Posts Tagged ‘Argyll and Bute Council’
Row erupts over seafood export charges
SCOTTISH seafood businesses claim they are facing prohibitive increases in export costs because of council hikes, according to a new report last night. The row centres on local authority health certificates, with some costs rising almost thirtyfold in less than two years. Health certificates are required when selling to countries outside the EU, but they…
Read MoreDawnfresh expansion set to go ahead
SCOTTISH trout farmer Dawnfresh is expected to win approval to increase its number of fish pens on Loch Etive in Argyll, the Oban Times reported. A meeting on Wednesday of Argyll and Bute Council’s Planning, Protective Services and Licensing Committee recommended that planning permission be granted to replace 10 x 80m cages with 12 x…
Read MoreGo ahead for Marine Harvest expansion
MARINE Harvest has won the go ahead to expand two of its farms in Argyll, the Oban Times reported. The company’s plans to merge five sites into four were approved by Argyll and Bute Council at the end of June. In one application, Marine Harvest sought to modify 16 x 100m cages into 12 x…
Read MoreMH wins go ahead for wrasse hatchery
MARINE Harvest has won planning consent to build a wrasse hatchery in Machrihanish that will help meet the growing demand for farmed cleaner fish. Plans for the 20,000sq m plant were first mooted two years ago but met with opposition from a local conservation group. However, support for the project, which will create up to…
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