It was the Ices (international Council for Exploration of Seas) report to the Nasco conference in Labrador Canada in June that has shocked the Scottish government into their proposed actions announced yesterday. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-33646169 Plans for wild salmon coastal net catching ban wild salmon Plans for a complete ban on catching wild salmon using coastal nets …
Month: July 2015
SCOTLAND TO END COASTAL NETS
PRESS RELEASE – FISSTA IRELAND 24.7.15 Sometimes the long hard campaigns of demanding, persuading, imploring salmon countries to step up to the plate and take responsibility for their failures to protect our shared wild Atlantic salmon resource pays off, as FISSTA welcome the news from Scotland that some progress is underway. At the Nasco conference …
SALMON FARMERS IN KILKIERAN BAY SENT BACK TO DONEGAL
Sometimes you wonder are we wasting our campaigning efforts on a government and state agencies that ignore us. Well, every so often we can claim a result when you read the following extract from the current Skipper. FISSTA thank Aine Ni Cheannabhain, GBASC and especially RTE Eco eye for the investigative programme that brings this …