Salmon and Trout Association
Salmon and Trout Association Welcomes Marine Harvest Fish Farm Certification
Responding to the Marine Harvest announcement today (21 May) that it will seek ASC certification for all its salmon farms, the Salmon & Trout Association Scotland gave a qualified welcome. ... Full story
Salmon and Trout Association reports Sainsbury’s to Advertising Standards Authority and Trading Standards
The Scotland (S&TAS) has filed a formal complaint against Sainsbury’s over the supermarkets erroneous claims concerning the geographic origin of and doubts over responsible claims made for its Taste the Difference Scottish farmed salmon. ... Full story
Salmon and Trout Association Appoint Fundraising Manager
The Salmon and Trout Association has announced that Gale Gould will join them as its first ever Fundraising Manager on 20 May. ... Full story
EA ‘Failing in its Duty’ as Report Highlights a Bad Year for Salmon
Rae Borras of Fishing TV believes the EA has failed in its statutory duty to maintain, improve and develop salmon fisheries. ... Full story
River Itchen – Phosphate Discharges are ‘Unacceptable’
The Salmon & Trout Association (S&TA) and Hampshire and IOW Wildlife Trust (HIWWT) hold the Environment Agency to legal account over unacceptably high levels of phosphate discharges in the Upper Itchen ... Full story
Salmon and Trout Association seek Fishery Bill Amendment
The Salmon & Trout Association Scotland has voiced support for a vital amendment to Aquaculture and Fisheries Bill and have declared the current Scottish Government position ‘indefensible’ ... Full story
Salmon – Drought and Flood may Reverse Population Upturn
New data show that salmon are again in decline because of the dual effects of a prolonged drought in 2011 followed by extreme flooding last year. ... Full story
Hampshire Chalkstreams – Raw Sewage and Phosphate Issues
The Salmon & Trout Association (S&TA) has urged the Environment Agency to keep its robust stance over two issues impacting Hampshire's chalkstreams. ... Full story
Freedom Food Certification 'sets bar very low' for Scottish Farmed Salmon
A Salmon and Trout Association report raises serious concerns over the RSPCA’s Freedom Food certification scheme for farmed salmon. ... Full story
Environment Agency – “Failing to uphold its duties to maintain, improve and develop fisheries”
The Environment Agency has come in for severe criticism this week for failing to uphold its duties to ‘to maintain, improve and develop fisheries’ and to ‘consider and give due weight to fisheries’ when granting impoundment licences associated with hydropower schemes. ... Full story
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Voluntary Bailiff Service – A Project Update on the Angling Trust’s Fight Against Poaching and Fish Theft
In the past two months the Angling Trust's Voluntary Bailiff...
So What Do Carp Really Eat?
Ian looks at what the carp's natural food is and...
Chalk Stream Charter Launched This Week
UK governments blasted for 50 years of 'lamentable environmental stewardship'...
Take Someone Fishing this Bank Holiday Weekend - For FREE!
The Take a Friend Fishing (TAFF) campaign, organised and run...
