A COURIER reader is upset at the plight of seals which cannot resist a free meal and take mackerel from rod fishermen’s lines.
A seal spotted in Campbeltown harbour with a fishing hook hanging from its mouth.
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Often there are up to three hooks on the same line which the seal swallows with the fish. The reader, who did not want to give his name, said: ‘They can also take up to 200 meters of line and that same line can tangle round swans and other wildlife.