Fish farming

Scottish salmon industry challenged over move to drop ‘farmed’ from labels

Author / Creator: Haroon Siddique

Media type: Newspaper article

Date published: 2024

Animal welfare campaigners are challenging the decision to allow producers of Scottish salmon to drop the word “farmed” from labelling.

An application by the industry body claimed changing the protected name wording on the front of packaging from “Scottish farmed salmon” to “Scottish salmon” made sense because wild salmon was no longer sold in supermarkets, which consumers were aware of.


Scotland’s Salmon Crisis

Author / Creator: Mike Small

Media type: Article

Date published: 2024

Scotland’s lochs are pockmarked by salmon farming, often foreign-owned and guilty of mass pollution and ... disgusting animal welfare.