"Communities should not have fish farms forced on them, says MSP" (Oban Times)

 

"Communities should not have fish farms forced on them, says MSP" @ArianeBurgessHI @obantimes https://t.co/M2kUY8JgCy pic.twitter.com/RiGktTNej8

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 23, 2023

 

The Oban Times reported (21 December 2023):

 

 

 

 

Public comments submitted to Argyll & Bute Council in response to Bakkafrost's application for another salmon farm off Gigha (they already operate two at Driumyeon Bay and East Tarbert Bay) are online here - including an objection from Laggan & Sorn District Salmon Fishery Board dated 12 December 2023 citing sea lice and escapes of farm salmon:

 

 

 

Dr Eleanor Logan of the Isle of Gigha wrote in objection on 4 December 2023:

 

 

Dr Eleanor Logan @argyllandbute: "As a resident of Gigha as it is an inappropriate development in the wrong location, led by a company with a woeful track record in running existing farms off Gigha" @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond @isleofgigha @CCNScotland @MairiGougeon @scotgp pic.twitter.com/Sljx90oK4Y

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 23, 2023

 

 

Miss Iona Middleton of the Isle of Islay wrote in objection on 4 December 2023:

 

 

 

 

The Coastal Communities Network of Scotland wrote in objection on 24 November 2023:

 

 

 

Ewan Kennedy of Argyll wrote in objection on 3 December 2023:

 

 

 

Ariane Burgess MSP wrote in objection on 27 November 2023:

 

 

 

 

Ariane Burgess MSP @argyllandbute: "My main reason for objecting is the appalling track record of the operator, Bakkafrost, in the same region" (@rspcaassured salmon farms off Gigha reported 80% mortality!!) @ScotlandSalmon @Folketrygdfond @ScotGovMarine @scotgp @ArianeBurgessHI pic.twitter.com/ecHSplEYAj

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 23, 2023

 

 

 

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STV News: "Thousands of rotting salmon ‘stink out’ village after mass death at farm"

 

 

Thousands of rotting salmon ‘stink out’ village after mass death at farm.https://t.co/hOoOmXr0n7

— STV News (@STVNews) October 20, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

We surveyed @salmon_scottish Gigha farms a couple months ago and were using Acoustic Deterrent Devices illegally without EPS license and now trying to skip 500,000 diseased and dying fish before the Fish Health Inspectorate turn up. What definition of sustainable is this? pic.twitter.com/1XMbd4hiUx

— Clyde Porpoise CIC (@ClydePorpoise) October 15, 2021