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,…
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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…
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…
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,…
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…
Cowal Games – Time for an ethical approach?
Whilst the AFFtheClyde campaign opposing the four proposed Dawnfresh fish farms at Loch Long and on the Clyde has been gaining momentum over the past months, there has been little attention focussed on another multinational fish farm company in Argyll continuing to curry favour with the local populous via its sponsorship of local events. This…
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…
Ardentinny Village Survey – the Village Response to the Dawnfresh Industrial Trout Farm Proposals
Jann Garratt of AfftheClyde action group compiled, circulated and has now analysed the local questionnaire eliciting residents’ views on the Dawnfresh trout farm proposal for Ardentinny which are summarised as follows: Summary of Survey AFF the Clyde was formed by a group of volunteers, resident in the village of Ardentinny. The group formed to oppose…