CCN members who are active on issues related to salmon farming and other forms of aquaculture collaborate via the CCN Aquaculture group. Together, they hold a wealth of knowledge on their specific local contexts and technical detail around the environmental impacts of the finfish farming industry in Scotland.
The CCN Aquaculture group participated in the 2018 ECCLR and RECC inquiries and have presented large amounts of evidence to support the case for a temporary halt to the expansion of the industry, until it can be shown to be environmentally sustainable. Further to this, the group supports the Petition to the Scottish Government to use Closed Containment for Salmon Farms in Scotland (PE01715).
CCN is a member of SEPA’s Finfish Aquaculture Advisory Panel. Representatives from CCN have also attended Mark Ruskell MSP‘s Aquaculture Campaigners Roundtable Meetings. Some CCN members are part of the Salmon Aquaculture Reform Network Scotland (SARNS) and others are leading a complaint to the European Commission on the use of Acoustic Deterrent Devices (ADDs).
Over the years, members of CCN have been meeting with aquaculture officials from Marine Scotland, SEPA, Crown Estate Scotland, Local Planning Authority representatives and MSPs. A variety of briefings, consultation responses, letters and press releases have been produced, some of which can be found below.