Rural Affairs and Islands Committee [Session 6]

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Meeting Agenda

16th Meeting, 2024

• Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2024
• Session: 6
• Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
• Start time: 09:00am
• Published: Thursday, May 30, 2024 05:02pm

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1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether its consideration of the evidence heard as part of its follow-up inquiry into salmon farming should be taken in private at item 3 and at future meetings.

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2 Follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland

The Committee will take evidence from—

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Witnesses

John Aitchison, Aquaculture Group, Coastal Communities Network

Sean Black, Senior Scientific Officer for Aquaculture, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Sarah Evans, Aquaculture Policy Officer, Marine Conservation Society

Rachel Mulrenan, Scotland Director, WildFish

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Dr Annette Boerlage, Research Fellow in Aquatic Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Scotland’s Rural College

Professor Simon MacKenzie, Head of the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling

Professor Sam Martin, Director of Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen

Dr Helena Reinardy, Lecturer and Teaching Fellow, Scottish Association for Marine Science

Professor Lynne Sneddon, Chair in Zoophysiology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg

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Salmon farming Clerks paper posted 30/05/2024 (Ref: RAI/S6/24/16/1, 121KB, pdf)

RAI/S6/24/16/2(P) (Private Paper)

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3 Follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland

The Committee will review the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

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