Record low wild salmon catch in Scotland alarms ecologists

Calls for action as decline is seen as evidence of harm caused by climate crisis, pollution and fish farming

Salmon anglers have called for urgent action to protect Scotland's wild salmon after the lowest number on record were caught last year.

The latest official data shows that 35,693 Atlantic salmon were caught by anglers on Scottish rivers last year, the lowest number since records began in 1952 and just 75% of the average over the last five years.