Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 28 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making towards achieving the development of a wild salmon strategy by September 2020.
The Wild Salmon Strategy has been delayed due to the diversion of resources to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak. The Scottish Government recognise the need to conserve wild Atlantic salmon populations, and a suite of measures to tackle the wide range of pressures on them are currently underway, including most recently, in May, the publication of the report of the Salmon Interaction Working Group. Engagement with stakeholders to support the development of the Strategy will commence at the end of August.