Salmon

A Norwegian company is proposing to farm salmon in large underground tanks in Scotland

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Norwegian company proposes building giant underground salmon farm in Shetland

Farmed Scottish salmon is the UK's largest food export

Farmed Scottish salmon is the UK's largest food export

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Farmed Scottish salmon secures protected legal status to prevent food fraud

Scottish salmon exports have been hit hard by Brexit red tape, MSPs will be told

Scottish salmon exports have been hit hard by Brexit red tape, MSPs will be told

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Brexit costing Scottish salmon industry £100 million a year, chief says

The number of wild salmon caught in Scotland fell by 25% in 2023

The number of wild salmon caught in Scotland fell by 25% in 2023

Call for action as figures show lowest wild Scottish salmon catch on record

A salmon farmer holds a young fish at the Strondoir Bay fish farm at Loch Fyne Scotland.

A salmon farmer holds a young fish at the Strondoir Bay fish farm at Loch Fyne Scotland.

'Unacceptable greenwashing': Call to remove 'organic' labelling from farmed salmon

An industry body said warming waters and jellyfish blooms posed significant challenges to farmers in 2023

An industry body said warming waters and jellyfish blooms posed significant challenges to farmers in 2023

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Scottish salmon farms harvest significantly less fish than predicted

Campaigners say the practice of open-net salmon farming is unsustainable

Campaigners say the practice of open-net salmon farming is unsustainable

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'Unsustainable': Disease halves profits of Scottish salmon farming firm

Scottish salmon exports mainly go to the European continent

Scottish salmon exports mainly go to the European continent

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Scots salmon boom as major growth in Asian and American markets

Many Scottish salmon farms, so much derided by environmentalists, are owned ultimately by Norwegian and Faroese companies

Many Scottish salmon farms, so much derided by environmentalists, are owned ultimately by Norwegian and Faroese companies

Norway should not be viewed through green-tinted glasses

File photograph of a worker at a salmon farm on Loch Linnhe near Fort William

File photograph of a worker at a salmon farm on Loch Linnhe near Fort William

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Salmon mega-farms must be opposed if we want to protect our planet

Loch Long, within the boundaries of the Loch Lomond national park, is the proposed site of the controversial salmon farm

Loch Long, within the boundaries of the Loch Lomond national park, is the proposed site of the controversial salmon farm

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Comments about fish farm’s local opponents are insulting

Stewart Hawthorn is the managing director of Loch Long Salmon

Stewart Hawthorn is the managing director of Loch Long Salmon

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

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Why Scottish ministers should approve our plans for a Loch Long fish farm

Loch Long, within the boundaries of the Loch Lomond national park, is the proposed site of the controversial salmon farm

Loch Long, within the boundaries of the Loch Lomond national park, is the proposed site of the controversial salmon farm

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Locals warn SNP ministers against overruling block on fish farm in national park

Scottish salmon exports mainly go to the European continent

Scottish salmon exports mainly go to the European continent

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'Remarkable' figures see Scottish salmon exports to Asia double

Planning Minister Joe FitzPatrick will decide whether an application to build a fish farm in Loch Long (location pictured) will be approved

Planning Minister Joe FitzPatrick will decide whether an application to build a fish farm in Loch Long (location pictured) will be approved

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SNP ministers take direct control over controversial fish farm planning appeal

Scottish salmon was the UK's biggest food export in 2022

Scottish salmon was the UK's biggest food export in 2022

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Scottish salmon UK's top food export – but pre-Brexit levels remain out of reach

Atlantic Salmon try to make their way up stream by jumping the Could on the Ettrick river near Selkirk in the Scottish Borders.

Atlantic Salmon try to make their way up stream by jumping the Could on the Ettrick river near Selkirk in the Scottish Borders.

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Salmon Scotland announce £145k fund to help save wild salmon

Lloyd Morse is calling on chefs to stop using farmed salmon in their restaurants

Lloyd Morse is calling on chefs to stop using farmed salmon in their restaurants

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Award-winning chef calls on restaurants to stop using 'atrocious' farmed salmon

Loch Long locals gather to protest plans for a new salmon farm in the area

Loch Long locals gather to protest plans for a new salmon farm in the area

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Loch Long community congratulated on successful bid to block salmon farm

The number of people employed in the production of salmon farming in Scotland has dropped by 135

The number of people employed in the production of salmon farming in Scotland has dropped by 135

Jobs cut in Scottish salmon farming despite record levels of production, report reveals

Campaigners protested outside the Scottish Parliament to demand the Scottish Government rethink its approach to the coastline

Campaigners protested outside the Scottish Parliament to demand the Scottish Government rethink its approach to the coastline

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Campaigners stage protest against caged salmon farming outside Holyrood

The local island community banded together to protest against the huge fish farm and its impact, which Green MSP Ariane Burgess said is ‘not a price worth paying’. Main photo: No East Moclett Group

The local island community banded together to protest against the huge fish farm and its impact, which Green MSP Ariane Burgess said is ‘not a price worth paying’. Main photo: No East Moclett Group

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Small island community fights plans for Scotland's largest salmon farm

Scotland's salmon may be struggling to breed in the hotter waters

Scotland's salmon may be struggling to breed in the hotter waters

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With Scotland's salmon catch at a record low, how can we reverse the decline?

Vehicles queue to enter the Port of Dover in Kent on July 28, 2022. Photograph: PA

Vehicles queue to enter the Port of Dover in Kent on July 28, 2022. Photograph: PA

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Scottish salmon industry warns over impact of Dover delays

Rishi Sunak has remained in the lead in the early rounds of Tory voting for their next leader – and is set to go head-to-head with a rival in a vote among grassroots members

Rishi Sunak has remained in the lead in the early rounds of Tory voting for their next leader – and is set to go head-to-head with a rival in a vote among grassroots members

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Diversity of Tory leadership candidates merely a fig leaf as party lurches to the right

Resident Peter Fletcher said the decision is 'vindication' for the small community

Resident Peter Fletcher said the decision is 'vindication' for the small community

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Tiny Highland community celebrates victory over salmon farming giant in 'Scottish first'

There's concern over the decline in the numbers of Scotland's 'iconic' fish species

There's concern over the decline in the numbers of Scotland's 'iconic' fish species

Scottish ministers urged to act to address ‘crisis point’ in wild salmon numbers

Scottish salmon has been recognised for its excellence

Scottish salmon has been recognised for its excellence

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‘Our Hebridean hero’: Scottish smoked salmon wins big at global trade show

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