hearing this Monday!
We’ve still got some seats left on the free bus to #lochLongFishFarm Public Hearing at Arrochar on Mon 31 Oct. Pick-ups are from Ardentinny Lochgoilhead, Carrick Castle, Cove, Kilcreggan, Roseneath, Garelochead & Portincaple. Email afftheclyde@gmail.com to book your seat. Visit the site, attend the meeting and support the Lochside communities to oppose what will be…
What you need to do to oppose Scotland’s largest salmon farm development at Loch Long
The Loch Long Bienn Reithe fish farm planning application Public Hearing takes place on Monday 31 October at Arrochar. A number of MSPs, government bodies and the Argyll & Bute MP have submitted letters of support. However some 200+ members of the public, community councils and environmental organisations have submitted letters opposing the industrial development…
Your opportunity to speak against Loch Long Fish Farm proposal at Public Hearing
Planning Application 2021/0357/DET – Loch Long Fish Farm at Bienn Reithe. Any member of the public or organisation which has made a written representation prior to the National Park Special Board Report being published may request to speak at the hearing. Please read the Framework Document prior to completing the speaker participation form. The speaker…
National Park Planners recommend Loch Long fish farm application be refused
Ardentinny-based environmental group, AFFtheClyde, has this week welcomed, with guarded optimism, the National Park recommendation that the proposed Loch Long Salmon (LLSC) Bienn Reithe fish farm near Arrochar’s planning application be refused. Although the application has received support from some MSPs and local councillors, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park received over 200 objections…
Loch Long Fish Farm Public Hearing & Site Visit
Loch Long Fish Farm Public Hearing & Site Visit MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2022 AT 10:20 AM – 5:30 PM A public hearing in respect of the planning proposal for an industrial-sized, semi-closed fish farm at the head of Loch Long (Beinn Reithe) will take place at Three Villages Hall, Shore Road, Arrochar, G83 7AB on…
Concerns raised over nutrient pollutants at proposed Loch Long fish farm
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…
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…