Opinion

Salmon Scotland Chief Executive Tavish Scott argues that the sector’s contribution to the Scottish economy could be at risk unless the government is prepared to think again about its plans for Highly Protected Marine Areas. Read his article, starting on page 26, in the May issue of Fish Farmer magazine, available here to read online…

Our sector is fortunate to have strong support from those in power at Holyrood and Westminster, but there is more that government can do to support us, argues Tavish Scott in the February issue of Fish Farmer, in the first of a series of monthly columns from the Chief Executive of Salmon Scotland. Read his…

Hopes that the fish farming industry is beginning to find common ground with its critics are overly optimistic, argues Nick Joy in the February issue of Fish Farmer, because the industry’s critics have never been interested in compromise. Read his column here, on page 66.

Protests over Mowi’s TV game show sponsorship have reheated old arguments about farmed fish mortality, as Dr Martin Jaffa reports in the February issue of Fish Farmer magazine. Read it online here, on page 24 of Fish Farmer’s February issue.

Those who are dedicated to shutting down the aquaculture sector should take the time to hear the case for the industry’s defence, Dr Martin Jaffa argues in the January issue of Fish Farmer. Now that the Christmas tree has gone, the decorations put away for another year and all those empties have gone to recycling,…

Anglers are beginning to realise that salmon farmers are not responsible for all their problems, Hamish Macdonell writes in the January issue of Fish Farmer “If salmon farms are responsible for the decline in wild salmon and there are only farms on the west coast, why are wild salmon numbers going down on the east…

If Brexit is a process, rather than an event, where does it need to go next? Salmon Scotland’s Hamish Macdonell considers what the way forward is for the UK’s seafood industry as the country’s relationship with the European Union continues to be a matter of negotiation. Read his article on page 26 of December’s Fish…

I’m sure you can imagine the scene: a school canteen at lunchtime, it is loud, it is busy, there is good-natured pushing and shoving while teachers try to keep order. When the students get to the front, there is something new on the menu. This week it is salmon and spicy noodles; next week it…