Angling lobby group challenging ASDA to stop using salmon supplier

The Salmon & Trout Association Scotland (S&TAS) claim Wester Ross Fisheries has "an appalling sea-lice record" yet it was showcased in Asda’s July magazine this year.

The group said its data shows that sea lice infestation is out of control on farmed salmon in the Two Brooms area of Wester Ross.The Two Brooms area is where Wester Ross Fisheries Limited operates. The anti salmon farming lobby group claims  that in September, the monthly lice count on farms in this area was over nine times the threshold.

Hugh Campbell Adamson, Chairman of S&TA(S), said:

“The sea-lice numbers in the region where Wester Ross Fisheries have all their marine farms are shocking and the salmon farmers in these areas have lost all control. We call on Asda to make a stand and end its relationship with Wester Ross Fisheries Limited in the interests of the conservation of Scotland’s iconic wild salmon and sea trout.  Nor is this message just for Asda. All supermarkets must stop hiding behind opaque certification schemes that mean little in practice. They need to take an honest look at their producers and where they are found wanting, where they are causing damage to wild fish conservation, those producers should be dropped”