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…
Category: rainbow trout
#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…
SEPA objection letter guidance
[ycd_countdown id=376] Deadline for representations to SEPA in respect of CAR (Controlled Activities Regulations) Licence application for the proposed rainbow trout farm in Ardentinny is: Wednesday 5 June Representations should be made in writing by email to: registrydingwall@sepa.org.uk or by post to: Dingwall Registry, SEPA, Graesser House, Fodderty Way, Dingwall, IV15 9XB quoting Permit Number CAR/L/1178003….