EUROPEAN COMMISSION WARNS IRELAND OVER SALMON DRIFT NETS
July 1st, 2006
BY ALAN OSBORN
IRELAND has been told by the European Commission to exercise better control over its use of drift nets to catch wild salmon on the grounds of nature conservation. Brussels based its complaint on the EU's Habitats Directive which, amongst other things, protects wild Atlantic salmon and the major freshwaters where it spawns. It asked Ireland to ensure that from next year the country's wild salmon fishery "fully respects" the directive on an annual basis, noting that at present Ireland allows the use of drift nets at sea which catch high ...
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