Angler’s claim ‘20 years out of date’ says Mowi boss
Mowi Scotland boss Ben Hadfield has dismissed anti-salmon farming claims by an angling lobby group as out of date and said it would be wrong to move salmon farms on […] Continue Reading
Mowi expects to move sites within two years
PLANS by Mowi Scotland to relocate two of its inshore farms to offshore sites could happen within two years, the company’s managing director, Ben Hadfield, told BBC Radio Scotland this […] Continue Reading
Salmon farms are the victim of wild claims and myths
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 […] Continue Reading
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 […] Continue Reading
More to Awe decline than farms, says SSPO
CLAIMS that salmon farms are to blame for the decline of wild stocks in one of Scotland’s rivers are ‘premature and over simplistic’, the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation said yesterday. […] Continue Reading
Scottish salmon boss slams ‘trite’ critics
THE Scottish salmon industry will look into closed containment systems in its drive to increase production, although this method of farming fish is ‘far from proven’. Scott Landsburgh, chief executive […] Continue Reading
Salmon farmers help restock rivers says SSPO
THE Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) has defended salmon farmers in the face of fresh criticism about the industry’s impact on wild fish stocks, reported Aberdeen’s Press and Journal. SSPO […] Continue Reading
‘Alien’ salmon species spotted in England
EIGHT specimens of wild pink salmon normally native to the chillier waters of the Pacific and Arctic Oceans have been caught in the rivers Tyne and Wear, and off the […] Continue Reading