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…
Category: loch long
Proposed Loch Long semi-closed salmon farm – an overview
John Aitchison is a renowned wildlife filmmaker who has worked with the BBC, National Geographic, PBS and Discovery Channel on series including Planet Earth II, The Hunt, Frozen Planet, Life Stories, Life, Big Cat Diary, Springwatch and Yellowstone. Below he gives an overview of the proposed ‘Beinn Reithe’ Loch Long fish farm proposal. Simply Blue…
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…
Dunoon bookshop supporting AFFtheClyde
As part of an initiative to support and promote local non-profit groups and causes, Dunoon’s Bookpoint has this week been hosting a window display for #AFFtheClyde, the Ardentinny-based group opposing the development of industrial fish farms on Loch Long and the Clyde. The week-long display provides information on the #AfftheClyde campaign as well as an…
#AFFtheClyde at Bute meeting
#AFFtheClyde volunteer Jann Garrett gave an update on our local group’s work to a packed public meeting in Rothesay last week. Dawnfresh Farming Ltd are proposing to develop a fish farm at Hawk’s Neb on the Isle of Bute, in addition to Ardentinny and the Cumbraes. The meeting, called by ‘Buteiful Coasts’, an environmental group created…