Save Scottish Salmon

[Cygnus]

Hi Guys
Not strictly stalking related, but I'll bet a few of us are involved.
The Scottish Government have decided to call off the netting ban on wild Salmon.
Please sign the petition and see if we can help to have the decision reversed.

Thanks

Alan

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitio...utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition

 

[User00003]

signed. strongly believe in this.

 

[Wingy]

Done

 

[jamross65]

Yep, also done...

Bloody joke in this country how something like wild salmon stocks are allowed to be threatened by an invasive business for profit.

Almost as much of a joke as Loch Leven not being allowed to shoot the hundreds of cormorants feeding off a unique strain of brown trout, whose offspring were transported to populate rivers around the world decades ago.

 

[the highlander]

also signed

 

[perdix]

signed

 

[David Brown]

Done. I can't believe they are even considering this. David

 

[Willie]

Signed

 

[Cygnus]

Thanks guys
every bit helps !

 

[verminator69]

Done

 

[Mungo]

Reading into this, it's slightly more compicated than the petition appeal makes it out.

As far as I can tell, what has happened is that the Net Fishing Association (whoever they are) has decided to end a voluntary (ie. not legally binding, self imposed) moratorium.

There is very little the government can do other than introduce a law banning netting.

So while I agree with the underlying logic (netting is a bad idea), I don't think this petition is really going to achieve anything. It is poorly framed, poorly explained and unfocussed.

 

[bruce w]

done .they have netting at sea ,farmed lice ,and the survivers have to run the river mouth net barrage ,then fir plantation runoff ,its a credit to them they survive at all.

 

[jackfish]

Signed this yesterday, very annoyed that they would even consider this..... The Atlantic Salmon needs all the help it can get, come on guy's please sign see if we can make a difference!!!

ATB

Bryan

 

[Trackerman]

Signed, once again short term gain comes before protecting stocks for those who come after us.

 

[ALLY]

done

 

[Mungo]

Folks - the petition is not the solution! Holyrood are not going to change the law.

Find out who this Association is, find out who the members are and target them directly (and by that, I mean talk to them). Chances are a lot of people on here who are either Scottish or stalk in Scotland will know someone who is connected (and may be quite surprised - it used to be a major source of income in a lot of areas). Engage with the people making this decision directly, rather than thinking that clicking on some internet link will make a difference. These web based petitions are a lazy, impersonal, ill informed and seriously ineffectual way of trying to get changes made.

 

[rover]

Done

 

[fbrad]

done.

 

[375 mag]

Done

 

[tweedbreeks]

they should look at trying to control greater numbers of predators if we want to help the salmon population, just look at the number of seals, cormorants, mergansers, etc and the pathetic number of licenses granted to control them. one ghillie told me they got a license for 3 mergansers on the spey over its 100 mile length, how is that seriously going to help?? an old keeper once told me they were paid a bounty to shoot dippers because of the amount of salmon eggs they ate, changed days! another very keen fisherman raised the point about the number of dolphins seen in our river mouths, the only reason they are there is because of salmon numbers, otters more numerous than the public are led to believe, mink, herons, rainbow trout escaping into river systems, sea lice, its a grim picture, sort these problems out and there will be plenty salmon again for someone to make a living from netting!