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National Adult Salmon Sampling Project

Freshwater,Fisheries

    Sampling of individual adult salmon is used to collect information on the size, sex and age of the fish. This information feeds directly into the stock assessments used for national and international management of Scottish salmon. Sampling of...

    Essential Fish Habitats Project Data

    Fisheries

      These data products describe the distribution of Essential Fish Habitats (EFH) for fish and shellfish species in Scottish waters. This contributes in developing the evidence base on EFH, which will help the Scottish Government in targeting future...

      The Status of Salmon in Scotland - earlier versions

      Archive

        Please note that the data for The Status of Salmon in Scotland has been updated since this version was released. Original downloads are available on request, but we strongly recommend using the most recent version, which can be located at https...

        The Status of Salmon in Scotland

        Freshwater

          The conservation status of 173 wild Atlantic salmon stocks (rivers or small groups of rivers) is assessed annually within Scotland according to how likely it is their numbers are at sustainable levels as part of the Salmon Conservation...

          Girnock and Baddoch: Emigrant Numbers by Year of Emigration

          Freshwater

            The Girnock and Baddoch catchments are long-term monitoring sites where the population dynamics of spring salmon have been assessed since 1966 and 1988 respectively. These sites include a pair of fixed traps designed to catch returning adult...

            Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey Data

            Aquaculture

              Production and employment statistics for shellfish aquaculture in Scotland. Please note that Marine Scotland will update this dataset annually when new statistics are released. No data previously published will have changed, but additional years...

              Report on Passive Acoustic Underwater Monitoring Data and Potential Sources of Noise in Relation to a Mass Stranding of Long-Finned Pilot Whales (Globicephala melas) on Isle of Lewis, July 2023

              Monitoring,Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Reports

                Underwater sounds have been shown to injure or disturb cetaceans, and around the world, cases have been documented of cetacean mass strandings that have been linked to underwater noise, across many species. The Scottish Government’s Marine...