{"id":12480,"date":"2018-12-19T19:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/?p=12480"},"modified":"2018-12-19T16:45:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T15:45:17","slug":"stc-welcomes-new-byelaws-to-close-down-the-killing-of-atlantic-salmon-on-englands-north-east-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/2018\/12\/19\/stc-welcomes-new-byelaws-to-close-down-the-killing-of-atlantic-salmon-on-englands-north-east-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"S&TC welcomes new byelaws to close down the killing of Atlantic salmon on England’s North East coast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Salmon & Trout Conservation welcomes the new Environment Agency byelaws which will close down the killing of Atlantic salmon in drift nets and coastal T&J nets on the north east coast of England, which follows lobbying from several fisheries NGOs over many years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

S&TC believes this is the correct decision in the interests of protecting and conserving salmon stocks and brings England into line with international salmon management obligations.

S&TC was closely involved in the closure of the Scottish coastal nets in 2016, via complaint to Europe under the EU Habitats Directive that Scotland was not managing its wild salmon stocks responsibly. The Scottish action left England in some embarrassment, in that these north east English nets exploited salmon bound for Scottish rivers anywhere between 30% (Yorkshire coast) and 70% (drift nets).

S&TC has also been heavily involved internationally as Co-Chair of the NGOs at the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO), pressurising all countries still allowing exploitation of salmon stocks from more than one river system (Mixed Stock Fisheries) to close them down on management and conservation grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n



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