Time for a lighter touch
Right in the middle of February, six weeks after the new Brexit rules came into effect, a lorry full of Scottish salmon was stopped at the border control post in […] Continue Reading
Opinion
The Old Man and the Sea
Such is the title of a magnificent book by Ernest Hemingway. For those who haven’t read it, it details the story of an old man who catches a huge tuna, […] Continue Reading
Why I am still an unrepentant Leaver
OK, as a Brexiteer I accept this is all my fault. I mean, the chaos for exporters and difficulty getting into Europe. But seriously, was no one expecting this? Hands […] Continue Reading
Mussels and Brussels
I generally class myself as an optimist, but Brexit has rather soured my thinking, and on this subject at least, I have become a fully paid-up member of the pessimistic […] Continue Reading
The Brexit fallout
We thought we knew what it would look like. The queues of trucks would stretch back from Dover through the Kent countryside, massive lorry parks would be full and there […] Continue Reading
As others see us
One of the benefits of coming towards the end of one’s career is the ability to look back at how the industry has performed. For a change, I’m not talking […] Continue Reading
Comment: Leave our farms alone
It’s time for government to protect workers’ rights from protesters, argues Mowi Scotland’s director of communications. AS activists continue to sidestep the democratic process in favour of interrupting work spaces, […] Continue Reading
Comment: Why Changing Markets must change their tune
THE sensationalist headlines above a new report from a lobbying group called the Changing Markets Foundation ran alarm bells in the Fish Farmer newsroom yesterday. If the organisation’s marketing team […] Continue Reading
Trudeau farm ban plan ‘nonsense’ say farmers
SALMON farmers in Canada have one word for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to ban open net pen production in British Columbia: nonsense. In their manifestos for the forthcoming federal […] Continue Reading