Greens launch salmon campaign

WILD salmon could face extinction from Irish rivers if new commercial fishing quotas are approved by the Government, it was claimed yesterday.

Launching its Help Save Our Salmon campaign on Dublin’s Liffey, the Green Party urged Marine Minister Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher to consider reducing this year’s wild salmon commercial catch from 139,900 to 97,000 fish.

The Greens have launched a nationwide postcard campaign and travelling roadshow to oppose the draft regulations for the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (2005).