· FOI/EIR · partially withheld
Discussions with the salmon farming industry, including Marine Harvest, SSPO & Wester Ross Fisheries/Salmon: EIR release
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An exemption under section 29(1)(a) of FOISA (formulation or development of government policy) applies to some of the information requested because it relates to the development of the Scottish Government’s policy on aquaculture. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested. Section 29(1)(a) – formulation or development of government policy This exemption is subject to the ‘public interest test’. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption.