Last week’s report on salmon farming by the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Economy and Connectivity committee demanded change to solve industry problems. Here Heather Jones, chief executive of the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre, outlines some of the work already being done.

MSPs who carried out an inquiry into the future of Scottish salmon farming have called for urgent action to improve and enhance the regulation of the industry but have rejected calls for a moratorium on expansion.

A Scottish Parliamentary inquiry into the future of salmon farming will call for extensive changes to its complex regulatory regime, according to a report in yesterday’s Sunday Post.

Animal welfare experts have expressed disappointment after they were denied the opportunity to appear as witnesses at two Scottish Parliamentary inquiries into salmon farming.

Scotland’s salmon farmers want to keep the tough regulations governing the industry because they add to the special reputation – and higher price – their fish have in the global market.