Hunt Saboteurs and Sea Shepherd force Gardenstown seal cull to be abandoned

April 22 2014 A major wild salmon pro­duc­er has said it is giv­ing up the culling of seals after protests at a har­bour in the north east of Scot­land.

The Mon­trose-based Scot­tish Wild Salmon Com­pa­ny claimed it had been con­front­ed by activists at Gar­den­stown har­bour.

April 22 2014 A major wild salmon pro­duc­er has said it is giv­ing up the culling of seals after protests at a har­bour in the north east of Scot­land.

The Mon­trose-based Scot­tish Wild Salmon Com­pa­ny claimed it had been con­front­ed by activists at Gar­den­stown har­bour.

The com­pa­ny said it was remov­ing firearms from its oper­a­tions, mean­ing only acoustic devices would be used to dri­ve seals away from nets.

The protest group, Sea Shep­herd, expressed “delight” at the news.

Police Scot­land said it was mon­i­tor­ing the sit­u­a­tion.