{"id":261,"date":"2009-03-21T11:03:19","date_gmt":"2009-03-21T11:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bxttlines.wordpress.com\/?p=261"},"modified":"2009-03-21T11:03:19","modified_gmt":"2009-03-21T11:03:19","slug":"salmon-catches-stable-says-new-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/03\/21\/salmon-catches-stable-says-new-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Salmon catches &#8216;stable&#8217; says new report"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 213px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scotland.gov.uk\/Resource\/Img\/922\/0043500.jpg\" alt=\"Rod catches stable\" width=\"213\" height=\"120\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rod catches &#39;stable&#39;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A NEW publication summarising the state of Scotland\u2019s salmon fisheries was launched yesterday and followers of the continued revitalisation of many of our river stocks, would do well to get hold of a copy and have a read.<\/p>\n<p>Published for the first time by the <a title=\"ASFB\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asfb.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Association of Salmon Fishery Boards<\/a> (ASFB), their annual review delivers a concise overview of the continuing overall stability of rod catches as well as a number of informative and entertaining short essays by key players in the industry and is to be welcomed.<\/p>\n<p>To mark the launch of the review, the ASFB released preliminary statistics on 2008 catch returns, well in advance of their regular September release. The figures indicate that  rod catches are maintaining their 85-90,000 annual average, with the majority of fish being released back to the water.<\/p>\n<p>Conservation \u2013 including catch-and-release by anglers \u2013  and habitat improvements over the last two decades are credited with much of the success.  But Andrew Wallace, the ASFB\u2019s managing director guards against complacency.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-264\" style=\"width: 63px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/andrew_wallace63px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-264\" title=\"Andrew Wallace\" src=\"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/andrew_wallace63px.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Wallace\" width=\"63\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Wallace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is vitally important that the great restraint shown by anglers is now reciprocated by further substantial reductions in exploitation by Scotland\u2019s coastal net fisheries,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>The review contains a revealing essay on the recovery of the River Lochy and the direct correlation between fish farm sea lice infestation and the fluctuations in the river\u2019s grilse runs.<\/p>\n<p>But as ever with official reports many of the most interesting facts, or their absence, are buried near the back.   The total capital value of Scottish salmon fisheries, according to the review is put at a massive \u00a3425m, generating \u00a3120m for the local economy each year.<\/p>\n<p>However, the ASFB can only quote a total of 2800 employed full-time in freshwater angling across Scotland.  The number directly attributed to salmon angling, despite its enormous capital value, general wealth and undoubted prestige, is not provided.<\/p>\n<p>The full review is available online <a title=\"ASFB annual review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asfb.org.uk\/publications\/annual_yearbook.asp\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new publication summarising the state of Scotland\u2019s salmon fisheries was launched yesterday and followers of the continued revitalisation of many of our river stocks, would do well to get hold of a copy and have a read. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}