play Play pause Pause S2 E7 Oct 18, 2025 The Stronghold strategy to save wild salmon 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 campaigner, Alex Mor...
play Play pause Pause S2 E6 Oct 06, 2025 Can the Baltic salmon be saved? 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 brink, the salmon boun...
play Play pause Pause S2 E5 Sep 19, 2025 Matt Hayes & Ann-Britt Bogen on the future of the Gaula 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 coastline, but fish...
play Play pause Pause S2 E4 Sep 05, 2025 Why we must increase our rewilding efforts with Ben Goldsmith 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 believes it can – and mu...
play Play pause Pause S2 E3 Aug 22, 2025 Stephan & Marina Dombaj: Risking it all for the salmon 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 conservation efforts, aware...
play Play pause Pause S2 E2 Aug 08, 2025 Will the Outer Hebrides be the UK's Salmon Stronghold? 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 Murray finds out why the...
play Play pause Pause S2 E1 Jul 25, 2025 Rob Macfarlane: Rivers are alive and should have rights 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 believe they are our lifeb...
play Play pause Pause trailer Jul 19, 2025 Season 2 Trailer 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 25th, addressing the pr...
play Play pause Pause bonus Dec 09, 2024 Christmas Special: Keeping farmed salmon off the table with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Chef and sustainable food activist, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, joins Jim Murray for a special Christmas episode of The Last Salmon podcast explaining why farmed salm...
play Play pause Pause Recommended Episode S1 E12 Jun 04, 2024 The fight goes on and angler voices are needed now more than ever 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 which Iceland’s ...
play Play pause Pause S1 E11 May 17, 2024 ‘We don’t have time, we need to intervene now.’ Ken Whelan addresses ranching as a possible angler solution Internationally renowned fishery scientist, Ken Whelan, issues a call to action on the latest episode of The Last Salmon. He says that ranching can and will work to he...
play Play pause Pause S1 E10 May 10, 2024 Hatcheries - a solution or a problem? Hatcheries. It’s a contentious issue amongst the salmon angling community and with numbers of salmon continuing to drop, more and more anglers are asking can and shou...
play Play pause Pause S1 E9 May 03, 2024 The chemicals weren’t working, the fish were suffering and new ideas were needed 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’ and joins Jim & D...
play Play pause Pause S1 E8 Apr 26, 2024 Matt Harris and why it's still the salmon above all others 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 one as good as the l...
play Play pause Pause S1 E7 Apr 19, 2024 'When you catch your first fish, the fish catches you' Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard on fly fishing, salmon & saving the planet 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 planet, Yvon is m...
play Play pause Pause S1 E6 Apr 12, 2024 Mikael Frödin: the salmon angler we can all learn from 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 conservationist who says ...
play Play pause Pause S1 E5 Apr 05, 2024 Charles Clover: helping to save the oceans one area at a time 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 environmental journalists...
play Play pause Pause S1 E4 Mar 29, 2024 The hopes and fears for salmon fishing in Scotland 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 it comes to salmon fi...
play Play pause Pause S1 E3 Mar 22, 2024 How Alexandra Morton won her fight against salmon farms 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 wild salmon in her lo...
play Play pause Pause S1 E2 Mar 15, 2024 Paul Whitehouse & John Bailey on stocking, salmon fishing and the return of Rowley Birkin (KC) Paul Whitehouse, the comedic legend, and John Bailey, the wizard behind the scenes of Mortimer & Whitehouse Gone Fishing, join us on The Last Salmon podcast.With their...
