SEPA's 600% price hike ‘unlikely to speed up salmon farm licences’ Scotland’s salmon farmers face increases of up to 600% in the fees charged by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) but are not optimistic it will lead to quicker decisions from the watchdog.
New tool will shed light on human medicines in water A new data visualisation tool to help researchers better understand the effects human medicines have on Scotland’s waters has been launched by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) on behalf of the One Health Breakthrough Partnership (OHBP).
SEPA backs plan for Scotland’s first semi-closed salmon farm A plan to establish Scotland’s first salmon farm using floating, semi-closed pens has been granted a permit from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).
SEPA boss quits over conduct allegations Terry A’Hearn, chief executive of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), has resigned following conduct allegations, SEPA announced this afternoon.
Wild salmon protection zones proposed as part of SEPA rules framework The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has launched a consultation on plans to introduce wild salmon protection zones that would impose new rules on fish farms operating in those areas.
Making fish farm impact modelling more accurate A consortium of organisations in Scotland is developing a more accurate way of predicting how salmon farms interact with their surrounding environment.
Stolen SEPA data published by cyber-thieves Data stolen in a Christmas Eve cyber-attack on the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), which regulates some aspects of fish farming, has been illegally published online.