An article by Jon Gibb, clerk to Lochaber District Salmon Fishery Board, is making waves across Scotland. Writing in the new issue of Scottish Field (March 2013) out this week, Jon Gibb lambasts wild fish organisations for selling wild salmon down the river to China.
Alex Salmond, the First Minister of Scotland, is clearly grinning like a Chinese cat as he sells off Scotland's natural resources to China.
Read more via "Salmond - Scotland's Salmon Sell-Out #1!"
Gibb concludes by bemoaning how the Scottish Government - led by the First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond - has "hoodwinked" wild fish groups into a trap.
Read the Scottish Field (March 2013) article in full online here
By selling wild salmon down the river to fuel the expansion of Norwegian-owned salmon farms to feed the Chinese market, the SNP is putting one of Scotland’s iconic animals at risk. Scottish farmed salmon may be made in Scotland but it is controlled by Norwegian multinationals and sold in the Far East including Japan and China.
Read more via "You're so wrong about salmon, Mr Salmond: The new trade deal with China has terrifying implications for our wild fish stocks"
The 'Ministerial Briefing' (July 2011) signed by RAFTS, the Association of Salmon Fishery Boards, Atlantic Salmon Trust, Salmon & Trout Association and Fish Legal stated: "Without a far better understanding of the coastal migration routes and habitats of wild salmonids it is impossible to plan aquaculture developments in a fully informed manner. Of particular strategic concern are the Sounds on the west coast, which have the potential to act as bottle necks in which migrating smolts are unable to avoid sea lice infestation."
The 'Ministerial Briefing' also shamefully endorsed salmon farming expansion on the West coast of Scotland and opened up the current 'salmon-trading' situation:
"We recognise the desire of Government and the industry to increase Scottish production. We believe that increased production should be linked to a process of targeted re-allocation of biomass and location of production."
Read more via "Scotland's Salmon Sell-Outs - The Charlatans Selling Wild Fish Down the River!"
For further details read "George Orwell's 'Salmon Farm' - All Fish Are Equal (But Some Fish Are More Equal Than Others)" and ""Prince Charles Challenged to Stand Up for King of Fish"