Environment, Human rights
We planned to avoid freedom of information law, says council
A senior planning official has admitted circumventing freedom of information law, by receiving vital environmental data from fish farmers “face to face”.
sea lice
Environment
Ban on polluting pesticide dropped after complaint from fish farmers
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency secretly ditched a plan to ban a toxic pesticide after pressure from the fish farming industry.
Environment
Fish farm firm kills 175,000 salmon by accident
A major fish farming company has killed more than 175,000 of its caged salmon in Scotland while trying to treat them.