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For salmon, every little helps

IF THE ONLY salmon you eat is the result of spectacular fishing trips in pursuit of wild Pacific sockeye, then read no further. But for anyone who regularly tucks into farmed Scottish salmon, it might be worth peering under the bonnet of those glowing sustainability credentials on the packet.

It hardly comes as news to most readers that the only salmon records being set these days are pretty dismal ones. A particularly sonorous alarm came

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