ASH has produced landscape and visual assessments for aquaculture sites throughout Scotland

ASH have extensive experience of the landscape/seascape environmental assessment and siting of saltwater and freshwater finfish sites and shellfish sites on sensitive locations on the west coast of Scotland.

Key Tasks

Site options appraisals

Landscape and visual impact assessment

Photomontages

Stakeholder consultation

 

What we did

ASH have undertaken environmental assessments for a variety of Aquaculture developments ranging from reconfiguration or relocation of existing operations to the siting of completely new ones. These have included:

  • The Isle of Arran: a proposed new fish farm site in a visually challenging and sensitive location in Whiting Bay. Located not far from Brodick, the island's main town and near to the Ardrossan Ferry route. A landscape and visual assessment was carried out.
  • The Sound of Shuna: a proposed new mussel farm site visible from main Argyll coastal route. A landscape and visual assessment was carried out.
  • The Sound of Mull: a proposed new fish farm site at Maclean's Nose, a rocky point at the entrance to Loch Sunart. Careful siting played an important part in this development in addition to a landscape and visual assessment.
  • Loch Sunart: proposed changes from traditional hand-fed pens to automatic feed barges in several locations. A landscape and visual assessment was carried out in order to assess the likely impacts of these changes. Extensive consultation with SNH and the Highland Council was required.
  • Loch Sunart: a review of the client's operations on the entire length of this environmentally sensitive sea-loch. The review looked at the reconfiguration and deletion of existing sites and proposals for new ones, together with changes in associated shore bases and operations. This involved an assessment of the landscape capacity of the coastal hinterland in respect of the proposed changes and an assessment of likely visual impacts.
  • Loch Torridon & Loch Ewe: proposed changes to existing configurations involving new pens in several highly sensitive and popular locations. Loch Ewe can be found close to Inverewe Gardens. A landscape and visual assessment was carried out in order to assess the likely impacts of these changes. Extensive consultation with SNH was required.
  • The Isle of Skye: proposed changes to an existing configuration involving new pens in a sensitive location overlooked by the Cuillins. A landscape and visual assessment was carried out in order to assess the likely impacts of these changes.
  • Loch Garry & Glenfinnan: a proposed deletion and reconfiguration of pens in two freshwater locations, the latter not far from the famous Glenfinnan Memorial. A landscape and visual assessment was carried out in order to assess the likely impacts of these changes.

Find out more

We’re always happy to answer your questions. If you’d like to find out more about the services we can offer for your project, you can email us on info@ashglasgow.com or call 0141 227 3388.