Missing Salmon Alliance – article in The Fieldsports Journal

June 3rd, 2026

 

Fisheries Management Scotland is delighted to share an interview with Matthew Fleming, Chair of The Missing Salmon Alliance, published in the latest edition of the Fieldsports Journal.

The interview highlights some of the MSA’s key messages, including the multitude and complexity of pressures facing wild salmon; their endangered status and value as an indicator species; the MSA’s mission is to help Atlantic salmon survive and thrive in rivers and seas and the importance of science to provide the evidence for meaningful dialogue and change.

 

Read it here on pages 39-41

Concerns for Atlantic salmon due to water extraction from River Spey
Concerns for Atlantic salmon due to water extraction from River Spey

Concerns have been raised about the wild Atlantic salmon population on a river in north-east Scotland, after changes in water extraction were approved during a period of “exceptionally low river levels”. The Spey Fishery Board has expressed “profound disappointment”...