There are 1,033 results relating to ""salmon farm*""
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Official Report
Meeting date:
7 November 2001
Plenary, 07 Nov 2001
I do not know what is wrong with the Executive: it professes openness yet refuses to have a public inquiry into foot-and-mouth or salmon farming, just as it refuses to have a public inquiry into the Chhokar case, when that is what all sensible voices in society are calling for.
Official Report
Meeting date:
8 December 1999
Plenary, 08 Dec 1999
We should remember that there are scallop farmers as well as scallop fishermen. The salmon farming industry has had at least some help—not very much—over infectious salmon anaemia, and the scallop industry should not be forgotten at this crucial time.
Official Report
Meeting date:
10 November 1999
Plenary, 10 Nov 1999
However, the controls that have been imposed have been so draconian that, if left in place, the eradication policy may eradicate the salmon farming industry. The UK Government, led by the Scottish Executive, has been working in Europe for a relaxation of ISA controls.
Official Report
Meeting date:
13 June 2002
Plenary, 13 Jun 2002
Anyone who represents a constituency in which salmon farming is important is bound to support those comments.
Official Report
Meeting date:
28 January 2004
Plenary, 28 Jan 2004
On the issue of choice, the question is not just whether there is an organic choice but whether there is any choice on the menu in hospitals. Those who do not care to eat salmon—farmed or otherwise—ought to have a choice.
Official Report
Meeting date:
8 May 2002
Plenary, 08 May 2002
Recently, I attended a fisheries meeting in Gareloch to discuss problems relating to salmon farming and wild fish interests. Aquaculture—fin fish and shellfish farming—is a huge and growing part of the west coast economy, which needs encouragement.
Official Report
Meeting date:
16 January 2002
Plenary, 16 Jan 2002
We either commit fully to developing a renewable energy industry in Scotland, with all the widespread economic and environmental benefits that it will bring, or we allow ever-increasing pressure from the nuclear lobby to push the Executive into developing new nuclear power stations that are expensive to run and operate, and leave a fearsome legacy for generations to come.The development of the wind farm on Lewis must be whole-heartedly welcomed, but the Executive must try harder and offer greater incentives or the Scottish industry will miss the boat or—worse still—end up being wholly foreign owned, like many of our salmon farms...
Official Report
Meeting date:
1 March 2007
Plenary, 01 Mar 2007
Aquaculture is an extremely important industry in the Highlands and Islands, which is the part of Scotland that I represent. Across Scotland, salmon farming supports some 10,000 jobs, chiefly in the rural areas, and is estimated to be worth around £300 million a year.
Official Report
Meeting date:
2 November 2006
Plenary, 02 Nov 2006
That will mean a clear identification of the problem, an evaluation of all the options and an avoidance of Scotland becoming just a branch not only of the UK economy but of the United States' software industry, Irish property portfolios, Icelandic retail conglomerates, Irish airlines and Norwegian salmon farming interests.Who else would duck a debate on str...
Official Report
Meeting date:
22 May 2002
Transport and the Environment Committee, 22 May 2002
We have been considering the regulatory framework in the aquaculture industry, particularly in relation to salmon farming. Do you have a view about that regulatory framework?
