Salmon Scotland held an event at COP in November to discuss the possibilities of making packaging more sustainable for our sector. We were joined by Andrew Bett, Salar Pursuits; Donald Buchanan, Scottish Sea Farms; Conan Busby, Edinburgh Airport; Ed Ley-Wilson, Aquascot and Clare Cavers, Fidra. You can see some of the key topics discussed here.
A four-year Scottish Salmon Company project to grow post-smolts to 500g at its Applecross site in the northwest highlands has been awarded up to £5 million. Highlands and Islands Enterprise has approved up to £3m investment in the project, which will create around 30 new jobs and a further £2m has been confirmed by Marine Scotland.
The Scottish Salmon Producers' Organisation will be changing its name to reflect its trade body responsibilities and membership for the future. From 1 November, SSPO will become Salmon Scotland, representing Scotland's salmon producing companies and the wider supply chain.
A consortium of organisations in Scotland is developing a more accurate way of predicting how salmon farms interact with their surrounding environment, helping to inform decisions on future farm locations, the development of existing farms, and enhancing the sector's overall sustainability.
Anglers and farmers are united in a desire to help wild salmon survive.The SSPO's Hamish MacDonell talked to Fish Farmer about this issue.It was the angler who first introduced me to the Tweed who came up with it. We were fishing Middle Pavilion, the broad, unhurried beat that sweeps down from Galashiels to Melrose and where, under his guidance, I was about to hook a decent sea trout."If someone fishes, you can be sure they're alright," he said, mending the line with a flick of his wrist while making it clear that, as far as he was concerned, that was his number one rule for life.