Wild salmon at risk

Now cheap compared to prices once charged, salmon will be on many tables over Christmas. It will be almost all farmed salmon which is being produced internationally in vast quantities, while the endangered, wild salmon is available only in relatively tiny amounts because of its decline and protection measures in recent decades.

We’re constantly listening to warnings about the perilous state of the wild Atlantic salmon, so any glimmer of good news is always welcome. An estimated 240,000 Atlantic salmon returned to Irish shores last year, according to Inland Fisheries Ireland.