V for (In)valid: This week almost all the media feeds carried the news that a consortium of researchers from Scotland,…
Pack in: In my opinion what makes the president of the RSPCA to be no different to a misinformed activist…
Firing on all cylinders: In an election party political broadcast Kate Forbes is seen talking to party leader John Swinney…
A different perspective: Dagens Naeringsliv’s columnist Anne Rokkan has written about wild salmon. She writes that there was a desperate…
Weak 4: The fourth session of the Rural Affairs Committee’s salmon inquiry began with consideration of research and collaboration. After…
Week 3: The main question arising from the third session of the Rural Affairs & Islands Committee is whether SEPA…
Week 2: The Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs & Islands Committee salmon inquiry roadshow has moved on to week 2. During…
High and low: The Rural Affairs and Islands Committee held the first session of their new inquiry into salmon farming…
Total Exploitation: I’m continuing to analyse the 2023 salmon and sea trout catch statistics and have now added the salmon…
Trout too: In the last issue of reLAKSation I examined the salmon & sea trout catch statistics and pointed out…
What’s the catch?: I’ve aged by nearly six months waiting for the 2023 Scottish salmon and sea trout statistics to…
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee: A letter has been published on the RAIC Committee website addressed to Mark Bilsby of…
Traffic Lights: Some readers experienced difficulty in downloading my review of the Traffic Light System, so it is now available…
Traffic Lights: According to iLAKS, salmon farmers in Production Area no 4 are hoping to return to court to challenge…
Connections: The Norwegian Traffic Light System and the newly launched SEPA sea lice risk framework in Scotland are both designed…