Controls over wild wrasse harvesting imposed By Robert Outram – 1st December 2020 Fish Farmer ‘The Scottish Government has announced mandatory controls over the harvesting of wild wrasse for managing sea lice in the salmon farming industry. Fishers will have to meet certain criteria, show they have an appropriate relationship with an aquaculture business and have a proven […]
15th April 2020 Devon & Severn IFCA have carried out a three-year comprehensive review of the live wrasse fishery. A fishery for live wrasse emerged in the D&S IFCA’s District in 2015, in which a small number of commercial fishers target ballan, goldsinny, corkwing and rock cook wrasse. These fish are caught for use as cleaner […]
D&S IFCA The closed fishing period for potting for Live Wrasse species is between 1st May and 15th July inclusive. After this date there is the opportunity for commercial fishers with a D&S IFCA Potting Permit to fish for Live Wrasse but there are restrictions in place. The Live Wrasse Pot Fishery is highly regulated via the […]
The Angling Trust: The Channel Island of Sark has become the first place in the UK to ban the controversial wrasse fishery supplying live wrasse to the Scottish salmon farming industry where they are used as cleaner fish removing sea lice from farmed salmon. The Angling Trust has been calling for a UK-wide ban on […]
Live Wrasse Fishery Research Report 2018 The implementation of a fully documented live wrasse fishery is now in its second year with the season opening in July 2018. Four commercial vessels operate within the Devon & Seven IFCA district targeting ballan, goldsinny, corkwing and rock cook. Devon & Severn IFCA officers have been undertaking on-board […]
Scotland’s 10 Year Farmed Fish Health Framework (May 2018) Strategic Framework for Farmed Fish Health in Scotland Summary: The Scottish Government committed within the 2017/18 Programme for Government to develop a strategic framework for farmed fish health in Scotland. This document was produced by the Farmed Fish Health Working Group, co-chaired by Ben Hadfield, MD […]
‘Fish Legal has threatened Defra and Natural England with legal action for failing to take a precautionary approach to the regulation of the lucrative wrasse fishery which has sprung up in the inshore waters of England to supply the Scottish salmon farming industry. The wrasse are caught in pots and transported live to Scotland where […]
Fish Legal and the Angling Trust have written to the government to warn that it could face legal action if it fails to protect sensitive marine sites off the South Coast of England. Thousands of English wrasse are being caught in Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) – protected under EU law – and transported to […]