Islanders sound alarm over government approval to support problematic industry: 'It's betrayal at the highest level'

Islanders sound alarm over government approval to support problematic industry: 'It's betrayal at the highest level'

Shetland's council approved what will be the United Kingdom's biggest-ever salmon farm. Local scallop fishers say it could wipe out their way of life, reported The Guardian. What's happening? Scottish Sea Farms, co-owned by Norwegian corporations SalMar and Lerøy, received approval to construct 12 pens near Fish Holm along Shetland's eastern coastline. The operation would contain 6,000 tonnes (6,613 tons) of salmon. SSF runs 20 farms on the isla…