Read the press release - "Fatty Farmed Salmon Causes Stink in Scotland" (24 March 2014) - online here
Read exclusively in The Ross-shire Journal online here
Read the FOI Dossier on Wester Ross Fisheries Processing Plant in Dingwall (24 March 2014) - online here
Scottish Water - FOI reply (27 February 2014):
Discharge data from 2005 to 2014 reveals 129 "failures" including 58 "serious parameter failures" (a 17.25% failure rate) - including an 80% failure rate for 'free oil and grease' - leading to an overall assessment of "Seriously Non-Compliant".
Read the Excel spreadsheet online here
In 2008/9, compliance was 65% with only 17% compliance (i.e. 83% failure) for 'free grease & oil'. Read the report online here
In 2008, Scottish Water sent a warning letter to Wester Ross Fisheries for "Non-Compliant Effluent". Read the warning letter online here
In 2009, Scottish Water sent Wester Ross Fisheries a warning letter for "Seriously Non-Compliant Effluent". Read the warning letter online here
Read the consent to discharge issued by Scottish Water in October 2011 - online here
Read Highland Council's FOI reply in full online here
Read SEPA's FOI reply letter online here
Read the FOI documents via:
SEPA 2011 Odour issues meeting
Read a FOI reply from the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency in February 2014 online here
Read a scientific paper - "Fish Processing Facilities: New Challenge to Marine
Biosecurity in Canada" - in the Journal of Aquatic Animal Health (December 2013) online here
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