Fish Guidance Systems are disappointed to hear of proposed changes to permit conditions at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. After participating in the public inquiry in 2022 and having received a letter from the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy stating the matter is closed, we Read more…
The UK Government announced this week the launch of the Environmental Improvement Plan, whilst at the same time the Environment Agency is launching a consultation to allow EDF to further pollute the Severn Estuary with fish unnecessarily killed by the removal of innovative environmental protections. Rebecca Pow, the MP for Read more…
After the Government dismissed their appeal to remove it, experts have warned that EDF must now install the Acoustic Fish Deterrent at Hinkley Point C, and that no other option should be considered. Dr David Lambert and Dr Andy Turnpenny have cautioned that pursuing the little known IROPI (Imperative Reasons Read more…
Earlier this month, in what was described as a ‘landmark victory’, The Scottish Government welcomed a Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) report on the use of acoustic deterrent devices (ADDs), also known as seal scarers, in salmon farming. ADDs, although similarly named, are very different from Acoustic Fish Deterrents, and Fish Read more…
Fish Guidance Systems has reacted with disappointment over the UK Government’s decision not to uphold best practice and expert consensus by allowing Sizewell C Nuclear Plant to be built without an Acoustic Fish Deterrent – meaning millions of fish will die every year by being sucked into the plant’s underwater Read more…