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Fish Cartoon Nick Joy

Recirculating ideas in land based farming

June 14, 2019
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...
A new 'Open Farm' scheme at Scotland's salmon farms has now been postponed

Salmon farms are the victim of wild claims and myths

May 22, 2019
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...
Hamish Macdonell

OPINION: Don\’t blame farms for nationwide decline

May 14, 2019
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...
Hamish Macdonell

OPINION: Don\’t blame farms for nationwide decline

May 14, 2019
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...
Wild salmon

OPINION: Success in the salmon farming zone

May 14, 2019
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...
Fish Cartoon Nick Joy

OPINION: No decision is the worst decision with Brexit

May 14, 2019
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...
Fish Farmer April 2024 cover

The April 2024 issue of Fish Farmer magazine is out now online