The Last Salmon
Episodes
Why This CEO Is Investing in Nature
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Taylor is an avid outdoorsman, conservationist, and author of ‘The Longest Cast: The Fly-Fishing Journey of a Lifetime.’ But he is also CEO ...
Repost: No farmed salmon at Christmas - or any other time - with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As it’s that time of year again, we’re reposting our episode from December 2024 with chef and sustainable food activist, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingsta...
One Minute to Midnight: Saving England’s Chalkstream Salmon
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Once abundant in England’s crystal-clear chalk rivers, our chalkstream salmon now teeter on the edge of extinction. The chalkstream salmon is one o...
Breaking with the industry: the Mowinckel stand against salmon farming
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Frederik Mowinckel is unique amongst those who oppose salmon farms. It was his family who were some of the original salmon farmers in Norway that ga...
Peter Rippin: the pioneering Englishman in Iceland
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing our journey across the Atlantic, this week we’re in Iceland, a land synonymous with countless stunning salmon rivers. Peter Rippin, i...
Scale of Change & the Battle to Save Canada's Atlantic Salmon
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over this side of the Atlantic you probably haven’t heard of Hooké or its founder, Fred Campbell, but I liken him to a Canadian Yvon Chouinard, som...
Guido Rahr & the Stronghold Strategy
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every so often you meet someone whose life is so remarkable and whose love of and determination in saving nature leaves you in awe. I think of the ca...
The Decline of the Baltic salmon
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just a few years ago the Baltic salmon were thriving, with huge numbers of fish running the pristine waters of Sweden. Once thought to be on the brin...
Matt Hayes, Ann-Britt Bogen & the Gaula's future
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Norway. The legendary land of the giant salmon has been struggling of late, not least in the face of so many salmon farms throttling its beautiful c...
Ben Goldsmith & How Rewilding Can Help Restore Nature
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rewilding. It’s about taking a step back and leaving nature alone. But, in the 21st century how can it be achieved? Ben Goldsmith certainly b...
Stephan & Marina Dombaj: Risking it all for the salmon
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Midst the doom and gloom about the future of wild salmon, we have to believe - and have faith - that our collective actions – be it through conserva...
Will the Outer Hebrides be the UK's Salmon Stronghold?
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We know salmon numbers are down and we know there’s an existential threat endangering their very future, but this week on the Last Salmon, Jim Murra...
Rob Macfarlane: Rivers are alive and should have rights
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is a river alive? What a question….it throws up so many if, buts, maybes, but most importantly, why not? Rivers helped save me, and I truly belie...
Season 2 Trailer
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wild salmon are in a perilous state. But we can’t and won’t give up.The Last Salmon with Jim Murray is back for another season, launching July 2...
Christmas Special: Keeping farmed salmon off the table with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chef and sustainable food activist, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, joins Jim Murray for a special Christmas episode of The Last Salmon podcast explainin...
The fight goes on and angler voices are needed now more than ever
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the final episode of the first series of The Last Salmon, Daire and Jim revisit Iceland and the issue of the regulation and future of salmon farms...
‘We don’t have time, we need to intervene now.’ Ken Whelan addresses ranching as a possible angler solution
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Internationally renowned fishery scientist, Ken Whelan, issues a call to action on the latest episode of The Last Salmon. He says that ranching can a...
Hatcheries - a solution or a problem?
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hatcheries. It’s a contentious issue amongst the salmon angling community and with numbers of salmon continuing to drop, more and more anglers are...
The chemicals weren’t working, the fish were suffering and new ideas were needed
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Simen Saetre is the co-author (along with Kjetil Ostli) of ‘The New Fish: The Truth about Farmed Salmon and the Consequences We Can No Longer Ignore...
Matt Harris and why it's still the salmon above all others
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Harris is the angler you want to fish with and hang out with in the hut or bar afterwards. He has a lifetime of stories of fish caught, every on...
'When you catch your first fish, the fish catches you' Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard on fly fishing, salmon & saving the planet
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, wanted to live life and do things his own way. In his 80s now and having given Patagonia away to help save the...
Mikael Frödin: the salmon angler we can all learn from
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He’s the Swedish salmon maestro who fished 250 days a season in his younger years, but he’s more than an expert salmon angler, he’s an ardent co...
Charles Clover: helping to save the oceans one area at a time
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We take a brief departure from all things Atlantic salmon to focus on their second home - the ocean. Charles Clover is one of the pre-eminent environ...
The hopes and fears for salmon fishing in Scotland
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scotland. It’s the traditional heart and home of fly fishing for salmon. The Spey, Dee, Tay and Tweed are rivers synonymous the world over when ...
How Alexandra Morton won her fight against salmon farms
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandra Morton is a warrior and a shining light who has fought and won her battle against fish farms. She has committed her life to saving the wil...
Paul Whitehouse & John Bailey on stocking, salmon fishing and the return of Rowley Birkin (KC)
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Whitehouse, the comedic legend, and John Bailey, the wizard behind the scenes of Mortimer & Whitehouse Gone Fishing, join us on The Last Salm...
The tipping point for Iceland in their fight to save the wild salmon
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this, the first episode of Season 1 of The Last Salmon podcast, hosts, Jim Murray and Daire Whelan, find out how the massive escape of farmed salmo...