Anglers say the catch figures don’t add up
These figures simply don’t stand up. Indeed it would be wonderful if there was a five-fold increase in salmon returns, but that is impossible as long as drift-netting continues. The general tone of the SWRFB statement was that salmon are a resource to be exploited for economic gain rather than a species in very serious trouble right across its entire range.
It is this attitude, as well as the statistical flexibility, that forced anglers’ elected representatives to resign from the board last year.
