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Supplying Putin’s chef

July 24, 2023
Nick Joy recalls doing business with someone who turned out to be more notorious - and dangerous - than could have been imagined. Read the latest issue of Fish Farmer...
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Showcasing our salmon farms

July 14, 2023
As the summer holidays get underway, Salmon Scotland Chief Executive Tavish Scott explains why we should encourage visits to farm sites, to see the reality of aquaculture rather than the...
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Who is regulating the regulators?

July 4, 2023
There is a worrying lack of communication and trust in the way the fish farming sector is regulated, according to Salmon Scotland Chief Executive Tavish Scott. Read his article in...
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This year’s model

June 25, 2023
The example of the Lamlash Bay No Take zone shows that fish farm's and biodiversity can co-exist happily, argues Dr Martin Jaffa, and it also provides one more reason to...
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Will they buy this story?

May 30, 2023
Salmon farmers in Iceland are planning to market salmon grown on land-based farms, in water filtered through lava rocks and with minimal impact on the environment. It's a great story...
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An opportunity and a warning

May 11, 2023
Salmon Scotland Chief Executive Tavish Scott argues that the sector's contribution to the Scottish economy could be at risk unless the government is prepared to think again about its plans...
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Putting salmon on the government menu

February 14, 2023
Our sector is fortunate to have strong support from those in power at Holyrood and Westminster, but there is more that government can do to support us, argues Tavish Scott...
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Negotiating in bad faith

February 10, 2023
Hopes that the fish farming industry is beginning to find common ground with its critics are overly optimistic, argues Nick Joy in the February issue of Fish Farmer, because the...
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Cooking up a storm

February 9, 2023
Protests over Mowi’s TV game show sponsorship have reheated old arguments about farmed fish mortality, as Dr Martin Jaffa reports in the February issue of Fish Farmer magazine. Read it...
Fish Farmer November 2024

The November 2024 issue of Fish Farmer is out now online