Marine
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Counting Scotland’s Salmon
24th October 2024 by Marine Directorate Communications
We are working with stakeholders to enhance and protect salmon stocks. Our assessments of salmon stocks rely on data from rivers, including from fish counters like this newly refurbished equipment from the River Helmsdale.
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How Scotland’s wild Atlantic salmon are faring
16th August 2023 by Marine Scotland Communications
Every year scientists from the Marine Directorate of the Scottish Government assess the status of 173 Scottish salmon stocks using information collected from river fisheries and automatic fish counters combined with environmental information, such as water flow.
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COP27 blog series: targeted tree planting provides a nature-based solution
16th November 2022 by Marine Directorate Communications
The Scottish Wild Salmon Strategy aims to reverse the decline of wild salmon by tackling pressures such as changing river temperatures. Trees can reduce river temperatures by reducing the amount of sunlight reaching the water surface, much like natural parasols. By increasing the amount of woodland next to rivers it is possible to reduce some of the effects of climate change on river temperature.
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