The Friends of the Sound of Jura is a community group and registered Scottish Charity based in Knapdale, mid Argyll, an area bounded on three sides by the sea.

The group coalesced in 2017 to object to a fish farm proposal which was inappropriately situated and would have harmed marine life. We then realised how much local feeling there was in support of protecting the coastal waters and how rare it was for the opinions of coastal people to be heard or heeded by those in charge of managing it. We subsequently took on a role to inform and help the local community to express its opinions and, where appropriate, campaign more widely for marine conservation and the sustainable use of the sea we all share, protecting the wildlife and the local sustainable economy”

We are not against fish farming in principle and as wild fish stocks are falling, aquaculture will have a role in providing food. Aquaculture also provides employment in communities like ours but it has to be truly sustainable, because our community depends on a healthy sea.

We are a science/data led group which engages with policy and decision makers to achieve an honest sustainability.

Our hope is to encourage awareness of the wonderful wildlife in the Sound, Loch Sween and the River Add area and with this its appreciation and inevitably its protection.