Green Around the Gills : 3 March 2023

Public opposition is building against a super-sized proposal by AquaCultured Seafood Ltd for a 5,000 tonne salmon farm in Cleethorpes (just next to Grimsby Town Football Club and Grimsby docks) in the North-East of England.

"As a property owner who lives close to the proposed site, I am concerned about the smell that will emanate from the large tanks of salmon, also the flood risk should these tanks spring a leak" (Miss C Masters of Fuller St in Cleethorpes @NELCouncil) @officialgtfc @jstockwood pic.twitter.com/NP2cnhhliI
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 3, 2023

If approved, the 40,000 square metre development which claims to support 100 jobs and £100 million in investment, would be the UK's largest salmon farm with over 50 tanks discharging 1 million cubic litres of effluent PER DAY into the Humber Estuary (a RAMSAR, SSSI and Special Protected Area).

Objections filed by local residents in submissions to North East Lincolnshire Council include:

"The local residents have had enough! The impact on the wildlife would be immense. We have several species of butterfly and humming bird moths, foxes, badgers, roe deer and sparrow hawks" (Amanda Hunt of Harrington St in Cleethorpes) @NELCouncil @officialgtfc @jstockwood pic.twitter.com/zhmvf0K3Rf
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 3, 2023

"I strongly oppose the building of the salmon farm. This would be too near the residential properties. The smell from this will be terrible. Residents are under the illusion that this is going to be a big pond. They do not realise the enormity of this farm" (Linda Calvert) pic.twitter.com/D8fIraL0Eu
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 3, 2023

"I strongly oppose the plan to build a salmon farm in Cleethorpes. We have wading birds in their 1000s that feed along the shoreline & beautiful beach. There are deer, at least 2 endangered butterfly species, countless birds & other wildlife. Why destroy all this?" (Jane Board) pic.twitter.com/bSJFaR17Js
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 3, 2023

Join the discussion on Facebook via SAY NO TO SALMON FARM ...... SCAM-ON CLEETHORPES

Two-thirds (67%) of people responding to a Facebook survey said they were opposed to the salmon farm development with a further 21% saying it should be relocated to Grimsby docks:

Please join a peaceful and respectful protest on Tuesday (7 March) - meet at 6pm outside McDonald's on Grimsby Rd just in front of Blundell Park (home of Grimsby Town FC).

If you're in the North East of England please note a protest next Tuesday (7 March) outside Grimsby FC @officialgtfc Show your opposition to a 5,000 tonne salmon farm which, if approved, will be the UK's largest! @NELCouncil @jstockwood
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— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 27, 2023

$camon $cotland reported last month (22 February 2023):

Grimsby News reported (21 February 2023):

Councillor Steve Holland of North East Lincolnshire Council outlined his concerns - including the lack of an environmental impact assessment:

Here's photos taken on 21 February 2023:

I visited Cleethorpes beach yesterday to meet with local residents & naturalists opposed to a 5,000 tonne salmon farm which, if approved, would be the UK's largest. The message was a simple one: Fish Off! @NELCouncil @GrimsbyLive @GiGrimsbyNews @officialgtfc @jstockwood pic.twitter.com/HoCkHcLKfp
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 22, 2023