Fishermen threaten court action over drift-nets

A group of fishermen is threatening to take the Government to court over plans to cut the number of people allowed to fish for salmon in the country’s waters.

Fishermen threaten court action over drift-nets

A group of fishermen is threatening to take the Government to court over plans to cut the number of people allowed to fish for salmon in the country’s waters.

They said efforts to outlaw drift-net fishing would end a historic tradition which has been passed from generation to generation in small coastal villages.

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