MESSAGE BOARD: BID TO SAVE 2000 FISH INDUSTRY JOBS (Sunday Mail)PLANS to fight a disease threatening more than 2000 salmon fishing jobs were unveiled last week. The parasite Gyrodactylus Salaris affects Atlantic salmon and has devastated stocks in Scandinavia. To date, no cases have been found in Scotland.
Sierra streams may see all-year fishing (San Diego Union-Tribune)Changes are brewing for fishermen in the Eastern Sierra, where such waters as the Upper Owens River, Hot Creek and the East Walker River might be open for winter fishing as soon as next November.