Know your Scottish Salmon

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Calling foul on formaldehyde use in Scottish fish farms – it’s time for greater clarity and stronger controls on chemical use.

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021

Formaldehyde continues to be used as a chemical treatment for fungal diseases in Scottish aquaculture, despite concerns.

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What’s on your menu for Easter Sunday (and where did it come from)?

Thursday, March 25th, 2021

Fidra’s new Retailer Transparency Table shows how much (or how little) you as a consumer can find out about the farmed salmon on your plate.

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Acoustic Deterrent Devices: An environmentally sound option?

Wednesday, October 9th, 2019

Acoustic deterrent devices (ADDs) are intended to keep marine species, such as cetaceans and pinnipeds, away from marine structures such as salmon farms. But what impact are these deterrents really having on our marine species?

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Chemicals in salmon farming Part II: Is it time to pull the plug on bath treatments?

Friday, August 23rd, 2019

Bath treatments are widely used to treat sea lice on Scottish salmon farms, but are we getting into hotwater with them?

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Chemicals in salmon farming Part I: Does SLICE® (emamectin benzoate) still make the cut?

Thursday, May 23rd, 2019

SLICE®, a treatment for parasitic sea lice on salmon, is widely used by Scottish salmon farms in open net pens, despite documented impacts on neighbouring marine wildlife. If a farm has persistent problems with lice and is reliant on harmful treatments to manage infestations, it should be questioned whether that farm is viable and sustainable into the future.

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A leap into the unknown: How climate change will impact Scottish salmon farming

Wednesday, March 27th, 2019

With around 1.5 million children striking from school on Friday 15th March 2019, conversations about climate change have been brought firmly into the home and around the dinner table.  But how does climate change affect what is on our dinner tables in Scotland?  We explore how climate change will impact Scotland salmon farming.

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MSPs call for ‘urgent and meaningful action to address regulatory deficiencies’ in Scottish salmon farming.

Monday, February 11th, 2019

It’s apparent that a period of sea change in Scottish salmon farming is approaching, with several Scottish Government working groups examining it in close detail and a recent debate in the Scottish Parliament.

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Closed Containment – a silver bullet for both opponents and supporters of salmon farming?

Wednesday, December 5th, 2018

Current methods of Scottish salmon farming traditionally use an open net method, yet companies are now looking into closed containment, or land-based, farming to limit environmental impacts.

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Getting to know your Scottish salmon: how will sustainability dashboards help?

Wednesday, October 17th, 2018

When buying Scottish farmed salmon fillets for your dinner, do you know where the fish has come from? The quality of the farm? Which chemicals the fish have consumed, how much and why?

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