Simon Paterson and his son James fishing bag nets at the Strathy fishing station, Sutherland, 2007

Salmon net fishers harvesting sea trout from a bag net at Boddin Point at the north end of Lunan Bay, Angus, 2025

James Mackay setting off in his coble, at Armadale, Sutherland, 2003

Armadale, Sutherland, 2003

Boddin Point, Angus, 2000

Jim Mitchell (right) and Bob Ritchie fishing a ‘jumper’ net in a hailstorm at Kinnaber, Angus, 2000

Salmon netters guide stakes into holes on the foreshore at low tide during construction of the fly net on the rocks, Boddin, Angus, 1998

Salmon net fishers crossing Lunan Bay on the way to fishing bag nets at Auchmithie, Angus, 2002

Abandoned equipment at a salmon netting bothy in the dunes at St Cyrus beach, 2021

Former salmon net fisherman Sandy MacLachlan standing outside the bothy at the former salmon netting station at Cuil Bay, Lochaber, on the banks of Loch Linnhe in 2022

Salmon net fisher Ian Paterson sitting in his bothy in Melvich, Sutherland, close to the Portskerra fishing station which he owned and operated, 2021

A team of salmon net fishers battle against the incoming tide as they secure poles with ropes on the foreshore during construction of the fly net on the rocks at Boddin, Angus, 2000

Salmon netter Ian Falconer steers a coble boat on the way to emptying bag nets in the waters off Boddin, Angus, 2000

Two salmon net fishers enter the waters of the Solway Firth with their haaf nets at Annan, Dumfries and Galloway on the first day of the fishing season, 2026

Salmon net fishers working at the Paxton House fishing station on the river Tweed at Paxton, Berwickshire, 2002

Salmon net fisher Tony Turner working in the waters of the Solway Firth with his haaf net, Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, 2000

Two salmon net fishers making their way home across the beach after fishing ‘jumper’ nets at Kinnaber, Angus, 2000

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