Fishing

Call to better understand fish farm emissions

Farmed Scottish salmon has a similar carbon footprint to chicken meat, a study by SRUC has found.…

SRUC
15/09/2021

Skirts and sea lice

Research into sea lice management measures used on Scottish salmon farms has found the use of in-feed and skirts to prevent the parasites entering pens are the most cost-effective.…

SRUC
18/09/2020

Scale of fish farm emissions revealed

Global aquaculture generates around the same amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as the sheep industry, according to new research.…

SRUC
13/08/2020

Whale's entanglement wounds among 'most severe'

A Sowerby’s beaked whale found on an East Lothian beach suffered some of the “most severe” entanglement wounds ever recorded by the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS).…

SRUC
17/10/2019