Loch Long – flood of public opposition sinks salmon farm in National Park?

 

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

 

 

Objections are flooding in from members of the public concerned at a "reckless" and "mind boggling" proposal for a new salmon farm in Loch Long (within the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs 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

 

 

 

Public objections to the Loch Long Salmon Farm – along with other documents – can be found online via the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park website

 

 

 

Here's some of the more recent objections:

 

James Warne (26 July 2022):  "To introduce a fish farm on the edge of the marine protection area surrounded by national park would be reckless"

 

 

 

Jon Scarr (25 July 2022):

 

 

 

Alexis Soubeyrand (25 July 2022):

 

 

 

Thomas Crowe (24 July 2022):

 

 

Susanne Graaf (23 July 2022):

 

 

 

Lynne Williams (22 July 2022):

 

 

 

Douglas Locke (22 July 2022):

 

 

 

Alun Struthers (20 July 2022):

 

 

 

 

And here's some previous objections:

 

Cove and Kilcreggan Community Council (23 May 2022):

 

 

 

Community of Arran Seabed Trust (22 December 2021):

 

 

 

Friends of the Sound of Jura (7 December 2021):

 

 

And the 7-page objection letter ends with:

 

 

 

Argyll Fisheries Trust (6 December 2021):

 

 

 

John Nelson (5 December 2021):

 

 

 

Hilary Worton (5 December 2021):

 

 

 

Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association (5 December 2021):

 

 

 

 

Salmon & Trout Conservation Scotland (4 December 2021):

 

 

 

And Salmon & Trout Conservation Scotland's objection ends with:

 

 

 

 

Salmon & Trout Conservation (since renamed Wild Fish) blogged in March 2022:

 

 

 

 

Helensburgh Advertiser reported last week (29 July 2022):

 

 

 

 

To file an objection (the deadline is Friday 5 August 2022) or to find out more information visit the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park website 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cermaq Canada said it engineered a water quality solution after a technical fault reduced water quality, resulting in fish mortality https://t.co/FcaAKnMPcZ
Surely 'Phase 2' is doomed too? @CermaqCan @ClayoquotAction @AFFtheClyde @ClydePorpoise @loch_long @lomondtrossachs

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 22, 2022

 

 

 

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