News post-NASCO from the Atlantic Salmon Federation

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NEWS FROM THE ATLANTIC SALMON FEDERATION

Greenland Gives Wild Atlantic Salmon One Year's Reprieve from Commercial Harvest
Despite the protests of its Greenland fisherman, the Greenland Government agreed to maintain its commercial salmon fishery quota at zero for the final year of a three-year regulatory agreement that applied to 2009 to 2011
For this and other NASCO outcomes, go to:
http://asf.ca/news.php?id=686

Read Greenland Fishermen's Set of Demands & Address to NASCO
List of Demands and Address to NASCO available as .pdf files from the Press Release page.
http://asf.ca/news.php?id=686

Also there, view photos of the Greenland Fishermen's Protest.

[Kerry Stratton]

Interesting to watch how this affects salmon. There are many on the west coast that want the same thing; stop commercial harvest of salmon.