FCh is widely credited with turning Chile (a country with no native salmon population) into the world's second largest salmon producer.

Dr. Whiteley said that in some cases meat from fish treated with antibiotics may contain residues of the drugs, an assertion strenuously denied by salmon producers.

Ireland is one of the world's great salmon producers, with 419,100 caught last year alone.

The Cowlitz river consistently ranks as one of the states top ten steelhead and salmon producers.

Other salmon producers rely on stock from hatcheries where selective breeding is less well developed.

We met with salmon producers in Scotland and in Ireland, and learnt about their problems.

However, I am pleased that the Commission has given salmon producers more time to provide a response.

In the case of Norwegian salmon, matters were even worse: every krona earned by the salmon producers cost consumers as much as SEK 70.00.

I took this initiative in the first place to bring to the attention of Parliament the grave situation affecting the salmon producers of Scotland.

I do not know that the statement that we hear from you is really going to be best for the future of salmon producers within the European Community.