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<h1><font color="#FF0000" size="7"><strong>WHAT THE PAPERS SAY
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<p>This is just some of the recent national coverage MEGABAIT
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<p><font size="4"><strong>The Glasgow Herald reported</strong>&quot;Scotlands
rivers are being emptied of fish stocks following a change in the
law which allows anglers to use a bait that has been outlawed for
more than a century. <br>
Conservationists now are calling for the loophole to be closed
and for the reintroduction of ban on bait made from fish eggs <br>
The 1868 Salmon fisheries act was amended in April95 to allow
fish farmers to sell salmon roe to japan and capture a share of a
12million pound market for the product.<br>
However one farmer has cashed in on the change in the law to
commercially produce a bait made from rainbow trout eggs which
fish find irresistable . More than £20,000 worth of Megabait has
been sold since April with anglers willing to pay up to £10 per
jar <br>
. The Trout and Salmon Association in Scotland has called for the
change in the law to be reversed before the bait leads to the
destruction of fish stocks in scottish rivers.<br>
Mr Michael Smith the associations chairman, said:&quot;this is
our worst nightmare come true .This man pruducing his bait
threatens fish stocks in rivers across Scotland and endangers the
whole industry.<br>
&quot;this bait is unfair .The fish find it irresistible and it
makes it too easy for anglers to catch them. The law should be
reverted back before thes bait leads to the total destruction of
fish stocks.Our fishing methods are becoming too clever by
half.&quot;<br>
Bait made from fish roe is known among anglers as
&quot;putty&quot; and is popular with poachers, who use it to
lure fish into their nets. Prosecutions for possession of the
bait were common before this years amendment to the law <br>
Trout are particularly atracted to the bait ,especially during
the autumn months when they follow salmon upriver to feast on
salmon eggs during spawning.<br>
Mr Smith hopes the change in the law will come before this years
spawning season. He added:&quot;Trout follow salmon upriver for
the extra produced during spawning .Great numbers of them follow
salmon upstream for the anual feast.<br>
&quot;On rivers like the Tay using this bait when the salmon are
spawning could seriously deplete trout stocks. The law should be
amended to stop this from happening.&quot;<br>
Some rivers including the Tay and the Spey , are subject to
by-laws which forbid the use of Megabait and no major angling
clubs accept its use by their members.<br>
However, Mr David Buchanan , of Newmill Trout Farm denies that
his product is causing a decline in fish stocks.<br>
He said : &quot;I sell Megabait because anglers want it .I have
been overwhelmed by the demand for it .It has always been a very
successful bait and I cant produce enough.<br>
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	<p>This is just some of the recent national coverage MEGABAIT
	received</p>

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	<p><font size="4"><strong>The Glasgow Herald reported</strong>"Scotlands
	rivers are being emptied of fish stocks following a change in the
	law which allows anglers to use a bait that has been outlawed for
	more than a century. <br>
	Conservationists now are calling for the loophole to be closed
	and for the reintroduction of ban on bait made from fish eggs <br>
	The 1868 Salmon fisheries act was amended in April95 to allow
	fish farmers to sell salmon roe to japan and capture a share of a
	12million pound market for the product.<br>
	However one farmer has cashed in on the change in the law to
	commercially produce a bait made from rainbow trout eggs which
	fish find irresistable . More than £20,000 worth of Megabait has
	been sold since April with anglers willing to pay up to £10 per
	jar <br>
	. The Trout and Salmon Association in Scotland has called for the
	change in the law to be reversed before the bait leads to the
	destruction of fish stocks in scottish rivers.<br>
	Mr Michael Smith the associations chairman, said:"this is
	our worst nightmare come true .This man pruducing his bait
	threatens fish stocks in rivers across Scotland and endangers the
	whole industry.<br>
	"this bait is unfair .The fish find it irresistible and it
	makes it too easy for anglers to catch them. The law should be
	reverted back before thes bait leads to the total destruction of
	fish stocks.Our fishing methods are becoming too clever by
	half."<br>
	Bait made from fish roe is known among anglers as
	"putty" and is popular with poachers, who use it to
	lure fish into their nets. Prosecutions for possession of the
	bait were common before this years amendment to the law <br>
	Trout are particularly atracted to the bait ,especially during
	the autumn months when they follow salmon upriver to feast on
	salmon eggs during spawning.<br>
	Mr Smith hopes the change in the law will come before this years
	spawning season. He added:"Trout follow salmon upriver for
	the extra produced during spawning .Great numbers of them follow
	salmon upstream for the anual feast.<br>
	"On rivers like the Tay using this bait when the salmon are
	spawning could seriously deplete trout stocks. The law should be
	amended to stop this from happening."<br>
	Some rivers including the Tay and the Spey , are subject to
	by-laws which forbid the use of Megabait and no major angling
	clubs accept its use by their members.<br>
	However, Mr David Buchanan , of Newmill Trout Farm denies that
	his product is causing a decline in fish stocks.<br>
	He said : "I sell Megabait because anglers want it .I have
	been overwhelmed by the demand for it .It has always been a very
	successful bait and I cant produce enough.<br>
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