The Tripartite Working Group (TWG) was established in 1999 with the aim of achieving healthy and sustainable farmed and wild salmonid stocks on the west coast of Scotland . The TWG is chaired by the Scottish Government; with other members of the group being representatives from the salmon farming industry and wild fisheries interest groups. The purpose of the TWG is to address problems common to salmon farming and wild salmon fisheries and to seek solutions for a sustainable future in both sectors.
The TWG have a recently developed website of their own which is accesible here.
The group recognised that there must be closer co-operation at a local level and this is being achieved through the establishment of Area Management Groups (AMG's). As well as the Scottish Government, the members of the TWG are: