Marine pen fish farming: Charging changes

The introduction of the sea lice regulatory framework has changed the regulatory landscape.  Before its introduction, the protection of salmon and sea trout from the potential adverse impacts of sea lice from marine pen fish farms was a local authority planning issue. As part of these responsibilities, planning authorities can require operators to carry out environmental monitoring as a condition of their planning permission. 

Our new monitoring regime will replace most of the obligations on fish farm operators for environmental monitoring under their planning permissions