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A changing world for salmon Alan Wells #wildsalmonmatter Fisheries management in Scotland A changing world for salmon International Year of the Salmon #wildsalmonmatter Simon Andrew McKelvey June 17 1962 December 2 2018 No one will

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A changing world for salmon

Alan Wells

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A changing world for salmon Fisheries management in Scotland International Year of the Salmon

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Simon Andrew McKelvey

June 17 1962 – December 2 2018 ‘No one will protect what they don’t care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced’ Sir David Attenborough

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Fisheries management in Scotland

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Three staff members Representative body for DSFBs and Trusts Promote and ensure the best fisheries management for the protection, preservation and development of Scotland’s wild salmon and freshwater fish, along with their fisheries and environment.

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Represent the interests of our member

rganisations

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Powers and duties set out in law District Salmon Fishery Boards and River Tweed Commission Power to raise a salmon levy for the purposes of funding management Power to appoint fisheries enforcement

fficers - water bailiffs

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Remit limited to salmon and sea trout

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Research and monitoring Rivers and Fisheries Trusts River restoration works Education initiatives

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All species remit

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Managing impacts, pressures and people to ensure that the environment on which the fish depend is optimal What is fisheries management?

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A changing world for salmon

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Atlantic salmon catches (rod and line)

20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000 1952 1958 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 2012 2018

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Report of the Working Group on North Atlantic Salmon (2018)

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Pre-fisheries abundance down Marine survival down What can be done to address impacts? Where do managers focus their efforts?

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International Year of the Salmon

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What do wild salmon mean to me? Video logs Members’ activities https://yearofthesalmon.org/

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“We are at an important moment. When countries now understand that protecting the environment is not something that is done at the expense of jobs and the economy but is essential to securing jobs and economy for the future.” Nicola Sturgeon, 2018 Scottish Forum on Natural Capital