{"id":769,"date":"2010-03-23T12:19:51","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T11:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bxttlines.wordpress.com\/?p=769"},"modified":"2010-03-23T12:19:51","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T11:19:51","slug":"sta-science-study-proves-disaster-risk-to-wild-salmon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/03\/23\/sta-science-study-proves-disaster-risk-to-wild-salmon\/","title":{"rendered":"S&#038;TA science study &#8216;proves&#8217; disaster risk to wild salmon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salmon-trout.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-773\" title=\"S&amp;TA_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sta_logo.png\" alt=\"Salmon &amp; Trout Association\" width=\"176\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sta_logo.png 252w, https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sta_logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/sta_logo-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/a>THE SCOTTISH Government is hit today with yet another broadside from the wild salmon lobby over its policy on fish farming.<\/p>\n<p>A <a title=\"S&amp;TA fish farm study, opens in new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.salmon-trout.org\/files\/pdf\/2010_year_zero_for_wild_scottish_salmon.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">major study <\/a>of peer-reviewed scientific evidence by the <a title=\"S&amp;TA, opens in new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.salmon-trout.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Salmon &amp; Trout Association<\/a>, the UK\u2019s leading game fish conservation charity, reveals what it calls &#8220;incontrovertible proof&#8221; of\u00a0 the threat to wild fish as a result of &#8220;devastating malpractice\u201d by the multi-million pound aquaculture industry.<\/p>\n<p>It says Scotland\u2019s iconic wild salmon, sea trout and the marine environment now face impending disaster unless a nine-point action plan is implemented as a priority.  Full analysis and reaction will follow <a title=\"'Sword of Damocles,' opens in new window\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/po2Em-cv\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE SCOTTISH Government is hit today with yet another broadside from the wild salmon lobby over its policy on fish farming. A major study of peer-reviewed scientific evidence by the Salmon &amp; Trout Association, the UK\u2019s leading game fish conservation charity, reveals what it calls &#8220;incontrovertible proof&#8221; of\u00a0 the threat to wild fish as a&#8230;<\/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\/769"}],"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=769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btl.longlinemedia.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}