Written Question · S4W-28669 · Session 4
What assessment it (a) has carried out or (b) plans on the possible impact of the west coast aquaculture industry on the number of wild sal…
The question
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it (a) has carried out or (b) plans on the possible impact of the west coast aquaculture industry on the number of wild salmon in the Solway Estuary and associated rivers.
The answer
The Scottish Government is supporting a number of significant research projects on the impacts of aquaculture on wild salmon in Scotland. These include:
Working with Scotland’s salmon farming industry and representatives of the wild salmon sector on a strategic programme of research that includes a study to explore any impacts of sea lice from fish farming in Scotland; funding research to develop shelf and sea lice dispersal modelling.
Match funding, with the aquaculture industry, up to £22 million to establish the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre to help the sector enhance its environmental performance and growth potential through the application of high quality research, with sea lice a priority.
Working closely with the Scottish aquaculture industry on changes to the industry’s management guidance to deliver enhanced use of cleaner fish as a biological solution to sea lice management, investigating and trialling novel techniques for sea lice control, improvements in husbandry more generally and exploring opportunities to make spatial planning for aquaculture more effective.
Working with Scotland’s salmon farming industry and representatives of the wild salmon sector on a strategic programme of research that includes a study to explore any impacts of sea lice from fish farming in Scotland; funding research to develop shelf and sea lice dispersal modelling.
Match funding, with the aquaculture industry, up to £22 million to establish the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre to help the sector enhance its environmental performance and growth potential through the application of high quality research, with sea lice a priority.
Working closely with the Scottish aquaculture industry on changes to the industry’s management guidance to deliver enhanced use of cleaner fish as a biological solution to sea lice management, investigating and trialling novel techniques for sea lice control, improvements in husbandry more generally and exploring opportunities to make spatial planning for aquaculture more effective.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-28669 by reference.