"The fish farming industry should be allowed to operate in fjords, but not where wild salmon are present in local rivers," he said.
This is a clear admission that salmon farms are a threat to wild fish.
Will the Scottish Government now act to have all salmon farms removed from migration routes of salmon and sea trout around Scotland's west coast; or will they continue to toady to fish farming interests and preside over the final destruction of our once-famous salmon and sea trout rivers and lochs?