Sir,
I read your article on the proposed expansion of the fish farm in Lamlash Bay with interest in last week’s Banner.
Back in the autumn of 2015 Scottish Salmon Company applied to SEPA for a variation in its licence to increase the maximum biomass in their farm in Lamlash Bay from 1,154 to 1,881 tonnes, over 60 per cent of an increase. In fact SEPA itself in adopting the precautionary principle, seven years ago determined that an increase in the maximum biomass over and above the existing limit of 1,154 tonnes would not be appropriate.