KEEP THE TRADITION OF SALMON NETTING ON THE TAMAR TAVY

Orri.

/ #121

2014-04-06 18:08

In a letter dated 2008 Ices report the greenland fishery have reduced their catch from 2,500 tons of North Atlantic salmon to 20 tonnes and Cefas reports that the cessation of the Irish drift net fishery will mean 5,000 more salmon returning to English and Welsh fisheries they also state a 70% reduction in uk netting effort so why are these tonnes of salmon not reflected in the data collected by the the EA ? It certainly puts the returns of the three Tamar Seines into perspective and puts the present rationale about net limitation into doubt.Oh and I forgot the long term reduction of the North East Drift net fishery which was supposedly exploiting English stocks. Could it be that if they're not caught they don't get counted?