Dorset anglers' concerns after Sark bans controversial 'cleaner fish' wrasse fishery

[FishingMagic]

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.


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[theartist]

Wrasse are a great little fish that deserves better than to be harvested for a Salmon industry that could adopt better measures for lice control. They aren't a good food source as one of the few fish that isn't palatable it would be a shame if they are used for one that is.