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  • FISSTA REGARD THIS FIGHT AS THE ALAMO FOR WILD SALMON AND ANGLING

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  • GARDAI CALLED TO YET ANOTHER PROTEST IN DONEGAL AGAINST FISH FARMING

    LINSFORT LICENSE PROVES YET AGAIN MINISTER COVENEY’S TUNNEL VISION STRATEGY TO THE DETRIMENT OF TOURISM ONCE AGAIN.

    LAST MONTH FISSTA REFUSED TO WITHDRAW THEIR LEGAL NOTICE AGAINST SALMON CAGES DESPITE PARTIAL CLIMBDOWN BY MINISTER COVENEY AS ANNOUNCED IN THE IRISH TIMES IN LATE JUNE AS HIS DAFM CONTINUE TO ISSUE AQUACULTURE LICENSES WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON LOCAL LEISURE AND TOURISM.

    FISSTA SUPPORT THE MAJOR PROTESTS AT LINDSFORT BEACH ON LOUGH SWILLY. FISSTA AFFILIATED ANGLING CLUBS SUPPORT THE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND TOURISM OPERATORS WHO ATE LITERALLY FIGHTING TO RECLAIM THEIR BEACH FROM A LOCAL COMPANY.

    FISSTA has informed Minister Coveney that this license granting the loss of a public amenity to visitors and locals alike is typical of his inability to make such decisions from his Dublin or Cork offices. The hijacking of a public beach yet again proves that local considerations ignored to satisfy commercial agendas as lobbied by Irish Salmon Growers Association lobbyist Mr Ritchie Flynn who is their aquaculture executive who operates out of Irish Farmers Association Headquarters in the farm centre Bluebell Dublin. FISSTA oppose the granting of this license and are awaiting response to the legal notice already lodged with his office against the Galway Bay mega fish farms plan. FISSTA informed the Minister earlier this month that our legal notice will not be withdrawn despite his impending climb down as announced in late June in the Irish Times.

    FISSTA Chairman Paul Lawton stated that “We have consistently argued and campaigned for the Minister and his Government to review the present cutting edge technologies that are in operation by salmon farmers at the top of their industry who advocate a sustainable closed contained RAS or Recirculation Aquaculture System. This is the only method of producing farmed salmon that can deliver his projected 45,000 tons in 2017 rather than 2023 without damaging our wild Atlantic salmon in their habitat for which this state must protect.”

    Sent from

    Noel Carr Secretary FISSTA
    Federation of Irish Salmon & Seatrout Anglers.
    Address: Teelin Rd. Carrick. Co. Donegal Office Tel: 00353 749730300
    Mobile. 00353872352001
    Email. Dgl1@indigo.ie

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  • Massive Decline in Scottish Salmon Numbers

    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

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    Plans for a complete ban on catching wild salmon using coastal nets have been announced by the Scottish government.

    The proposal followed a consultation which attracted more than 600 responses.

    It would also see the introduction of a licensing scheme for the killing of wild salmon caught in rivers.

    The moves have been welcomed by the Association of Salmon Fishery Boards.

    Scotland’s biggest salmon netting company, Usan Salmon, said it was confident it would be allowed to start catching again once accurate salmon stock measurements have been taken.

    A Scottish government notice states: “In terms of paragraph 11 of schedule 1 to the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (the Act) notice is hereby given that the Scottish ministers propose to make conservation regulations under section 38 of the Act to introduce a licensing system for the killing of wild salmon in Scotland and a prohibition on the taking of salmon outwith inland waters.”

    It said: “The general effect of this proposal will be: (a) to prohibit the taking of Atlantic salmon outwith inland waters. (b) to prohibit the killing of salmon in Scotland without a licence.”

    Objections to the regulations must be submitted by 19 August.

    The Scottish government said no decision had yet been taken but it would consider all the responses.

    A spokeswoman said: “Our consultation on wild fisheries reform is ongoing and we are in the process of engaging with stakeholders.”

    Sent from the desk of
    Noel Carr Secretary FISSTA
    Federation of Irish Salmon & Seatrout Anglers.
    Address: Teelin Rd. Carrick. Co. Donegal Office Tel: 00353 749730300
    Mobile. 00353872352001
    Email. Dgl1@indigo.ie