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This year’s model

June 25, 2023
The example of the Lamlash Bay No Take zone shows that fish farm's and biodiversity can co-exist happily, argues Dr Martin Jaffa, and it also provides one more reason to...
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Will they buy this story?

May 30, 2023
Salmon farmers in Iceland are planning to market salmon grown on land-based farms, in water filtered through lava rocks and with minimal impact on the environment. It's a great story...
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An opportunity and a warning

May 11, 2023
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...
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Putting salmon on the government menu

February 14, 2023
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...
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Negotiating in bad faith

February 10, 2023
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...
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Cooking up a storm

February 9, 2023
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...
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Time for dialogue

January 17, 2023
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...
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Winning the battle over wild fish

January 13, 2023
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...
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Brexit evolves

December 20, 2022
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...
Fish Farmer May 2024 cover

The May 2024 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online