Wild Salmon Strategy Implementation Plan Progress Report

By Ted Eadie | 25th March 2024

Wild Salmon Strategy Implementation Plan Progress Report  I am writing to let you know that we have, today, published a progress report on the Wild Salmon Strategy Implementation Plan. The report provides a short update on the delivery of those actions within the plan which have progressed in 2023/24.   The progress report can be found…

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Conservation of Salmon

By Ted Eadie | 22nd December 2023

Conservation of salmon – Outcome of Salmon fishing: proposed river gradings for 2024 season consultation We sought views on the proposed river gradings for the 2024 salmon fishing season. The consultation opened on the 9 August and closed on 8 September 2023. The consultation has now concluded, with the outcome report available on Citizen Space.…

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AST Responds to SEPA Sea Lice Consultation

By Ted Eadie | 20th September 2023

AST RESPONDS TO SEA LICE CONSULTATIONOur response to SEPA’s proposed sea lice frameworkLast week the Atlantic Salmon Trust submitted its formal, technical response to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s (SEPA) consultation on ‘Detailed proposals for a risk-based, spatial framework for managing interaction between sea lice from marine finfish farm developments and wild salmonids in Scotland.’ This…

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Conservation of Salmon – Assessment for 2024 season.

By Ted Eadie | 9th August 2023

Conservation of salmon – Assessment for the 2024 fishing season I am writing to let you know that Scottish Ministers propose to continue to regulate the killing of salmon in Scotland, including the prohibition on retaining any salmon caught in coastal waters, by means of conservation regulations made under section 38 of the Salmon and…

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