Big shout out to the brave locals who fought off plans for a salmon farm in Loch Long – your victory is a watershed moment and an inspiration to communities up and down the coast. The tide just turned against toxic salmon farming! @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/TCAGeSuSeC pic.twitter.com/qZ7UmU1gJ0
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022
BBC News reported (31 October 2022):
BBC News: @lomondtrossachs "It is our view that such a nationally important landscape is not the appropriate location to host development of such an industrial scale & where the risk of an escape of farmed fish could impact on designated water courses" https://t.co/NvlQEA27F1
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 31, 2022
The Helensburgh Advertiser reported (31 October 2022):
Victory: "Planning permission for a proposed new fish farm on Loch Long has been refused. Members of @lomondtrossachs board turned down Loch Long Salmon's plans for a site in the shadow of Beinn Reithe on Monday" @helensburghadv @AFFtheClyde @eviesnowcat https://t.co/jTEIQ4t3Gg
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 31, 2022
Against Fish Farms in the Clyde Tweeted (31 October 2022):
Today @lomondtrossachs board rejected #LochLongSalmon fish farm planning application at Loch Long. Although supported by @BrendanOHaraMP, @jenni_minto, @CouncillorBlair & @scotgov, it was opposed by many loch communities. Big thanks to the @AFFtheClyde team & friends pic.twitter.com/ORLu398Pvl
— AFFtheClyde (@AFFtheClyde) October 31, 2022
'Extreme Activists' Exposed: photo exclusive of a motley crew of eco-terrorists who dared to protest publicly vs salmon farming. I have passed this incriminating evidence onto @PoliceScotland with a view to prosecution @theSNP https://t.co/TCAGeSukp4 @ScotlandSalmon @TavishScott pic.twitter.com/AwnqGIfvxS
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022
STV News reported (31 October 2022):
STV News: Plans for new salmon fish farm in Trossachs National Park rejected @STVNews https://t.co/FCgWV2pLKO @lomondtrossachs @AFFtheClyde @eviesnowcat
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022
Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots reported (1 November 2022):
Fish Farming Expert reported (1 November 2022):
Loch Long Salmon won't take no for an answer!
"They have gone against the wishes of the community" claims Stewart Hawthorn (ignoring 200 objections & opposition from the local community) @lomondtrossachs @loch_long @ardentinny @AFFtheClyde @eviesnowcat https://t.co/so3zY3FzxT— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022
Lochside Press reported (1 November 2022):
Loch Long salmon firm ‘exploring options’ after plan rejected @LochsidePress https://t.co/xqoujyG8IG
Maybe the best/only option is to listen to the overwhelming local opposition & concede to the 10 to 1 vote against the salmon farm? @lomondtrossachs @AFFtheClyde @scotgp— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022
Here's photos from yesterday's site visit and hearing (31 October 2022):
Extreme Activism 101: here's the shocking moment yesterday when raging grannies armed with questions and walking sticks harassed Stewart Hawthorn of Loch Long Salmon Farm. "Please go away and never come back" said one lady. The locals are revolting! @TavishScott @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/fahn02Wjl2
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022
Here's video footage from yesterday's site visit to Loch Long:
Photo Exclusive: A menacing mob of 'extreme activists' poised to riot vs @lomondtrossachs if they granted planning permission to Loch Long Salmon Farm at the public hearing in Arrochar @PoliceScotland has been notified & everyone is now on Suella Braverman's terrorist watch list pic.twitter.com/ziwx3Nx2R8
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022
The moment Stewart Hawthorn of Loch Long Salmon Farm realised his semi-enclosed salmon farm proposal was doomed to failure. Hours later @lomondtrossachs voted 10 to 1 against having a salmon farm inside the National Park @loch_long @ardentinny @AFFtheClyde https://t.co/TCAGeSukp4 pic.twitter.com/txGmCKJZUs
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 2, 2022
The Times reported (2 November 2022):
Sloppy journalism @Jerwatsonjourno @timesscotland reporting on ‘environmentally friendly’ Loch Long Salmon Farm https://t.co/NfdyU5OceT
Surely comment from all the locals objecting to the failed technology @CermaqCan should have been sought? @AFFtheClyde @ardentinny @eviesnowcat pic.twitter.com/FIeDhhV2lP— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 2, 2022
Read more via:
Loch Long Salmon Farm Dead in the Water this Halloween!
Loch Long – flood of public opposition sinks salmon farm in National Park?
"This technology is not new, it has been used successfully in Norway, Canada and the Faroe Islands for decades" claims Loch Long Salmon @heraldscotland
If Stewart Hawthorn's idea of 'success' is thousands of salmon dying in their own urine then he can keep it! @lomondtrossachs https://t.co/ridKMprxsJ pic.twitter.com/p1efXbREgH— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 28, 2022
Exclusive: this photo of 'extreme activists' (as @TavishScott @ScotlandSalmon brands opponents) has been passed onto @PoliceScotland as evidence of growing public resistance vs salmon farming. The wee lady with a walking stick is believed to be ringleader https://t.co/TCAGeSukp4 pic.twitter.com/nPjLb9GhUt
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 1, 2022
"Scottish lawmakers kill semi-closed fish farm project" screams the headline @Salmon_Business https://t.co/q5rXt4pfj8
As millions of factory farmed salmon die cruel deaths across Scotland – nothing to see here! @rspcaassured @ASC_aqua @ScotlandSalmon https://t.co/oZtlH0Usht pic.twitter.com/Bkfra0N4ku— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 4, 2022