THE Friends of the Sound of Jura is a community group that objects to the proposal by Kames Fish Farming Ltd to farm 2,500 tonnes of fish at Dounie, on the Sound of Jura.
We believe that the environmental impacts of pesticides and thousands of tonnes of organic waste, as well as the sea lice that can kill wild salmon and sea trout, mean that nowhere in the Sound of Jura is appropriate for fish farming.
It would also affect those whose jobs depend on the sound being free of pollution.
Petitions objecting to this development have been signed by more than 3,400 people, including a majority of the electors in the North Knapdale community council area that would be most affected.
Kames describes Marine Harvest as its backers in this proposal. In August, Steve Bracken of Marine Harvest was interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today. He said: “We will not create a new farm, establish a new farm, unless we have community support. At the end of the day they’re the people that are living there. If the community said they’re not in favour of the salmon farm we wouldn’t attempt to try and start one up”.
This seems fair to us. Our community would have to live with this farm and our community has said clearly that we are not in favour of it. We call on Kames to withdraw its proposal.
Charlotte Goodlet, on behalf of
Friends of the Sound of Jura,
Tayvallich,
Lochgilphead,
Argyll.
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