Shocking images of salmon farming waste spewing into remote Scots river spark probe
Date of alert:
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Crime Ref:
Force:
Police Scotland
A probe has been launched as the Record today reveals shocking images of a sewage pipe spewing salmon farm waste into a river near the iconic Loch Fyne.
We obtained video footage showing huge volumes of effluent - including sludge from feed pellets used to feed caged salmon - being discharged into the Kinglas Water, in Argyll and Bute.
Underwater filming shows how river water near the pipe had turned a murky, manky brown.
Meanwhile, the riverbed of the Kinglas Water - which flows directly into Loch Fyne, famous for its seafood - was caked in brown mush from leftover feed, with wild baby fish swimming nearby.
Campaigner Don Staniford, who discovered the scene on August 6, has now filed a pollution complaint into the incident, triggering an investigation by Scotland’s environment watchdog SEPA.
