Scotland accused of not complying with EU laws to protect salmon
Wild salmon. (Photo: atlanticsalmontrust.org)
(EUROPEAN UNION, 6/17/2014)
Salmon & Trout Association (S&TA) presented a formal complaint against the Scottish Government to the EU, accusing it of failure to comply with European law aiming to protect Atlantic salmon populations in Scottish rivers designated as Special Areas of Conservation under the Habitats Directive.
According to the conservation organisation, during the Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO) held in Saint-Malo, France, it was revealed that coastal salmon netting is actually increasing in Scotland and that, in contrast to almost all other Atlantic salmon producing nations, it has almost no management ...
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