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Duich Salmon Farm, Loch Duich

CAR APPLICATION - SUPPORTING INFORMATION

WRITTEN BY ON THE BEHALF OF

MARINE HARVEST ( SCOTLAND) LIMITED

NOVEMBER 2016 — V1

Stob Ban House, Glen Nevis Business Park

Fort William, PH33 6RX

Slob Ban House, Glen Nevis Business Park

Fort William, PH33 6RX

01397 715078

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http:// mari neharvest, com

1. Designated Areas of Conservation Importance

Duich Salmon Farm is situated within Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Special Areas of Conservation

SAC). The Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh SAC was designated for the protection of Reef habitat. An

assessment was carried out in 2011 to determine potential impacts resulting from the existing

salmon farm, and potential interactions with the qualifying features subject to an appropriate

assessment.

The development site also falls within the Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Marine Protected Area which

was designated in 2014 to protect Flame Shell Beds & Burrowed Mud. The Data Confidence

Assessment written in support of the designation identifies that the known aggregations of Flame

Shell Beds are clumped at the mouth of Loch Alsh and that Burrowed Mud is widely present in Loch

Duich.

Marine Harvest ( Scotland) Limited ( MHS) proposes to modify the maximum biomass and the size of

the pens by replacing the authorised equipment with 12 pens of 120m circumference and operating

a maximum biomass of 2, 500t. The proposal retains the centre coordinates for each pen and

thereby limits the degree of change.

Following pre -application discussion with SEPA and Scottish Natural Heritage, the existing and

proposed footprints predicted by AutoDepomod are very similar ( Figures 1 to 8) and consequently

the proposed changes are not expected to introduce new areas of potential impact. On this basis,

potential impacts to protected features are not expected to be significant and no further assessment

is required in support of this application.

Figure 1. Pen centres

Figure 2. Existing site operating at 2, 125t — Predicted Benthic Footprint

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Figure 3. Proposed site operating at 2, 500t — Predicted Benthic Footprint

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