The Petitioner has been very heavily involved over many years with the Scottish Government in both formal and informal consultation in order to promote the conservation of early-running wild Atlantic salmon.
The Salmon & Trout Association (Scotland) gave very detailed evidence to the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee, both written and oral, during the passage of the Aquaculture and Fisheries Act 2013, to the Wild Fisheries Review (‘the Thin Review’) on how the conservation and management of Scottish wild salmon may be improved and in direct relation to the date to which exploitation of wild salmon should be prevented by Scottish Government under Annual Close Time Orders and Salmon Conservation Regulations.