Tune in tomorrow, 5th June, at 9am, when the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs & Islands Committee will meet to discuss its follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland. MSPs will be taking evidence from environmental non-governmental organisations, followed by academics and scientists from the aquaculture sector.
Throughout the inquiry, the Committee will be considering what progress the Scottish Government has made in enacting the recommendations of the RECC Committee’s report in 2018.
Commenting, Rural Affairs & Islands Committee Convener, Finlay Carson MSP, said;
“The RECC recommendations of 2018 aimed to put in place measures that would maintain the reputation of Scottish salmon as an internationally recognised premium product, and so preserving the significant economic and social value this industry brings to Scotland.
“Picking up the baton from our predecessors, we will find out what progress has been made in developing the industry since 2018 and how the various fish health, environmental and climate change challenges it faces, are being addressed.”
Tomorrow, the Committee takes evidence from—
John Aitchison, Aquaculture Group, Coastal Communities Network;
Sean Black, Senior Scientific Officer for Aquaculture, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals;
Sarah Evans, Aquaculture Policy Officer, Marine Conservation Society;
Rachel Mulrenan, Scotland Director, WildFish; and then from—
Dr Annette Boerlage, Research Fellow in Aquatic Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Scotland’s Rural College;
Professor Simon MacKenzie, Head of the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling;
Professor Sam Martin, Director of Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen;
Dr Helena Reinardy, Lecturer and Teaching Fellow, Scottish Association for Marine Science;
Professor Lynne Sneddon, Chair in Zoophysiology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg.
Join them live at 9am – https://www.scottishparliament.tv/
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