Consultations Archives

COAST response to ECCLR Committee Regional Marine Plan Interim Report. August 2020

The ECCLR Committee published an interim report on its inquiry into regional marine planning in Scotland earlier this year. As part of the interim report, the Committee set our a series of questions which they put to various stakeholders. Read COAST's response here.

COAST response to Wild Wrasse Harvesting. May 2020

This consultation seeks views as to whether the Scottish Government should introduce mandatory measures to control harvesting of live wrasse for the salmon farming industry.

Call for evidence by the ECCLR Committee into the environmental impacts of salmon farming. February 2018

COAST ECCLR Salmon Farming Inquiry 2018 079 COAST

The Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform (ECCLR) Committee has agreed to undertake an inquiry into the environmental impact of salmon farming …

COAST response to SEPA consultation on the use of feed to regulate organic output from marine pen fish farming. January 2020

This consultation explores methods for how we assess the organic load from a marine pen fish farm to ensure organic residues from farms don't negatively impact local environments.