Salmon on the brink of extinction

I AM appalled by the decision of the Minister of State for the Marine, Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher, to set the current quota for commercial drift netting for salmon at 139,900.

This is over 42,000 more than the quota suggested by his scientists in the department.

It defies logic why the minister raised the quota while his own scientific advice suggested that only three rivers out of 200 have enough fish returning to spawn to sustain existing levels.