Monday 17 March 2014

Salmon plan will end with all catches returned claim


Plans to halt stocking Welsh rivers with salmon raised in hatcheries will end with anglers being forced to return their catches, it is being claimed.

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is consulting on plans to close three of its own salmon hatcheries in Wales.

But the owner of one of the largest private salmon hatcheries in Wales says the proposal will ultimately lead to a ban on anglers keeping salmon catches.

However, that view has been challenged by others in the industry.

Viv Bradshaw, who runs the Llyn-y-Fan trout and salmon hatchery at Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire, said he opposed the moves by NRW.

He told BBC Radio Wales' Country Focus programme that he believed it would mean fewer salmon in Welsh waters.

"It's self-evident what is going to happen," he argued.

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