Taking stock of wild salmon

A NEW scheme aimed at boosting stocks of wild salmon is explained in a special Fish Farmer podcast by Jon Gibb, fishery manager of the River Lochy and director of the Lochaber District Salmon Fishery Board. Working with Mowi, Scotland’s biggest salmon farmer, Gibb and his team have launched a new approach to restocking, thought…

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Mowi raises wild salmon survival hopes

SCOTLAND’S biggest salmon farmer, Mowi, is involved in a new programme to help boost stocks of wild salmon. The company, which has long supported restocking efforts near its farm sites, is working with Jon Gibb, fishery manager of the River Lochy and director of the Lochaber District Salmon Fishery Board. Gibb, who operates the Drimsallie…

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Wild 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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