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Fishing for realism
I write in response to a letter in the June issue [Low-hanging fruit] taking issue with the efforts of WildFish and Nick Measham in conserving the Atlantic salmon. The writer made his points on what needed to or should be done. However, surely we need to start with the possible? While it’s a laudable idea, I suspect banning high-sea netting for three months would be almost impossible.
To deride the work of one of the leading conservation charities, which is working tirelessly for the preservation of salmon and clean water, seems to me to be a retrograde step. Such organisations have difficulty enough with government, salmon farmers and water suppliers without being undermined by their ‘own people’. For the avoidance of any doubt, I do not work for WildFish.
Andrew Rome, Wiltshire
It’s otter madness
I recently found myself shouting at the television when applauded a conservation group that was creating a habitat on a chalkstream for otters to thrive in. No doubt they will eat the wild brown trout, crayfish and eels, to
