Marine Harvest change name to Mowi.
Interesting to see that Marine Harvest is having a rebrand, changing their name to Mowi next year. Harking back to their roots, Marine Harvest were originally named Mowi when the company began fish farming in 1964. Since then it became Hydro Seafood under the...MSS Publish Plans to Gather Catch Effort Data
Last week, Marine Scotland announced their intention to collect rod effort data from fisheries in 2019 (for salmon only). While we agree the catch per unit effort would be extremely beneficial to understanding salmon runs, collecting the necessary data is likely to...The Rural Economic Committee Report on Salmon Farming in Scotland
Having now had some time to digest the contents of the Rural Economic Committee Report on Salmon Farming in Scotland, we can now make our own brief assessment based on the contents of the report. Instantly, we heard claims of a whitewash or that this report had let...Shark attack or something less sinister?
We received a report of a dead cetacean along Newton shore at Ayr today. Gillian is a marine and freshwater biologist so she and I headed to have a look. Apparently it has been on the beach since Friday and the carcass has deteriorated over the weekend as to be...Silt and other issues affecting productivity
Our electrofishing season is all but over thankfully, as the injuries are stacking up and some older members of the team are feeling a bit tired. Age is a terrible affliction but with it comes experience so I do feel it has advantages (which I keep reminding my more...Photo Gallery
River Map Prints
We have three fine art map prints available to buy.
