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Article: Clown fish at Loch Lomond are no laughing matter, warn ecologists TOURISM: FRESH ROW Plans for giant aquarium hit by fears over harmful species contamination
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- May 21, 2006
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LOCH Lomond could be irretrievably damaged by alien fish escaping
from a huge new aquarium that is due to open this summer.
The national park authority has warned that an invasion of the
loch by species that are not naturally present could drive out and
decimate native fish. It could also spread harmful new diseases and
parasites.
To reduce the risk, the park authority wants to ban some species
from the aquarium. But animal rights campaigners are calling for the
aquarium itself to be banned, claiming that it could turn the loch
into "a dead sea".
Scottish Enterprise is applying for permission to install three
large underground reservoirs as part of the redevelopment of
Drumkinnon Tower at ...