Scottish farmed salmon survival rate at 98.6%
THE average monthly survival rate of Scottish farmed salmon last year was 98.60 per cent, new figures reveal. The total is slightly sown on the previous year’s average of 98.83 […] Continue Reading
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 […] Continue Reading
Angling 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 […] Continue Reading
Immigration scheme ‘threat to seafood sector’
TWO of Scotland’s largest seafood organisations, representing both the farmed and caught sectors, united today to call for urgent discussions over the government’s new points based immigration policy. Under post-Brexit plans, low […] Continue Reading
BBC man is named as new SSPO chair
THE former head of news and current affairs at BBC Scotland has been appointed chairman of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, it was announced today. Atholl Duncan replaces Gilpin Bradley, […] Continue Reading
Salmon status quo not an option: Ewing
THE success of Scotland’s aquaculture sector reaches far and wide and has driven a resurgence in subsidiary businesses, according to Scotland’s Rural Economy Minister, Fergus Ewing. In a detailed written […] Continue Reading
Salmon farmers issue ‘no deal’ warning
THE Scottish salmon farming sector has joined with Scotland’s £14 billion farming, food and drinks industries to urge MPs to reject a no-deal Brexit. As the Commons prepares to vote […] Continue Reading
‘Don’t link Scottish salmon to catch quotas’
SCOTTISH salmon farmers are concerned that the Brexit proposal to link aquaculture with the fishing sector will result in tariffs being imposed on salmon exports to Europe. Julie Hesketh-Laird, chief […] Continue Reading
Environmental expert moves to SSPO
ANNE Anderson of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has been appointed director of sustainability at the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO). The newly created role is the second announcement […] Continue Reading