19th August 2010 http://www.scotlink.org/files/policy/ConsultationResponses/LINKmtfConsultSealLicenceCoP.pdf
LINK marine taskforce response to the Draft Scottish Seal Management Code of Practice and Guidance Notes for Applications for a Licence to Shoot Seals to Prevent Serious Damage to Fisheries of Fish Farms in Scotland.
We welcome the new seal management regime as contained in Part 6 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (herein referred to as ‘the Act’), and support the Scottish Government’s stated policy that non-lethal measures should be used wherever possible, with seals only being shot as a measure of last resort…