Missing Salmon Alliance on BBC Radio 4 Farming Today
This week, the BBC Radio 4 Farming Today programme has been exploring the future of salmon, both farmed and wild.
Yesterday morning they spoke to Stuart Singleton-White, representing the Missing Salmon Alliance (MSA), about the challenges faced by wild Atlantic salmon and how the MSA is using science led research to put pressure on policy makers in order to improve survival rates.
Stuart explains the new data that is coming through from Missing Salmon Alliance initiatives and how this new knowledge will help to inform practical, manageable steps fisheries and river managers can take to help our salmon survive and thrive in our rivers and oceans.
In particular, he talks about the SAMARCH project that is leading to policy recommendations and management advice that can improve the outlook for wild salmon.
Click here to listen to the MSA interview on Radio 4.
The SAMARCH project is part funded by the EU Interreg France (Channel) England Programme.
The partners in the SAMARCH project are:
UK - Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, University of Exeter, Environment Agency, Salmon & Trout Conservation, Bournemouth University
France – INRAE, I’insitut Agro Rennes Angers, Office Francais de la Biodiversité, Seine-Normandie Migrateurs, Bretagne Grands Migateurs
As an Alliance of six organisations, we will build on the existing work of our partners and maximise our impact by taking a coordinated approach and vital action in order to halt and reverse the decline of wild Atlantic salmon.
The goal of the Missing Salmon Alliance is to build an evidence-base to influence national and international decision-makers to regulate activities that adversely impact wild Atlantic salmon.
The Missing Salmon Alliance
The MSA is comprised of the following members:
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Atlantic Salmon Trust, the Angling Trust with Fish Legal, The Rivers Trust and Fisheries Management Scotland.
https://www.missingsalmonalliance.org