As this month’s issue of Fish Farmer goes to press, we can say for sure that the UK will have a new Fisheries Minister. Mark Spencer, the previous incumbent, failed to retain his Sherwood Forest seat at the General Election, and the government he was a part of has made way for another.
What that might mean for aquaculture in the UK is less clear, and the sector is probably pretty low on the “to do” list for the incoming Prime Minister. We do know that Labour, in its manifesto, promised to champion “Brand Scotland” internationally and that it specifically mentioned Scottish salmon as part of that brand.