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'Wild vs. Farmed' |
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3/23/2010 9:00 AM |
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'GROUNDBREAKING' wild fish lobby report critical of fish farms; Call for immediate action
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The UK's Salmon & Trout Association (S&TA) publishes this morning (March 23rd) its summary report on scientific studies into the environmental impact of current salmon farming operations. The S&TA says it “reveals a devastating catalogue of malpractice in the way salmon farming is impacting wild salmon, sea trout and the marine environment, and provides incontrovertible proof that it is a sword of Damocles suspended over some of Scotland’s most iconic natural resources.” The angling lobby accuses the multi-million pound salmon farming industry of “precipitating an environmental disaster”, and calls for a nine-point survival plan to be actioned immediately. “Aquaculture practised sustainably can offer enormous benefits to mankind and significantly reduce the pressure on our precious wild oceanic stocks,” commented Paul Knight, CEO of the S&TA. “But the scientific literature unequivocally demonstrates that fish farms, as presently constructed and operated, are having a disastrous impact on native fisheries, the wider environment and the many public benefits associated with it”. The report focuses mainly at the sea lice issue, inter-breeding between wild Atlantic salmon and farmed salmon escapees, the impact of farms' effluents. The first of the nine-point action plan recommends that “[t]he long term target of the industry and Scottish Government must be for the universal use of enclosed systems for rearing fish, therefore cutting out any interaction between farmed and wild salmon and sea trout.” More details below...
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