226. Adequate measures to reduce predation should be incorporated into all farms at the design stage.
227. Research should be undertaken to improve systems of predator control through investigation of modes of predator attack in relation to cage design and fish behaviour; improved design of cages, predator nets, deployment of nets (including use of weights, mesh sizes etc.) and resolution of problems associated with predator nets e.g. water flow reduction, increased drag, net fouling, and the entangling of predators.
228. Where measures are taken to protect fish from predators this should always be done in a way which minimises poor welfare of the predators and does not endanger predator populations. The killing of predators should be a last resort.
229. Salmon producers should follow the Salmon Farming and Predatory Wildlife Code of Practice which is produced by the Scottish Salmon Growers Association.