Tag: Salmon

Appetite for salmon fuels Scottish economy

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - November 18, 2011

SCOTTISH salmon production has risen to its highest level in six years. Last year saw a 6.9% increase in Scottish Farmed Salmon numbers. The 154,164 tonnes...

Catch of the day: Top salmon beat could be yours – for £1m

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - November 4, 2011

A SALMON fishing beat on one of Scotland’s best fishing rivers has come up for sale – with a £1 million price tag. The Newtyle...

Salmon netting to return to the River Tay

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - September 7, 2011

By Kirsty Topping THE centuries-old art of salmon netting is returning to one of Scotland’s most famous rivers after a 20-year ban. Bosses on the...

“Kill on sight” warning over foreign threat to Scots salmon

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - August 21, 2011

By Kirsty Topping A NATIONWIDE “kill on sight” alert has been issued after a foreign species of salmon was pulled from a Scottish river. A humpback...

Scottish salmon under threat from Frankenfish

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - September 19, 2010

By Oliver Farrimond SCOTLAND’S £1 billion salmon-farming industry is under threat from a new breed of Frankenstein Fish. Genetically-modified salmon could soon be up for sale...