When Storm Amy battered the Scottish Highlands in early October, it tore through a salmon farm’s sea pens, releasing around 75,000 fish into open water in Loch Linnhe. The scale of the escape is alarming. It comes at a time when wild Atlantic salmon – already classified as “endangered” in Great Britain – are in decline. For an animal so central to the UK’s ecology, culture and … [Read more...] about Storm Amy and 75K escaped Scottish salmon
William Perry
About William Perry
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the School of Biosciences, Cardiff University