Tavish scott biography of barack

Our sector has hundreds of brilliantly talented biologists, veterinarians, hatchery technicians and environmental scientists who deliver the highest standards of animal welfare anywhere in the world.

The innovation that has developed in Scottish aquaculture means that we can lend our expertise to the vital fight to save the wild salmon from extinction – and that’s precisely what we are doing.

In February, the latest phase of our fund to help save wild salmon by restoring habitats, providing protection from predators, and encouraging river restocking schemes opened for applications.

This is more important than ever following the decision by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to put Atlantic wild salmon in Great Britain on its ‘endangered” list in 2023.

What the data published found is that this decline is steepest in Wales and England.

The rates of decline since 2010 were put at 76 per cent in England, 86 per cent in Wales, and 74 per