{"id":135598,"date":"2023-12-17T02:20:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T02:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=135598"},"modified":"2023-12-17T02:20:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T02:20:53","slug":"on-red-list-scottish-salmon-are-now-officially-an-endangered-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/on-red-list-scottish-salmon-are-now-officially-an-endangered-species\/","title":{"rendered":"On red list! Scottish salmon are now officially an endangered species"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> On the red list, Scottish salmon are now officially an endangered species<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New calls for action to save the country\u2019s \u2018King of Fish.\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scotland\u2019s \u2018King of Fish\u2019 has been \u00adofficially classified as an \u2018endangered species\u2019, prompting calls for urgent action to save it.<\/p>\n<p>An internationally recognised conservation body last week added the Atlantic salmon to its red list of species at risk of extinction.<\/p>\n<p>The International Union for \u00adConservation of Nature (IUCN) warned that numbers are in steep decline and set to fall yet \u00adfurther. It raises the prospect that Scotland\u2019s great angling rivers could one day be empty of the \u00adleaping salmon for which they are world famous.<\/p>\n<p>The IUCN reclassified Atlantic salmon as \u2018endangered\u2019 \u2013 alongside the \u00adSiberian tiger, the blue whale, the Komodo dragon and the mountain gorilla \u2013 after a major study.<\/p>\n<p>It is predicted the population in Scottish rivers will have fallen by 63 per cent between 2010 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Will Darwall, lead researcher on the salmon study, said: \u2018Things are looking really bad for salmon. When I was young you used to be able to go down to the river and see them jumping, but you would be lucky to see that now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/18\/79039941-12872047-image-m-24_1702751305790.jpg\" height=\"717\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Scottish Salmon\u00a0 has been \u00adofficially classified as an \u2018endangered species\u2019 in a move that has prompted calls for urgent action to save it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/18\/79039943-12872047-image-m-22_1702751280025.jpg\" height=\"472\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Komodo dragon is also on the endangered list<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/18\/79039939-0-image-a-3_1702751113757.jpg\" height=\"385\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>An endangered high mountain gorilla eating in the forest\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If nothing changes and we keep going in this direction, then the salmon is heading for extinction. We \u00adhope the decline can be reduced.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Salmon hatch in freshwater streams then make their way to the ocean as adults, before finally returning to their birthplace to reproduce. Their journeys can be thousands of miles long.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers found Atlantic salmon \u00adpopulations fell by 23 per cent between 2006 and 2020, with the species categorised as \u2018near threatened\u2019 globally.<\/p>\n<p>However, the situation here is far more concerning and this led to the Atlantic salmon being reclassified as \u2018endangered\u2019 in British waters. Mr Darwall said: \u2018We know what is going on in rivers \u2013 the salmon is being impacted by issues such as blockages, loss of habitat and pollution. Fewer fish that go to sea are coming back to their rivers and it\u2019s not clear exactly why.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Some theories include climate change altering ocean currents and moving their feeding grounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Farmed salmon can also damage the wild variety if they escape \u00ador infect them with sea lice.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Traditional threats to wild salmon such as overfishing are also a \u00adconcern. But Mr Darwall said most rivers have a policy of putting salmon back, although some fishing boats could take them as bycatch.<\/p>\n<p>Angling organisations have already reported a fall in numbers and salmon are said to have become extinct on the River Balgy in Wester Ross as long ago as 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Pollard of the Scottish Environment \u00adProtection Agency, which \u00admanages the risk to wild salmon, said: \u2018Sepa plays a key role in working to remove barriers to salmon migration in rivers. From 2024 we\u2019ll go further, with protection zones and powers to manage interaction between wild salmon and sea lice from fish farms.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12872047\/On-red-list-Scottish-salmon-officially-endangered-species.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the red list, Scottish salmon are now officially an endangered species New calls for action to save the country\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>On red list! 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