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Tighter salmon regulation on the way says Sepa
SOME 81.4 per cent of Scotland’s salmon farms achieved ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ environmental ratings for last year from Sepa, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. The just published compliance figures for all regulated Scottish businesses and organisations showed salmon farms’ compliance levels dropped slightly, from a peak of 85.75 per cent in 2016. Non-compliant fish farms…
Read MoreMSPs ‘to demand tougher salmon farm rules’
THE Holyrood inquiry into the future of salmon farming in Scotland will demand extensive changes to how the industry is regulated, according to a report in the Sunday Post yesterday. Quoting \’a source close to the [Rural Economy and Connectivity] committee\’, which conducted the probe, the Post reported that MSPs are concerned about the industry’s…
Read MoreMinister vows to deal with salmon detractors
FERGUS Ewing, Scotland’s rural economy minister, vowed to continue fighting for the future of the country’s salmon farming industry, which has come under increasing attack in recent months. In a speech in Kirkwall to mark the tenth anniversary of Scottish Sea Farms’ operations in Orkney, Ewing praised the contribution the sector makes to the islands,…
Read MorePoles show potential of salmon RAS
A POLISH land based salmon farm has successfully grown several batches of harvest size fish since it was established two years ago. Global Fish, based near Warsaw, has a 600-tonne capacity recirculation aquaculture system, producing fish from eggs to smolts and up to 5kg marketable salmon. It runs commercially, with a small-scale production for the…
Read MoreSalmon sector in dark over Holyrood probe
THE salmon farming industry in Scotland continues to await the outcome of a parliamentary report into its future, following three sessions of a Holyrood committee that have been conducted in private. The Rural Economy and Connectivity (REC) committee, which began its inquiry into the salmon sector in March this year, has met every Wednesday morning…
Read MoreRiver owning MSP ‘ambushes’ salmon probe
THE convenor of Holyrood’s Rural Economy and Connectivity (REC) committee has been accused of ‘ambushing’ its draft report on the future of salmon farming to protect his angling interests. According to a report in today’s Herald, Sir Edward Mountain, the Conservative MSP for Highlands and Islands and a baronet, sprang a list of suggestions on…
Read MoreSalmon images ‘lack context and veracity’
THE Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO) has defended the industry’s health record following the latest propaganda campaign by anti-salmon farm activists. Video footage and photographs of unhealthy salmon have been taken out of context, said Julie Hesketh-Laird, chief executive of the SSPO. ‘The video footage and images circulated in the media recently are horrible to…
Read MoreMSPs meet to consider salmon inquiry report
A DRAFT report on the future of salmon farming in Scotland will be presented to members of Holyrood’s Rural Economy and Connectivity (REC) committee in Edinburgh tomorrow morning. The committee took evidence from fish farmers, environmental groups, scientists, government regulators and other stakeholders in a series of six sessions, held at the Scottish parliament earlier…
Read MoreActivist breaks into Scottish salmon farm
A SCOTTISH salmon farmer has been targeted by an activist who broke into a farm site without permission to take underwater photographs. The Scottish Salmon Company said it was approached by the Scottish SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) earlier this week with pictures taken by an unnamed photographer, allegedly at one…
Read MoreRecord results for Scottish Salmon Company
THE Scottish Salmon Company has reported record revenues of £98.3 million in the first half of 2018, up 36 per cent from £72 million in the same period last year. The Edinburgh based producer also saw harvest volumes grow significantly, from 11,617 tonnes in the first half of 2017 to 15,777 tonnes this year. The…
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