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New Nets Lead to Drop in Seal Culls

Monday, February 4th, 2019

A salmon producer has reported seeing a reduction in seal culling after introducing new nets to keep them away from fish. Fish farms are licensed to kill the animals to…

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Sea Change: The debate on salmon farming

Wednesday, January 30th, 2019

Look into the eye of a salmon, get eye to eye, then ask yourself, do you want this king of fish, this iconic species, this muscular adventurer of the high seas, so symbolic…

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Chilean salmon farmers to clean seabed

Thursday, January 24th, 2019

Chilean lawmakers are seeking to amend existing legislation to safeguard water conditions in the country’s salmon farming heartland. Failure to comply will result in suspensions. The country’s politicians have approved…

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Farmed Salmon Disease Prevention Research

Friday, January 11th, 2019

A major research initiative is to be launched to help understand and prevent diseases affecting farmed salmon – including sea lice and gill health conditions. Tens of millions of pounds…

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Half the fish at Wester Ross farm die

Tuesday, December 18th, 2018

            Image © Scottish Salmon Think-tank   More than half of the fish at a Scottish salmon farm has been lost due to severe plankton. Wester Ross Fisheries confirmed that…

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Rules tightening on Scottish salmon aquaculture

Tuesday, December 4th, 2018

Scottish Fish Farm Image © SEPA After years of regulating with a light touch, Scottish parliamentarians move toward more government oversight of fish farms, explains this piece from Hakai Magazine...

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CCN Statement: Salmon Farming in Scotland

Thursday, November 29th, 2018

Coastal Communities Network members welcome the findings published this week in the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee report on Salmon Farming in Scotland. The Coastal Communities Network (CCN) has been...

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MSPs demand tougher regulation for fish farming

Tuesday, November 27th, 2018

Fish Farm Image © SEPA Scotland’s fish farming industry must bow to tougher environmental regulation if wants to expand, a committee of MSPs has concluded. A new report from the...

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Wildlife damaged by fish farm chemicals says SEPA

Friday, November 9th, 2018

This piece from The Ferret explains more about the new SEPA Finfish Aquaculture Sector Plan, which opened for public consultation on 7th November 2018 - respond online here. Pollution from...

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SEPA launch salmon farming sector shake-up plan

Wednesday, November 7th, 2018

Scottish Fish Farm Image © SEPA A press release announcing their new Finfish Aquaculture Sector Plan and public consultation was published by SEPA on 7th November 2018, headlined: "Scottish salmon...

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