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
Opinion
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
Recirculating ideas in land based farming
VERY early in my career, in the face of the usual barrage of criticism from the wild salmonid sector, someone started to talk about growing salmon on land. I was […] Continue Reading
Salmon farms are the victim of wild claims and myths
PANORAMA used to be the ‘window on the world’, where Richard Dimbleby, the father of current affairs television, established the standards of BBC excellence. What would he have made of […] Continue Reading
OPINION: Don’t blame farms for nationwide decline
THE first proper spring salmon I ever saw was pulled from the icy waters of the Tay on a bitter March day 20 years ago. There was snow in the […] Continue Reading
OPINION: Success in the salmon farming zone
PARTICIPANTS at the recent Fisheries Management Scotland conference were given a copy of the latest annual review, which includes reports from all the main salmon and sea trout rivers. The […] Continue Reading
OPINION: No decision is the worst decision with Brexit
I KNOW, I can’t apologise enough for writing about Brexit, but I also can’t bear the utter incompetence of what is going on. It has the mesmeric attraction of a […] Continue Reading