Dreaming of a grey Christmas

It is difficult not to wonder where the spirit of Christmas has gone. The season of “goodwill to all” seems to have bypassed all those involved in the recent fishing...

It’s a wrap!

Nick Joy muses on the links between Christmas, smoked salmon - and packaging. Just lately I have been buying rather a lot of smoked salmon. Having received a lot of...

What’s in a word

In last month’s edition the definition of sustainable investment for the blue economy was discussed (“A question of definition”, Fish Farmer October 2021). As sustainability is one of my favourite...
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Chain reaction

The SSPO's rebrand is more than just a change of name, as Hamish Macdonell reports. “You have to make it relevant to them: how does it affect them in their...
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Meal deals

The ‘value added’ packaged salmon meal was an idea that came and went, as Dr Martin Jaffa reports. I’m in the process of moving office and the move offers the...
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A question of definition

Dr Adam Hughes asks: What does "sustainable investment" in the Blue Economy mean for fish farming? If the marine economy were a country, its GDP would rank about 7th globally...

Common purpose

Anglers and farmers are united in a desire to help wild salmon survive, writes Hamish Macdonell It was the angler who first introduced me to the Tweed who came up...

Home thoughts

Nick Joy is not against regulation but, he argues, it would be good to have a clear timetable for any reforms. Here I am, sitting on a big ferry, returning...

Shades of green

The platform thrashed out by the SNP and the Scottish Greens is dangerously vague, argues Hamish Macdonell It’s all in the detail. Or, rather, in the case of the SNP-Green...
Fish Farmer August 2024 cover

The August issue of Fish Farmer is out now online