Posts Tagged ‘Atlantic Salmon Trust’
Saving wild salmon should be ‘national priority’
THE Scottish government is funding a £750,000 project to track the migration of wild salmon smolt on Scotland’s west coast. The measure was revealed last night following a meeting at Holyrood between politicians and wild fisheries representatives. The scheme will involve the government, the Atlantic Salmon Trust and Fisheries Management Scotland. The Scottish government said…
Read MoreElectronic tags for Moray Firth salmon as key project launches
AN AMBITIOUS salmon tagging project will begin in the Moray Firth this week. Ness District Salmon Fishery Board hope will give vital information required to better manage declining stocks of Scotland’s iconic wild fish. The high-tech scheme will examine adult salmon movement in the Firth and pinpoint which rivers they head for. Chris Conroy, director…
Read MoreAngling body appoints new chief
THE Atlantic Salmon Trust has named Mark Bilsby as its new chief executive, replacing Sarah Bayley Slater, who leaves the post after two and a half years. Bilsby (pictured) has more than 20 years’ experience as a fisheries manager. He has been the director for the River Dee Trust and Dee District Salmon Fisheries Board…
Read MoreCharles’ fishery advisor to chair salmon body
A NEW ‘salmon interactions’ body that will bring together the farmed and wild salmon sectors is to be chaired by Prince Charles’ advisor on fisheries, John Goodlad. The group, announced by rural economy minister Fergus Ewing last month at the Aquaculture UK show in Aviemore as part of Scotland’s Farmed Fish Health Framework, will include…
Read More£1m project aims to save wild salmon
A PROJECT aimed at trying to halt the decline in wild salmon stocks was launched this morning on the River Garry in the Scottish Highlands. The Missing Salmon Project will track scores of fish in an attempt to uncover what has caused populations to drop by 70 per cent in the past 25 years. And…
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