The Fisheries Management Scotland Conference is our annual keynote event and an opportunity for the fisheries management community to come together and discuss topical issues. It allows us to raise awareness of local, regional and national projects delivered by our members and other partners and stimulate conversation and debate about our precious wild Atlantic salmon and native freshwater fish.
Contributors to our conference bring a wealth of experience on fish, fisheries and wider aquatic biodiversity. The event allows us to share experience not only within Scotland but beyond that to UK and international level.
We are delighted to announce that the 2024 Fisheries Management Scotland Annual conference will be held on 28 March at the Aviemore Highland Resort. This is an opportunity for the fisheries management community to come together with key stakeholders to stimulate conversation, debate and action to protect and restore our precious wild Atlantic salmon and native freshwater fish. Our conference allows us to showcase some examples of the wide range of local, regional and national action being delivered by our members and other partners.
Our wild salmon, in common with wider biodiversity, are in crisis, both in Scotland and across the north Atlantic. During our 2024 conference – Cold, Clean Water – Steering the Future for Scotland’s Rivers – we will take stock of the current situation, highlight some of the issues that we are currently facing, and then look to the future to discuss and identity solutions. We need to accelerate the pace and scale of work to restore our freshwater and coastal environments and demonstrate the wider benefits to Scotland’s biodiversity which will arise from protecting and restoring this keystone species. The programme is now available HERE.
Bookings for the event on Eventbrite are now closed – please contact us at general@fms.scot if you have an enquiry.
Our 2023 Conference was our first face to face event since 2019 and the presentations were filmed. You can view these, and the presentations for previous events in the links below.
| Year | Presentations |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Presentations |
| 2022 | Presentations |
| 2021 | Presentations |
| 2020 - cancelled due to COVID-19 | |
| 2019 | Presentations |
| 2018 | Presentations |
| 2017 | Presentations |