herbie29
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14 lbs spey spring salmon
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Post by herbie29 on Mar 6, 2014 10:37:58 GMT
I see in the news of yet another escape of farmed salmon in Shetland 155000 but no indication of size but whatever size very dab news for wild fish. I bet they don't get more than a slap on the wrist from the scottish government but the only positive from this will be that it is right infront of Mr Thin just at the start of his review it just needs to be pushed on him the damage this will do to wild fish.
Herbie
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dunkeld
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Tay Springer April 2010
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Post by dunkeld on Mar 7, 2014 7:50:16 GMT
More pressure on the fragile stocks. Again reinforces the argument for land based rearing pens.
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Post by adipose on Mar 10, 2014 21:10:39 GMT
I see in the news of yet another escape of farmed salmon in Shetland 155000 but no indication of size but whatever size very dab news for wild fish. I bet they don't get more than a slap on the wrist from the scottish government but the only positive from this will be that it is right infront of Mr Thin just at the start of his review it just needs to be pushed on him the damage this will do to wild fish. Herbie Could there be a better argument for Closed Containment salmon farming? The Sunday Times article about Stupid salmon of 9 March described the impact of escapes on stocks of wild Atlantic salmon, first weakening them by damaging their genetic attributes, then possibly leading to their extinction. Imagine you arrived in Scotland for the first time from Mars, with the task of assessing the Scottish Government's policy on managing stocks of the nation's wild salmon and sea trout. You could be forgiven for concluding that the policy is to render both species extinct by promoting two unsustainable industries: ONE On the west coast the unsustainable salmon farming industry threatens the genetic integrity and survival of salmon and sea trout throughout the country. TWO On the east coast mixed stocks coastal netting is driving fragile stocks of early running salmon to extinction. Doubtless when the spring fish have gone they will move on to render other populations extinct. Is the Government's policy to eradicate our wild migratory salmonids? Why? If you were an investigator from Mars you might well conclude that is the Government's policy. But most of us who live in Scotland are simply allowing that extinction policy to flourish. Brave New World!
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Post by devronmac on Mar 10, 2014 21:14:22 GMT
Orri Vigfusson doesn't miss and hit the wall in his article in Trout and salmon this month ! I do hope that someone in the Scottish Government gets and reads a copy !
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Post by adipose on Mar 10, 2014 21:36:03 GMT
Orri Vigfusson doesn't miss and hit the wall in his article in Trout and salmon this month ! I do hope that someone in the Scottish Government gets and reads a copy ! The trouble is that, while many anglers would like to see Orri canonised, there are others, including the government, who see him as a nuisance. Almost to the extent that his various missives are binned before they have been read! He has become a controversial figure, perhaps not quite as much as Don Staniford has, but definitely on Don's, Bruce's and the other evangelists' side of the line. I hate to say that Orri's article in T&S may be read cursorily, but no one in government will pay it any attention.
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