Scottish Parliament Inquiry – Evidence on 14 March

Read a transcript of oral evidence on 14 March 2018 online here

 

 

Watch via Scottish Parliament TV online here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The agenda and papers for Wednesday's meeting of the Scottish Parliament's Rural Economy & Connectivity Committee (14 March 2018) includes:

 

 

The submission from Guy Linley-Adams of Salmon & Trout Conservation Scotland (who filed the petition back in 2016 which prompted the Scottish Parliament's salmon farming inquiry) included:

 

 

 

And a reply from Professor James Bron of the University of Stirling:

 

 

 

 

Read more on the Scottish Parliament's salmon farming inquiry via:

 

The Herald: "Fish farm damage 'beyond repair'"

Press Release: "Protests Against 'Diseased & Dangerous' Scottish Salmon"

Charlie Whelan in the Daily Mail: "We have to act now….before it is too late"

Daily Mail: "Salmon farms 'a severe risk' to the environment"

BBC Radio Shetland grills Scottish Salmon Producers on "damning" report

The Sun: "Eco Threat: MSPs kick up stink over claims salmon industry is risking 'irrecoverable damage'"

BBC Reporting Scotland (Evening News, 5 March 2018)

Press Update: Scottish Salmon Slapped!

Key Points: Scottish Parliament's report on the environmental impact of salmon farming

Shetland News: "Damning salmon industry report warns of 'irrecoverable' environmental damage"

Scottish Parliament Report: "Environmental Impacts of Salmon Farming"

BBC News: "MSPs warning over salmon farming impact on environment"

Press Release: "Scrutiny for Scottish Salmon"

Update: Written evidence to Scottish Parliament salmon farming inquiry

Holyrood: "Salmon producers agree to publish reports on fish deaths"

Official Report: Scottish Parliament inquiry into the environmental impacts of salmon farming (6 Feb)

Scottish Parliamentary inquiry calls for more evidence

Victory for Freedom of Information

Media Update: Scottish Salmon Pledges to Publish Data on Diseases & Lice Infestations

Video: Scottish Parliament inquiry into the environmental impacts of salmon farming

The National: "Scotland's fish farmers to release salmon mortality figures"

Tweet storm at the Scottish Parliament's salmon farming inquiry

'Militant' MSPs Grill Scottish Salmon

Update: Scottish Parliament inquiry into the environmental impacts of salmon farming

The Scottish Salmon Polluters Organisation (SSPO)

Loch Duart – The (Really Not Very) Sustainable Salmon Company

Daily Mail: "Salmon crisis as 2.3m are dumped in nine months"

The National: "Environmental groups urge Scottish fish farms to scale back"

Press Release: "Scottish Salmon's Mort Mountain Leaps Over 10 Million – FOI reveals 2.3 million dead salmon at Marine Harvest farms in 2017"

SSPO "sets the record straight"

Transcript of Scottish Parliament inquiry into the environmental impacts of salmon farming

GAAIA's written submission to the Scottish Parliament inquiry

Review of the Environmental Impacts of Scottish Salmon Farming – call for written evidence (deadline of 8 February)

Daily Mail: "Thousands of fish thrown in a truck – and troubling new questions for salmon farms"

The Scotsman: "Fish farms increase could lead to more seals being shot"

Press Release: "Scottish Salmon Farming 101 – Scottish Parliament inquiry opens 'in early 2018'"

Scottish Salmon Farming 101

Media Backgrounder: Inquiry into Salmon Farming by the Scottish Parliament

Parliamentary Question: to ask the Scottish Government how many farmed salmon have died in each year since 2012

First Minister questioned on leaking wastes from morts – call for a moratorium from Greens

Campaigners say 'no more salmon farms' after disease on Lewis kills 125,000 fish

 

 

Take a closer look at the problems plaguing salmon farms via Scottish Salmon Watch