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 Stories About: fishing AND marine life AND Scotland
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Tipping the Scales
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02 Aug 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Tipping the Scales A government-commissioned study has concluded that escapes from fish farms in Scotland pose a "major threat" to the nation's wild fish population. According to Friends of the Earth, about 1 million salmon have escaped from Scottish fish farms in the last five years. If just 1 percent of the farmed population escapes each year, the government report says, wild stocks will suffer severe losses in g ... |
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| Topics: fishing, marine life, Scotland (all these topics) |
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