Lighthouse Caledonia announces asset sales and refinancing
Lighthouse Caledonia has announced today (10th February) a series of actions designed to address what it describes as its ‘constrained liquidity situation’. It is:selling assets and biomassagreeing...
View ArticleArgyll a possible venue for open sea residential fish farming
Marine Harvest Scotland announced today that it is starting to explore potential sites for residential open sea salmon farms in the Western Isles, in Highland region and in Argyll.The company talked to...
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Scottish Tax Payers ‘Pay-into’ Norwegian Owned Fish Farm Profits
Investigations into the shot seal incident, reported by a family of four holidaying on the west coast and covered by ForArgyll, has revealed some interesting facts. One of which is that every tax...
View ArticleDouble edged message in government announcement of new Marine Harvest investment
It is hard not to consider that the political agenda in the drive to create an apparently sustainable economic future for an independent Scotland is moving beyond the danger point of damaging the...
View ArticleNo call in for Ardmaddy but Environment Minister calls in on Lochailort
Newly appointed Environment Minister, Paul Wheelhouse, will visit the Marine Harvest fish farm in Lochailort tomorrow, Wednesday 17th October.Mr Wheelhouse will meet staff and tour the facilities at...
View ArticlePart 2: RSPCA / Freedom Food assurances on farmed salmon
We recently published an article on a new report commissioned by the Salmon & Trout Association, which shows how the RSPCA has compromised itself in its ‘Freedom Food’ farm assurance and food...
View ArticleMarine Harvest buys Lewis Salmon – and boasts of fish health?
A week ago, on 4th February, the Stornoway Gazette announced that Marine Harvest Scotland, part of the world’s biggest aquaculture combine, had bought Western Isles based Lewis Salmon ‘as part of its...
View ArticleSaveseilsound in FoI to pursue mystery destinations of dead farmed salmon
Last Sunday’s edition of The Herald, 10th February 2013, carried an article by Rob Edwards highlighting an environmental mystery we have been wondering about for some time in relation to the farmed...
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Ewan Kennedy: the line in the sound
Last weekend, 4th, 5th and 6th May, over two dozen boats took part in the 11th annual invitation-only muster for small boats on the Isle of Luing.Most came from outside Argyll, including a few from the...
View ArticleSalmon & Trout Association reports Sainsbury’s to Advertising Standards – and...
The Salmon and Trout Association Scotland (S&TAS) today, 20th May, filed a formal complaint against Sainsbury’s over the supermarket’s erroneous claims concerning the geographic origin of and...
View ArticleGood news from salmon farming sector: Marine Harvest breaks ranks and seeks...
The major salmon farmer, Marie Harvest, has broken ranks with the rest of the industry represented by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation and is seeking Aquaculture Stewardship Council [ASC]...
View ArticleSEPA has case to answer as FoI reveals toxic sea bed residues below nearly...
Sea-bed monitoring under Scottish salmon farms reveals breaches of Environmental Quality Standards at nearly one in five fish farms for residues of sea-lice treatments toxic to lobster, crabs and...
View ArticleEC clears Marine Harvest’s Marpol acquisition – on condition of sale of...
The proposed acquisition of Poland’s farmed salmon processor, Marpol, the biggest in the world – by Marine Harvest, the biggest salmon farmer in the European Economic Area [EEA], Marine Harvest, was...
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