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Fears raised by salmon dump

Written By: John Mc Calllay
On Date: 18/7/2005

Safety fears have been raised over the dumping of thousands of tonnes of diseased farmed salmon in the Western Isles. More than 100,000 fish have been buried, along with fish waste treated with acid, on a beach in North Uist. Residents and campaigners say the dump is a threat to public health and called on the Scottish executive to introduce tougher regulations. The fish were dumped following an outbreak of infectious pancreatic necrosis and a suspected outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) at a fish farm
run by Marine Harvest, a seafood firm, on the neighbouring island of South Uist. Susan Rothwell, whose home is less than half a mile from the Kyles Paible
> dump, said: "The smell is indescribable. The stench of rotting fish day
> in,
> day out makes you feel ill. If you go anywhere near the place it is just
> covered by flies and seagulls.
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>
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> "It is a clear health hazard and there is no way that it should be
> happening
> right next to the beach where kiddies play."
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> Bruce Sandison, chairman of the Salmon Farm Protest Group, said: "This is
> an
> environmental and public health hazard on one of the most sensitive
> landscapes in Europe."
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>
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> Planning permission was granted by the Western Isles council in 2004. The
> Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) said it was monitoring the
> dump.
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> Dave Cahill, a manager for Marine Harvest Scotland, said: "There was a
> temporary increase in the number of fish composted when there was a
> suspicion of ISA last year. Some fish were also killed in a storm last
> January. This has now returned to normal.
>
>
>
> "Our procedures for disposing of the fish comply with all legal
> standards."
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> How companies will access the funds and who will be eligible - including
> whether bankrupt companies can use the money to get back in the game -
> must
> also be determined.>
> http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?contentid=4569
>

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