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Norway's salmon ban serves as warning to Scots



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PLANS by Norway to ban wild salmon fishing this summer should act as a warning to protect stocks in Scotland, campaigners say.
Stocks of wild salmon in Norway have been in steady decline and now authorities may bring in a complete fishing ban.

Fishing bodies in Scotland say stocks of wild salmon have not reached such desperate levels, but think the move should still be regarded as a warning.

Patrick Fothringham, director of the Salmon and Trout Association, said: "Scotland needs to reduce drastically the indiscriminate and unrestricted exploitation of our salmon in coastal net fisheries."





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  • Last Updated: 17 April 2008 9:50 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Sea fishing industry
 
1

Guga II,

Rockall 18/04/2008 03:03:35
Maybe they should reduce drastically the indiscriminate and unrestricted exploitation of our salmon in private fishing beats used by the toffs.
2

brian mcc,

the arctic 18/04/2008 03:07:06
It may be a warning to the world, not just Scotland.
Salmon harvest has halted in the Pacific ocean.
California and Oregon, sport and commercial.

Sea lions congregate to feast below the 1st dam on the Columbia river system. A spirit 'Gaia' witnesses the scene at the Bonneville dam, a structure built in the 1920's, to harvest the power that is called hydro-electric. She sees a man judicially empowered to shoot a sea lion, a wild dog of the water as they gather in packs to feast on salmon as they find yet another obstacle as their spawn cycle calls them to return.

Gaia is mother earth.
Norway
Scotland
White Salmon, Washington USA
3

GalacticCannibal,

Murrieta; . CA.....a place in the Sun 18/04/2008 07:05:29
#1
U wrote:
used by the toffs

Hey dude
What are toffs.

Like some kinda candie or a sweet like chocolate.

GC
4

Nell,

The Preservation Hall 18/04/2008 07:46:32
No. 3:- Do you really not know what a toff is or are you taking the proverbial?
5

struie,

highlands 18/04/2008 08:22:27
Guga - you are way off the mark. Anglers in Scotland now release back into the water 55% of all the salmon they catch. On the Dee it is over 95% and on the Tay this season so far it is over 80%. And across the country the highest exploitation rates are on club or association waters which give cheap access to all.
Before you comment on this issue, you need to really understand the critical difference between indiscriminate mixed stocks coastal nets and single stock in-river exploitation. Try doing some research!
6

BenTen,

18/04/2008 09:26:24
#5 why should he research this issue he never researches anything else he spouts off about!!
7

struie,

highlands 18/04/2008 10:34:58
#6 You are dead right. And he comments on virtually every story - talk about suffering from verbal diarrhoea. Perhaps this ailment explains why he must lead such a sad existence in the north of Lewis.
8

Martyk,

18/04/2008 20:04:04
I never understand how anyone gets any pleasure from harming any animal. Shooting , fishing... What is the thrill in inflicting pain or death on another living creature just for fun?
9

Langenburger,

28/04/2008 10:38:54
Wild salmon are not just under threat from the ongoing indiscriminate netting at sea which should be stopped. A more potent threat to Scottish fish comes from the weekend press reports saying that Mr Mather seems to favour a new bout of hydro electric initiatives.
If true this is incredibly myopic thinking by an elected minister and Alex should be told of the consequences.
The hydro schemes from the 50s are not the green option they are heralded as and have created long term issues to salmon runs and breeding areas in previously great river systems like the Ness, Connon and Beauly and even today there is the disgraceful ongoing theft of the River Garry just north of Blair Atholl - and this river is now known to have been an important breeding area for Spring Salmon - now the rarest of the rare.
With anglers now voluntarily adopting catch and release salmon fishing can remain a huge positive economic plus for Scotland with multiplier effects right through our rural communities.
It just needs some understanding and vision from The Scottish and European parlaiments.

 

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