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S3 E8 Sep 17, 2026

Into the Kola: The Wildest Days of Salmon Fishing

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia’s Kola Peninsula became one of the most extraordinary salmon fishing destinations on earth. Julian Pullan, author of Right P...

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S3 E7 Sep 02, 2026

'The Salmon’s Fight Starts at Sea' – Hugo Tagholm on Protecting Our Oceans

Can saving the wild Atlantic salmon begin at sea? Hugo Tagholm, former CEO of Surfers Against Sewage and now Executive Director of Oceana UK, joins Jim to explore the ...

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S3 E6 Aug 19, 2026

One Salmon Is Now a Privilege | Andrew Flitcroft on the Future of Salmon Fishing

For more than 30 years, Andrew Flitcroft, former Editor of Trout & Salmon, and now Editor of The Take, Loop Tackle's new digital magazine, has watched salmon fishing s...

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S3 E5 Aug 03, 2026

Can Formula 1 thinking help save the wild salmon?

Ross Brawn has spent a lifetime solving some of the world's toughest engineering challenges. As the Formula 1 mastermind behind championship-winning teams at Benetton,...

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S3 E4 Jul 20, 2026

Eeland Stribling - The Activist Angler Comedian

Stand-up comedian, wildlife biologist and fly angler Eeland Stribling explains why making people laugh isn't a distraction from conservation - it's one of its most pow...

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S3 E3 Jul 06, 2026

Did the salmon farming industry tell the whole story?

Following our conversation with Mowi Scotland Managing Director, Ben Hadfield, we invited two people with first-hand experience of Scotland's salmon farming industry t...

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S3 E2 Jun 15, 2026

We Put Mowi on the Spot

Here on The Last Salmon we’re as sceptical of salmon farming as you can get without needing therapy but we also think it's important that we hear their side of the sto...

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S3 E1 Jun 01, 2026

The Fight for Wild Salmon: Lessons from Around the World

On Wild Salmon Day, Jim Murray returns with the first episode of Season 3, bringing together three leading voices from across the North Atlantic to discuss the future ...

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trailer May 31, 2026

Season 3: Driving Change for Wild Fish & Wild Places

Season 3 of The Last Salmon returns on #WIldSalmonDay June 1st. Jim Murray is back with more guests, more insights, more controversy - and more solutions to drive chan...

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S2 E13 Jan 16, 2026

Why This CEO Is Investing in Nature

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 of Cox Enterprises, ...

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S2 E12 Dec 19, 2025

Repost: No farmed salmon at Christmas - or any other time - with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

As it’s that time of year again, we’re reposting our episode from December 2024 with chef and sustainable food activist, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, for a special Chr...

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S2 E11 Dec 12, 2025

One Minute to Midnight: Saving England’s Chalk Stream Salmon

Once abundant in England’s crystal-clear chalk rivers, our chalk stream salmon now teeter on the edge of extinction.   The chalk stream salmon is one of the rarest fis...

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S2 E10 Nov 28, 2025

Breaking with the industry: the Mowinckel stand against salmon farming

Frederik W. Mowinckel is unique amongst those who oppose salmon farms.  It was his family who were some of the original salmon farmers in Norway that gave rise to the ...

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S2 E9 Nov 14, 2025

Peter Rippin: the pioneering Englishman in Iceland

Continuing our journey across the Atlantic, this week we’re in Iceland, a land synonymous with countless stunning salmon rivers.     Peter Rippin, is a pioneering Engl...

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S2 E8 Oct 31, 2025

Scale of Change & the Battle to Save Canada's Atlantic Salmon

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, someone who has committ...

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S2 E7 Oct 18, 2025

Guido Rahr & the Stronghold Strategy

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 M...

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S2 E6 Oct 06, 2025

The Decline of the Baltic salmon

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 bo...

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S2 E5 Sep 19, 2025

Matt Hayes, Ann-Britt Bogen & the Gaula's future

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...

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S2 E4 Sep 05, 2025

Ben Goldsmith & How Rewilding Can Help Restore Nature

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 – an...

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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...