Fellow's Profile
Alison Baker
Fellow's Profile
Alison Baker
Can the UK remain a stronghold for wild Atlantic salmon?
Fellowship
- Themes
- Focus
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Understanding how indigenous salmon rights impacts on wild salmon management.
- Countries
- Fellowship year
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2026
- Locality
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Scotland
Contact
Biography
I am the Restoration Director at the Atlantic Salmon Trust, working with partners to deliver the change that is required to support vibrant wild salmon populations into the future. The focus of my Fellowship is to travel to Canada, the USA and Scandinavia to understand the role that river and salmon rights have in wild salmon management. I will be learning directly from people working across these regions, from both an Indigenous viewpoint and wider, and bringing this learning to the UK.
The UK does not currently have a system of rights but salmon is embedded in our culture. I will be finding out where there are routes to distil existing roles and responsibilities, and how to translate the learning. This is particularly relevant to an up-and-coming cohort of salmon managers who wish to change the hierarchical systems currently in place.
Disclaimer
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Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
