Anglers' Net - The UK Online Fishing Magazine: 'DEAD IN THE WATER', by TOM WISE MEP

'DEAD IN THE WATER', by TOM WISE MEP
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Elton on 18 April, 2008 02:00:00
 
Tom Wise, MEP for the Eastern Region, has published a hard-hitting critique of
the Common Fisheries Policy.
Using evidence provided by the EU's own institutions, namely the Commission and
the Court of Auditors, Tom launches a devastating attack on the environmental
and economic unsustainability of a policy declared to have "failed in every
respect".
Covering issues such as maximum sustainable yield, climate change, and the
adverse effects of political interference, he concludes that the CFP is
encouraging practices that could see Europe's fisheries left barren in the same
way that the Newfoundland cod stocks collapsed in 1992.
A member of the European Parliament's fisheries committee, Tom Wise was elected
in 2004.
Copies of 'Dead in the Water' can be obtained by sending a cheque for £3,
payable to 'The Fisherman's Mission', to:
Tom Wise MEP
21a High Street
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
LU7 1DN