Hundreds of thousands of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) died on fish farms in Scotland in the final months of 2024. The mass ...

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Far from receiving calls for government and regulatory support, our sector endures continual criticism and a ratcheting of ...

The group’s report, The Reality Gap: An Examination of Scottish Farmed Salmon, compared marketing used by the seven Scottish salmon farming companies with death rates, sea lice levels and ...

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Salmon farms with “persistently” high death rates should face the threat of closure to prevent them harming wild fish in Scotland’s rivers, a Holyrood inquiry has recommended. The Scottish ...

The Scottish salmon sector ... down from 0.5% the previous quarter. "Salmon farming could deliver £1 billion to the UK economy in just a few years, benefiting local communities," Scott added.

A key call, on this issue, was for an immediate end to the siting of farms in the close vicinity of known migratory routes for wild salmon. The committee called on the Scottish Government to ...

The String of Pearls Jellyfish (Apolemia uvaria), also known as string jellyfish or barbed wire jellyfish, has struck two Scottish salmon farms, according to The Green Britain Foundation.