The news that an EU grant of £100,000 has been granted to a salmon netting company on the east coast of Scotland has brought a worrying response from the fishermen’s association in the Faroe Islands (attached).
Should they resume fishing for salmon in the ocean no doubt the Greenlanders (who also abide by the conservation schem by being paid not to fish for salmon in their coastal waters) would follow suit. This wreckless act, aided by the Scottish government, could hold dire consequences for the still fragile salmon stocks of the North Atlantic.
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