Brussels, 22/08/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has requested Ireland to take further steps to ensure that its wild salmon fishery fully respects a key EU nature conservation law. The law in question is the EU's Habitats Directive which protects the wild Atlantic salmon. At present Ireland allows the use of drift nets at sea which catch high numbers of salmon bound for certain spawning rivers where salmon numbers are low. The Commission is calling on Ireland to carry out...