A research award has been granted to the Marine Institute’s Dr Joshka Kaufmann to investigate how quickly Atlantic salmon evolve to adapt to human-driven environmental change, reports Paul Scott. The SFI-IRC Pathway programme, an initiative between Science Foundation Ireland and…
The Scottish government has launched what it describes as an ‘ambitious strategy’ that aims ‘to bring the wild salmon population in Scotland back from crisis point’. The strategy highlights five priority themes for action: improving the condition of rivers; managing…
Backed by £400,000 from the Scottish government, a project has been launched to reveal the hidden lives of wild Atlantic salmon using new technology. Little is known about the migration routes of wild salmon as they leave rivers, travelling large…
More than one million farm-raised salmon are expected to have been killed by seals in the two years to the end of 2021, according to new figures. Statistics published by Salmon Scotland, the trade body for Scotland’s farmed salmon sector…
Funding of over £650,000 will allow the expansion of salmon population monitoring in Scotland, as part of a package of measures to support salmon conservation that will include more robust regulations for Scottish fish farms. The funding is in addition…
The ability to track free-swimming salmon juveniles has been extended hundreds of kilometres into the open ocean using advanced robotic technology. As part of the EU INTERREG VA-funded SeaMonitor project, Dr Ross O’Neill of the Marine Institute and Kieran Adlum…
A new genetic tagging study has revealed where young salmon gather and begin to migrate during their first summer at sea. The study found that they migrate along the continental shelves off Ireland, Scotland and Norway, and subsequently aggregate to…
– Green pressure on Scots – First herring landed at Lerwick – New quay for Eastbourne fleet finally underway – No-deal Brexit looms as clock ticks – Scots government blasts UK ‘hard Brexit ideology’ – Temporary sea defences for…
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY SALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES ACT 1975. Salmon and migratory trout net fishing licence duties. Pursuant to section 25 of and Schedule 2 to the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975, as amended, the Environment Agency gives notice of…
– Brexit trade-off danger – ‘Complex’ talks and need to avoid ‘skirmishes’ at sea – Fighter for salmon netsmen steps down – Greens defend their role in EU advisory councils – Draft legislation for Irish penalty points system underway –…
