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Primary production in the Scottish farm-raised salmon sector is focused around the west coast, highlands and islands in remote and rural areas of Scotland. Scottish salmon farming helps to ensure that some of the country’s most remote communities not only survive, but truly thrive.

As the country's leading food export, farm-raised Scottish salmon has helped breathe new life into many of our fragile rural and islands communities.

Salmon Scotland is delighted to expand our membership to include partners from our supply chain. This is in recognition of the essential role they play in supporting our Scottish salmon producers and the significant and sustainable contribution they make to local and national economies.

In 2022, Salmon Scotland was pleased to expand its membership to include twelve new partners from its supply chain including Aquascot.

A streamlined future for Scottish salmon

The Fisheries Minister Victoria Prentis MP has written an open letter to the UK's aquaculture, fishing and seafood sectors, thanking them for the role they are playing in keeping fresh produce flowing to UK consumers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Salmon Scotland expands to welcome partner members from supply chain

How cutting red tape could help the Scottish salmon sector thrive

Scotland's farm-raised salmon sector has joined calls from the food and drink industry for more flexibility in the UK's immigration system to help address labour shortages.

A new poll has revealed that a majority of Scots who live near salmon farms support the sector.

Scotland's salmon farmers have launched new measures to help keep beaches clean of marine litter in coastal communities.

In December 2021 SEPA launched a consultation entitled: Proposals for a risk-based framework for managing interactions between sea lice from marine finfish farm developments and wild Atlantic salmon in Scotland.