Natural England on shooting licences, Scottish wild salmon number decline and a chicken shed that's become a self-storage unit.

Farming Today

• Episode: Natural England on shooting licences, Scottish wild salmon number decline and a chicken shed that's become a self-storage unit.
• Website: Farming Today
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• Duration: 00:13:34
• Published: 2019-04-26 10:53

Natural England is facing criticism from all sides over the way its handled its decision to revoke general licences allowing the shooting of birds like crows and pigeons. It follows a legal challenge from the Wild Justice group, which argued the licences in England were unlawful. We hear from a game processor who says without a steady supply of pigeons, he will have to lay off staff, and put his points to Natural England's interim Chief Executive. The Scottish Government says it's investing millions of pounds in research and river management after a dramatic drop in wild salmon catches. Figures released this week show just over 37,000 wild salmon were caught in Scotland last year. That's down around a third on recent years, and is the lowest level since records began. But work is already underway to find out what's behind the drop and we visit the River Tweed to hear about a project to track the movements of salmon. And how can you get the most out of your disused farm buildings? We visit an old chicken shed which has been converted into 6- self-storage units. Presented by Charlotte Smith Produced by Heather Simons