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Information sourced from Fisheries Research Services Fish Farm Register.
The West Loch Tarbert Area Management Agreement was signed in the Spring of 2000, making it the first AMA to be signed in the Western Isles. The area covered by the agreement includes all Crown Estate leases for finfish farming within the water body of West Loch Tarbert between Rubha Huisinis and Aird Nisabost, and all freshwater catchments discharging into this area.
Currently there is one company operating three sites in this area, with important freshwater systems including the Castlewater, Miavaig, Halladale and to the south the Laxdale and luskentyre systems.
There is an SAC designated in this loch for freshwater pearl mussels.
Area Management Group Members
- Marine Harvest Scotland Ltd ( www.marineharvest.com)
- Western Isles Salmon Fisheries Board: Contact - Malcolm McPhail (Clerk))
- Western Isles Fisheries Trust: Contact - Simon Scott (Director)
- Western Isles Aquaculture Association
Observers
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar ( www.cnes.gov.uk)
- Amhuinnsuidhe Castle Estate ( www.amhuinnsuidhe.com)
- Borve Lodge Estate
Notified escapes: All escapes must be reported to the Scottish Government