Scots Salmon Firms Wild at Minister's Call to Ditch Farmed Fish

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SCOTLAND'S salmon farming industry has branded Westminster's fisheries minister "ill-informed and irresponsible" after he suggested consumers should consider switching to wild species for environmental reasons.

Richard Benyon claimed that diners should choose fish such as wild gurnard, megrim sole or dab, instead of eating farmed salmon - which generates GBP500 million a year for the Scottish economy.

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Scots Salmon Firms Wild at Minister's Call to Ditch Farmed Fish

The MP's comments come ahead of a TV programme this week featuring chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall which will claim that three kilos of wild fish are required to produce a single kilo of farmed salmon.

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