A company behind plans to build a salmon farm in Loch Long has said it is to challenge a national park’s decision to block the build.
Loch Long Salmon wanted to build the farm in the loch at Beinn Reitche near Arrochar, which would have been the first in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park and the first farm in Scotland to use semi-closed aquaculture technology - but in October was told its proposals were unacceptable.
On Monday, the firm had submitted its appeal to the block, and Stewart Hawthorn, managing director at Long Loch Salmon, said the decision to “prevent this proven, transformative technology being brought to Scotland for the first time was based on fear and a lack of knowledge and understanding”.
