More than 160 residents have signed a petition demanding: ‘No more sewage and toxic waste from salmon cages in our seas.’
That is the resounding message from the people from 13 island villages who attended one of the six public meetings held by the Community of Arran Seabed Trust (COAST) to discuss and explore the community’s opinions on the Scottish Salmon Company’s (SSC) proposal to double the production of salmon in the waters of Lamlash Bay. There is also considerable alarm about the company’s interest in setting up salmon cages in the ‘wider Arran area’.
Over the past two months COAST has held six public meetings starting in Brodick and going on to Kildonan, Whiting Bay, Blackwaterfoot and Lochranza before finishing in Lamlash last week.