Fish Farms Kill More Seals as Industry Tries to Save Salmon
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Scotsman] October 24, 2017
Fish farms in Scotland have killed more seals so far this year than they did in the same period last year, fuelling criticism that the controversial industry prefers “cheap bullets” to more humane ways of protecting its lucrative stocks.
The number of seals shot has risen from 41 in the first half of 2016 to 61 for first half of this year, of which most were shot by fish farmers.
While some fish farms, including Greig Seafood, recorded no killings and have invested in costly but apparently valuable anti-predator netting to keep seals out without harming them, leading firms including Marine Harvest shot more seals, ...
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