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Follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland
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Published: Friday 17 Jan 2025 (RAIS062025R1)
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Section 1 - introduction
Background to the inquiry
Developments in aquaculture policy since the REC Committee report
Section 2 - fish health and welfare
Farmed fish mortalities (recommendations 9 and 10)
Background
Committee consideration
Mortality figures and targets
Causes of mortality
Provision for “practical action” in the event of high mortality
Mortality data (recommendations 11 and 12)
Background
Committee consideration
Farmed fish welfare
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Committee consideration
Sea lice (recommendations 15 and 16)
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Committee consideration
Publication of information on salmon farming (recommendations 22, 23 and 24)
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Committee consideration
Use of cleaner fish (recommendations 26 and 28)
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Committee consideration
Section 3 - environmental impacts of salmon farming
Discharges from marine pen fish farms (recommendations 29 and 30)
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Committee consideration
Medicine use (recommendations 31 and 32)
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Committee consideration
Section 4 - interactions between wild and farmed fish
Penalties for escapes from salmon farms (recommendation 37)
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Committee consideration
Research on the interactions between farmed and wild salmon (recommendations 38, 39 and 40)
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Committee consideration
Regulatory responsibility for managing the impact of salmon farms on wild fish (recommendation 42)
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Committee consideration
Use of the precautionary principle for the location of salmon farms away from wild salmon migratory routes (recommendations 45 and 46)
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Committee consideration
Section 5 - salmon farm consents and planning
Relocation of existing sites (recommendation 53) and the challenges of moving to more exposed sites (recommendations 54 and 55)
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Committee consideration
Consenting task group – pilot consenting process
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Committee consideration
Wider planning issues
Community benefits of salmon farming, including community benefit funds
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Committee consideration
Section 6 - final comments
Annexe A - REC Committee recommendations
Annexe B - Extract of minutes
Annexe C - Glossary
Image: Background to the inquiry
Image: Developments in aquaculture policy since the REC Committee report
Image: Mortality figures and targets
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