There are 1,069 results relating to ""salmon farm*""
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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 November 2016
S5W-04592
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted a safety and welfare review of use of the Thermolicer device in salmon farms. No safety and welfare review of the use of the Thermolicer has been carried out by Scottish Government.
Official Report
Meeting date:
12 December 2023
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee 12 December 2023
That is very compatible with salmon farming. Good things can happen in that space.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 October 2019
S5W-25644
To ask the Scottish Government how many inspections of wrasse landings have been undertaken by Marine Scotland Compliance to monitor levels of compliance with paragraph 2 of Marine Scotland’s voluntary control measures for the live capture of Scottish wild wrasse for salmon farms. Marine Scotland Compliance has undertaken 51 inspections of wrasse landings ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 June 2017
S5W-09594
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent Scottish Association of Marine Science report, which raises concerns over the unexpected impact on wild crustaceans of emamectin benzoate, whether it plans to phase out its use in salmon farming and, if so, by when. The authorisation of chemicals released into the water environment is a regulatory matt...
Last updated:
12 March 2025
Chamber_Minutes_20250312
Business Programme: The Minister for Parliamentary Business (Jamie Hepburn), on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S6M-16768—That the Parliament agrees— (a) the following programme of business— Tuesday 18 March 2025 2.00 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Scottish Government Debate: Protecting and Growing Scotland’s Iconic Food and Drink Sector followed by Committee Announcements followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business Wednesday 19 March 2025 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, and Parliamentary Business; Justice and Home Affairs followed by Scottish Labour Party Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Approval of SSIs (if required) 5.10 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business Thursday 20 March 2025 11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions 12.00 pm First Minister’s Questions followed by Members’ Business 2.15 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.15 pm Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Questions 2.30 pm Portfolio Questions: Education and Skills followed by Rural Affairs and Islands Committee Debate: Salmon Farming...
Last updated:
1 September 2022
20220831_Submission_MarineConservationSociety
If we are to have any hope of turning around the decline of nature at sea, by 2030 the Marine Conservation Society would like to see milestones such as, but not limited to: • At least 30% of Scotland’s seas under high level of protection (IUCN Protected Area category 1b (highly protected)) with at least one-third of this (so at least 10% of Scotland’s seas) fully protected under a new MPA designation of Highly Protected Marine Area (HPMA) (IUCN Protected Area category 1a (fully protected)); • The entire Scottish MPA network truly protected from damaging activities following a whole-site management approach • HPMAs targeting recovery of damaged ecosystems and enhancing the provision of ecosystem services such as carbon storage and sequestration (“blue carbon”) • The National Marine Plan and 11 Regional Marine Plans driving active restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems, such as sand dune systems, machair, saltmarshes, native oyster and blue mussel beds and seagrass beds, ensuring all sectors operate within environmental limits and are robustly monitored • Low impact, demonstrably by-catch free, spatially managed, high-value nature and climate positive fisheries, with healthy and resilient stocks, supporting sustainable fishing opportunities, coastal communities and a growing domestic seafood market. • All salmon farms...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 November 2019
S5W-25849
To ask the Scottish Government what research has been undertaken by, or on behalf of, Marine Scotland since May 2018 to identify spawning areas and breeding times for wild wrasse to ensure the protection of caught species during peak breeding activity, in accordance with paragraph 8.2 of Marine Scotland’s voluntary control measures for the live capture of Scottish wild wrasse for salmon farms, and on what spatial scale any such research has been undertaken.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 September 2016
S5W-02362
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the Scottish salmon farming industry is compliant with new regulations adopted by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration prohibiting imports from fisheries where marine animals are intentionally harmed.
Official Report
Meeting date:
4 April 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 04 April 2019
For many people, it is a £30-a-day day out. The debates about salmon farming’s effect in some areas have been well rehearsed.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 March 2021
S5W-35258
To ask the Scottish Government how Marine Scotland monitors the deployment of acoustic deterrent devices on salmon farms that do not have a European protected species licence.
