Local fishermen keenly aware of need to protect and maintain stocks

I WAS disappointed to read your editorial entitled ‘Fishery reopened — A disgraceful concession’ (May 26).

The piece criticised the decision by Minister Conor Lenihan to allow controlled salmon fishing in Castlemaine Harbour.

Your editorial described the decision as a “disgrace” and went on to say it is “another sad indication that we have not found the moral courage to put environmental responsibilities before commercial opportunity.”