NASCO to devote “special session” to aquaculture
The news follows NASCO’s 32nd meeting, which took place in Labrador last week, where the matter was brought up by the British angling organisation, the Salmon and Trout Association (S&TA).
Among the factors brought up by S&TA was the “very poor record of sea lice control in many areas of the west Highlands and Islands” – a claim that the association claims was “conceded by the Scottish Government”.
Andrew Graham-Stewart, Director of S&TA Scotland, said: “The pressure exerted by ourselves, together with other NGOs, was instrumental in persuading NASCO to devote a full day’s special session at the next annual meeting to the problems caused by aquaculture. This will represent a valuable opportunity to apply real peer pressure on the authorities (particularly Scottish Government) to regulate the industry far more diligently and to give much higher priority to the protection of wild fish.”
