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Scottish salmon farm workers adhering to Covid-19 safety procedures … It didn't take them long. Almost as soon as the lockdown restrictions started to lift, the anti-fish farm campaigners were back, crowding onto yachts without a thought for social distancing and setting off towards Scotland's salmon farms. They then started on their usual antics, trying to climb on to pens, filming staff, diving underneath nets and sending drones up to grab video footage from the sky.

The Scottish Government's 'Economic Recovery Implementation Plan' (ERIP) has highlighted aquaculture as essential to the country's ability to recover from the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

THERE'S a documentary coming out later this year. Well, it claims to be a documentary but it will really be more of a diatribe. It's called 'Eating Our Way to Extinction' and you can probably guess what its about. It an anti-meat, anti-fish, anti-corporate, anti-pretty much anything to do with ordinary food production film, as far as we can tell.

The tail to this crisis is going to be long and painful. There will be second waves and third waves, localised hotspots and regional lockdowns in various parts of the world not to mention the millions of job losses and mountainous government debts.

New guidance to the United States Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Human and Health Services (HHS) from 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) recommends that mothers and children eat more seafood to promote better brain health.

The Scottish salmon farming sector is to review the use of acoustic devices deployed on farms to deter seals.

The Scottish Salmon Producers' Organisation (SSPO) Chief Executive, Julie Hesketh-Laird, has announced her decision to leave the organisation in the autumn.

"Salmon farms and seals can co-exist quit happily but seals can also inflict vicious and widespread damage on salmon farms, killing hundreds of fish in each attack.

Have you ever wondered how the Scottish salmon you buy and eat is grown? Why not take a 360° tour from hatchery to farm and on to the processing plant, courtesy of our friends at Mowi Scotland.

SSPO member Loch Duart, has announced the creation of up to 40 new jobs for the Highland town of Dingwall.

"Rebuilding markets after Covid-19 crisis needs a concerted effort." says SSPO.

After 18 months of deliberations, the first of a series of working groups to help protect wild salmonids has delivered its recommendations in a new report.