Don’t get reeled in by driftnetters’ protests

I TAKE issue with the protests of the driftnet men over the ban on drift netting for salmon.

They fail to mention that over 400,000 salmon are indiscriminately slaughtered at sea each year by netsmen.

Is miles-long monofilament netting at the mouths of our estuaries and rivers their commitment to conservation? It is a bit rich for them to describe anglers’ commitment to conservation as minimal when 877 driftnet men have taken over 70% of the salmon.