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11 Sep: reLAKSation no 1295

Wild Salmon Strategy: One of reLAKSation’s regular readers has shared a post from a Facebook group called the Salmon Fishing…

04 Sep: reLAKSation no 1294

In her words: I recently wrote about how Scottish angler Ronnie Fraser had developed a new theory using AI about…

28 Aug: reLAKSation no 1293

No Way: iLAKS reports that fish consumption in Norway continues to fall. From 2024 to 2025, consumption fell by two…

21 Aug: reLAKSation no 1292

King’s river revisited: In the last issue of reLAKSation, I discussed the proposed conservation gradings for rivers in Scotland for…

14 Aug: reLAKSation no 1291

Dear Cabinet Secretary: I am writing this open letter to inform you as Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs that the…

07 Aug: reLAKSation no 1290

No fanfare: The Scottish Government is celebrating the end of a ten-year project on sea lice and wild salmon. Yet…

31 Jul: reLAKSation no 1289

Not us: The Norwegian Hunters and Fishermen’s Association (NJFF) has been quick to respond to the news from the Norwegian…

24 Jul: reLAKSation no 1288

No catch: Regular readers of reLAKSation will be familiar with my graph showing salmon exploitation from what is loosely described…

17 Jul: reLAKSation no 1287

Head in the sand: In Scotland, most of the wild fish organisations will say in public that salmon farming is…

10 Jul: reLAKSation no 1286

Why?: The latest e-issue of Fish Farming Expert (No 2 26) (https://www.fishfarmingexpert.com/e-magazine) has a cover headed Pursuing the parasites –…

03 Jul: reLAKSation no 1285

Where to start:  Sea lice have been in the news with the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) publishing three separate…

26 Jun: reLAKSation no 1284

This is why questions should be asked:  The Norwegian Government has announced the new Traffic Light assessment for the 13…

19 Jun: reLAKSation no 1283

Ministerial advice: I heard the new minister, Jim Fairlie, speak at the opening of the Aquaculture UK event in Glasgow…

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…