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12 Jun: reLAKSation no 1282

NASCO follow up: Unusually, this year’s NASCO meeting attracted the interest of TV News, and the story has been posted…

05 Jun: reLAKSation no 1281

Breaking news: Intrafish has reported that whilst wild fish stocks remain low, salmon catches appear to have increased since the…

29 May: reLAKSation no 1280

Are you listening: During May, the Norwegian Government held the first of two input meetings in which those interested in…

22 May: reLAKSation no 1279

Norsk Lakseelver: I rarely look at social media as it is now nothing short of an outlet for hate and…

14 May: reLAKSation no 1278

No surprise: Salmon Business report that the Norwegian Research Institution Nofima has published a report examining seafood consumption among the…

08 May: reLAKSation no 1277

1+1=54: A recent report in Intrafish has reminded me of a question that I addressed some years ago but has…

01 May: reLAKSation no 1276

CSA science again: Although it was not my intention to discuss the CSA sea lice report in every issue, the…

24 Apr: reLAKSation no 1275

Taking at face value: NASCO estimated that there are over two thousand papers written about sea lice and salmon farming…

19 Apr: reLAKSation no 1273

Another missed opportunity: On Wednesday 25th March, the Scottish Government quietly published an 87-page review of SEPA’s Sea Lice Regulatory…

17 Apr: reLAKSation no 1274

Who is kidding who: A regular reader of reLAKSation recently reminded me about catch and release by sending me a…

03 Apr: reLAKSation no 1272

Tasty fingers: Many years ago, I upset the Scottish salmon farming industry by suggesting that if we needed to put…

27 Mar: reLAKSation no 1271

Minister: The Norwegian Minister of Fisheries was recently invited to speak at the Norwegian Seafood Federation annual conference where she…

20 Mar: reLAKSation no 1270

82.3 million deaths:  I just happened across an article in the Guardian newspaper from the end of 2023 that reported…

13 Mar: reLAKSation no 1269

RAIC: I believe that I have watched every session of the REC/RAIC inquiries into salmon farming either in person or…

06 Mar: reLAKSation no 1268

Worst ever: For some time, I have suggested that the 2025 salmon rod catch was likely to be the worst…