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‘Unspoiled’ Lewis bay under threat from new fish farm

Conservationists and anglers on the Isle of Lewis are fighting to prevent a fish farm being built in an unspoilt bay, fearing it will damage wild stocks of salmon and trout.

Broad Bay, near Stornoway, is one of the last remaining sea lochs in the Outer Hebrides which has not been exploited for fish farming. Conservation groups have nurtured the delicate ecosystem over the last 10 years.