16 Jun 2026

 Photo by Jack White   Over 10,000 seabirds, more than 1,000 dolphins and porpoises, approximately 500 seals, over 120 tonnes of protected sharks, skates and rays, and more than 1,000 endangered Atlantic salmon are being killed as bycatch in UK waters every year. Those are the headline findings of Hidden in the haul: The true scale […]

04 Nov 2025

Photo by Bob Brewer   Scottish farmed salmon survival rates have fallen to their lowest level in 35 years, with government data revealing a survival rate of 68.7% for smolts put to sea in 2021, according to the Scottish Government’s Fish Farm Production Survey. Historic low survival rates For smolts introduced to marine sites in 2021, the survival […]