Wrasse expoitation: Fish Legal raises concern with Defra on behalf of Angling Trust

[FishingMagic]

With wrasse stocks being plundered to be used as “cleaner fish” by the salmon farming industry, Fish Legal has written to Defra on behalf of the Angling Trust to express its concern at the absence of co-ordinated action to regulate wrasse exploitation.

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[Rickrod]

What happens to the wrasse once its large enough to compete with the salmon for the salmon's food. And why are wrasse been taken form the southwest coast have the salmon farms exhausted the scottish wrasse stocks .