Your opportunity to speak against Loch Long (Bienn Reithe) Fish Farm proposal at Public Hearing https://t.co/pt4V3tj59K @ArianeBurgessHI @BrendanOHaraMP @TheGAAIA @jackiebmsp @Ross_Greer pic.twitter.com/ROm0yDIs0t
— AFFtheClyde (@AFFtheClyde) October 22, 2022
Loch Long Salmon's controversial proposal to establish a new semi-enclosed fish farm inside a National Park in Scotland is fast becoming a nightmare – with the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Planning Board recommending refusal and a public hearing set for Halloween (31 October 2022).
Please help stop Loch Long salmon farm! @AFFtheClyde @savelochlong https://t.co/rkycv1fAAJ pic.twitter.com/ub8j5CpIZc
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 24, 2022
Read the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Planning Board's 101-page paper recommending refusal – including:
Here's the reasons for refusal set out in Appendix 1:
The Herald reported (20 October 2022):
"There are currently no fish farms in Loch Long & a lot of people want to keep it that way" said @ArianeBurgessHI @heraldscotland "We should always think long & hard before giving away our iconic nature to these experiments" @loch_long @lomondtrossachs https://t.co/pGPWFkgMnX
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 21, 2022
Seafood Source reported (21 October 2022):
Fish Farming Expert reported (19 October 2022):
The 101-page report concludes that the proposal does not comply with the relevant policies of the Local Development Plan & there are no material planning considerations which would justify a departure from the LDP @lomondtrossachs @loch_long @eviesnowcat https://t.co/UWhZ1UZOjZ
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 19, 2022
Helensburgh Advertiser reported (19 October 2022):
Loch Long salmon farm: Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park recommends refusal – the proposal has attracted 192 objections @helensburghadv @lomondtrossachs @loch_long @eviesnowcat @AFFtheClyde @WildFishCons @ewangkennedy @ScottishEPA @scotgp https://t.co/aJb12380m6
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 19, 2022
The Fish Site reported (19 October 2022):
The Times reported (19 October 2022):
Developers of a pioneering “pollution-free” salmon farm in a Scottish sea loch face a battle with planners, who say it will risk damaging the landscape of a national park @Jerwatsonjourno @timesscotland https://t.co/9eSevArOIw @AFFtheClyde @eviesnowcat @lomondtrossachs @loch_long
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 19, 2022
Loch Long Salmon's Managing Director Stewart Hawthorn was still pissing in the wind in The Herald (27 October 2022):
"Our application has been supported by @nature_scot & @ScottishEPA and the technology has been endorsed by environmental groups such as the Atlantic Salmon Trust" claims Loch Long Salmon @heraldscotland https://t.co/tyAUjmBT7n @AST_Salmon is not an environmental group!!! pic.twitter.com/dJZ79P92Wm
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 28, 2022
Clayoquot Action in Canada – where the same semi-enclosed technology was trialled unsuccessfully by Cermaq – posted on Facebook on 17 October 2022:
"Cermaq's semi-closed fish farm experiment in Clayoquot Sound failed after only 1 year, because fish were dying from breathing their own urine"
As Dan Lewis from Clayoquot Action puts it: "What we learned was that there were 'fish welfare concerns resulting from chronic exposure to higher levels of ammonia'. In other words, those fish were forced to breath their own urine, probably burning their gills…"
Cermaq's semi-closed salmon farming system is a "viral super-spreader" says @ClayoquotAction https://t.co/PZXxgeJhKK @CermaqCan @Cermaq
Using this flawed system in Loch Long would be sheer madness! @lomondtrossachs @loch_long @AFFtheClyde @WildFishCons @ewangkennedy @eviesnowcat pic.twitter.com/z6aHWjdcor— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 6, 2022
AFFtheClyde reported in August 2022:
As Dan Lewis @ClayoquotAction put it: "What we learned was that there were 'fish welfare concerns resulting from chronic exposure to higher levels of ammonia'. In other words, those fish were forced to breath their own urine, probably burning their gills" @AFFtheClyde @loch_long pic.twitter.com/9N93aP96sT
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 28, 2022
Victoria News reported in October 2021:
"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
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Loch Long – flood of public opposition sinks salmon farm in National Park?
Representations to @lomondtrossachs National Park indicates majority opposed to Loch Long Beinn Reithe fish farm https://t.co/95mkEaSmDP @ArianeBurgessHI @RhodaGrant @jenni_minto @MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllan @FairlieCoastal @TheGAAIA @GuyLinleyAdams @TheSoundOfJura pic.twitter.com/D1b8E7f5LQ
— AFFtheClyde (@AFFtheClyde) August 2, 2022
Loch Long – flood of public opposition sinks salmon farm in National Park? @lomondtrossachs @loch_long @YesLochLong @long_loch @SaveLoch @scotgp @ArranCoast @WildFishCons @Argyll_Fish @SRTristan @craig_borland @TheSoundOfJura @ewangkennedy @helensburghadv https://t.co/xyKpO9f4Pk pic.twitter.com/YAiAiDBtAI
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 1, 2022