Freedom of Information Request - Atlantic Salmon Trust Funding
Date: 23 January 2026
Our ref: SIR182919/SIR182920/A5652426
Information Request – Atlantic Salmon Trust Funding
Your Requests
As your two requests are directly linked, we are dealing with them both in one response.
‘Can you tell me the total amount of money the Atlantic Salmon Trust received from Scottish Government in the last five years. I would be grateful if you could give me the amount of money for each year.’
‘According to the request about funding that we are paying to the Atlantic Salmon Trust, can you tell me the total amount of money their ‘West Coast Tracking Project’ project received?’
Our Response
Following a search of the information we hold we can confirm two grant awards have made to the Atlantic Salmon Trust through the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund in the last five years. NatureScot administers the fund on behalf of the Scottish Government.
Table 1 - Grants Awarded to Atlantic Salmon Trust
| Project name | Date | Funding offered |
|---|---|---|
| West Coast Salmon Smolt Tracking Project[1] | 2022/2023 | £85,136 |
| Linking the Lochs project | 2024/2025 | £143,540 |
[1] via The Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund (SMEEF)
We do not hold records of any other Scottish Government funding to the Atlantic Salmon Trust. A Freedom of Information request can be made to the Scottish Government via their FOI website page.
How We Handled Your Request
We believe you have asked for environmental information as defined in the Environmental Information (Scotland Regulations 2004 (‘the EIRs’), so we are dealing with your request under those regulations. To be able to use the EIRs, we must apply an exemption under section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (‘FOISA’). The Scottish Information Commissioner’s guidance recommends that public authorities apply this exemption to environmental information and handle request under the EIRs.
If you would like to find out more about the access to information legislation, there is a guidance booklet available on the Scottish Information Commissioner’s website.
Review and Appeal
I hope this information meets your requirements, but if you are dissatisfied with how we have responded to your information request, please write to us within 40 working days explaining your concerns. You can contact us at Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW or email us at [email protected]. We will carry out a review of our response and contact you with our findings within 20 working days.
If you are not satisfied following this, you can make an appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner within 6 months. The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
Yours sincerely
FOI Officer,
NatureScot
Additional Information
This response was provided in Gaelic. This is available on request. Please reference the case number (starting with SIR).
