Posts Tagged ‘Fisheries Management Scotland’
Wild salmon sector seeks aquaculture manager
THE wild fish body Fisheries Management Scotland (FMS) is advertising for an Aquaculture Interactions manager to liaise with the salmon farming industry. The role will help FMS’s members manage relations between the two sectors, with the aim of protecting and restoring wild salmonid populations, according to the job advert on the FMS website. FMS said:…
Read MoreAngling activists to boycott farmed salmon
A LOBBY group representing sports fishermen and river owners said it will boycott Scottish farmed salmon in protest over industry growth. Farmed salmon, which is the UK’s biggest food export and supports around 12,000 jobs in Scotland, was the subject of two parliamentary inquiries in 2018. These were prompted by a petition drawn up by…
Read MoreSalmon farmers in talks over wild fish fund
REPRESENTATIVES from the Scottish salmon farming sector and fisheries trusts have been holding talks aimed at establishing a fund to help halt wild stock decline. The ongoing bilateral discussions, between the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation and Fisheries Management Scotland, have focused on salmon conservation, according to the minutes of the Salmon Interactions Working Group. The…
Read MoreSaving 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 MoreOPINION: 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 report from the Tweed begins: ‘Salmon catches dropped for a fourth consecutive year with the spring catch half that of 2017.’ The total rod catch…
Read MoreWild salmon stocks at ‘crisis point’
WILD salmon catches in Scotland are at their lowest level since records began, according to Fisheries Management Scotland. The body, which represents fisheries boards, said figures due to be published later will show stocks of the fish are at their lowest levels since 1952 and at ‘crisis point’, the BBC reported this morning. Environment secretary…
Read MoreLowest lice figures since records began
SEA lice numbers recorded at Scottish salmon farms in September were the lowest for that month in five years, and overall numbers for 2018 were the lowest since reporting began in 2013. According to the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO), which published the latest figures on its website this week, the industry lice average for…
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 MoreWild complaints focus on lice
THERE is no reason why salmon farmers and anglers cannot coexist and thrive in Scotland if development is undertaken sustainably. This was the view expressed by Salmon and Trout Conservation Scotland (S&TCS) in Holyrood yesterday as the Rural Economy and Connectivity (REC) committee continued its inquiry into the current state of salmon farming in Scotland.…
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