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In 1998, following such investigations, a salmon-farming company in Shetland was fined £1000 at Lerwick Sheriff Court for discharging Deosan Deosect, a compound used to treat horses and poultry.
I must correct something that I said earlier. The earlier petition on salmon farming went to the Transport and the Environment Committee and not to the Rural Development Committee.
It is a key employer in rural areas, particularly in the Highlands and Islands: 6,500 people work in salmon farming and associated downstream activities.
It is a key employer in rural areas, particularly in the Highlands and Islands: 6,500 people work in salmon farming and associated downstream activities.
Fish Farming To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in the light of the £9 million aid package on offer to the salmon farming industry, it will consider the provision of support to wild fishery management in the west Highlands to reverse the decline of salmon and sea trout stocks.
Having talked to people in the salmon farming industry, I know that they are pledged to coexistence and sustainability, but a review would certainly help to clear the air.
After decision time, there will be a members' business debate on motion S1M-98, in the name of Mr Tavish Scott, on the crisis in salmon farming. The business for the following week is provisional.