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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...

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,...

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...
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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...

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...
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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...
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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,...
Scottish  farmed salmon‘s feed suppliers will continue to ensure their ingredients are sourced from responsible and sustainable fisheries, said the SSPO

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...
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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...
Fish Farmer May 2024 cover

The May 2024 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online