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A leading Scottish salmon producer hired a private investigator to snoop on a key critic of the fish farming industry, an investigation can reveal.
Corin Smith of Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots questioned why Scottish salmon farms work to weaker environmental standards than their counterparts in other countries THE Scottish Government has launched an investigation after receiving complaints from environmental conservationists over the use of “seal scarers” by a company which has fish farms in Argyll and Bute. The row is over the use of acoustic deterrent devices (ADDs), aka seal scarers, which are used to deter seals from attacking fish farms by emitting a sound in the water they find unpleasant. Critics of seal scarers – de...
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by Corin Smith © oknemada1/Shutterstock Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Founder and MD of Gael Force Group Ltd, Stewart Graham, recently argued that a modern Highland Clearances is inevitable unless local people and businesses are supported and developed. In his opinion piece for The P&J, Mr Graham referenced a proposed organic sea farm in Skye which was refused planning permission, directly affecting his own ...
SIX fish farming companies in Scotland given government handouts of more than £10 million have made profits of £926m since 2010, The Ferret can reveal. A total of 20 aquaculture industry bodies received 104 grants amounting to nearly £20m over the last ten years from the Scottish Government, its enterprise agencies and the European Union. Critics argue that “taxpayer bailouts” should not boost profits for an industry which they claim has dumped 300,000 tonnes of pollution in lochs and harmed marine wildlife. Campaigners question whether fish farming in its current form is environme...