ANYONE who is willing to stand up and defend the salmon farming industry and put their head above the parapet must be prepared to receive abuse and criticism, especially on social media.Recently, I suggested that the mortality suffered by the industry was no different to that experienced by sheep farmers in Scotland. Anti-salmon farming campaigner Corin Smith responded on Twitter, claiming my ignorance of such matters.The reality is that, over the last year, the total number of fish that died as a percentage of all the fish in production was no different to the total number of sheep that died as a percentage of the total stock.
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