Environmental Report for the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Location / Relocation of Fish Farms Draft Programme Proposals: Final Draft/Consultation Report

9.5 Mitigations

	Interaction	Does Relocation (and associated routine safeguards) adequately resolve need for further mitigation?		Further Mitigation required / advisable
	Interaction	Probably	Probably Not	Further Mitigation required / advisable
Wildlife	Wild fish / sea lice	v
	Wild fish / Disease	v
	Wild fish / genetics		v	Engineering standards for more robust cage design - containment strategies
	Marine mammals / cetaceans		v	Consult with SNH, Seawatch, MCS and Hebridean Whale and Dolphin trust on key areas.
	Local marine biodiversity	v
Wider environment	Local water quality - chemical	v
	Localised organic enrichment	v
	Cumulative water quality		v	Further modelling exercises at regional and national level to assess environmental capacity.
	Landscape		v	Reduce visual impact through cage and feeding system (barge) design. Refer to SNH recommendations.
	WFD Ecological Status	v
Socio - economic	Other fish farms	v
	Other users (fisheries / navigation)		v
	Cultural heritage	v
	Tourism	v
Commercial considerations	Cost		v	Initial cost may be supported by the Scottish Executive - long term costs factored into company decision.
	Logistics of operation		v	A factor in company decision.
	Consent / biomass restrictions	v
	Work force		v	Evaluate benefit of long term profitability against short term job losses when considering application.

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