Wild salmon: New scheme links escape incidents to conservation payments

Wild salmon: New scheme links escape incidents to conservation payments

Scottish salmon farmers will make conservation payments following fish escape incidents under a new agreement between Salmon Scotland and Fisheries Management Scotland. The scheme will establish a dedicated fund to support wild salmon conservation projects when farmed fish escape from marine sites. An independent company, with directors drawn from both the farmed and wild fisheries [...]

New joint agreement to support wild salmon conservation following escapes

Salmon farmers will help fund wild fish conservation when escapes occur under a new agreement with Scotland’s leading fisheries body. Salmon Scotland and Fisheries Management Scotland have developed a joint approach to direct funding towards conservation work following escape incidents. The Scottish Government has welcomed the agreement as an example of organisations working together to support wild salmon. A new independent company will adminis…