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Hi Leon

 

The only way the EU will elect bass onto the pressure stock list and allocate a quota (TAC) for it is on the grounds of conservation.

 

If the EU have a meeting to discuss the anglers 45cm mls increase france will say is this a conservation measure, if the EU say no then france will rightful say then you cannot do that. If the EU say yes to the need for conservation then france will say it must go on the presure stock list and have a quota. France they will get about 80-90% of the quota based on their track record. They would then own the stock and the markets and have more management say than any other member state.

 

Steve

 

 

Steve, what you say would perhaps be true if 'conservation' was only about trying to recover a stock that's already in trouble.

 

Conservation is also about putting in place measures to ensure that a stock doesn't ever get into trouble, or to ensure that a stock, not in any danger of collapse, can in fact develop it's potential, both as a harvest and an ecological entity.

 

That is what the mls increase is about, not getting bass out of trouble but increasing their number, size and value, and ensuring that the stock is robust enough to face future environmenta challenges and not simply surviving year to year on a knife-edge as a recruitment fishery.

Edited by Leon Roskilly

RNLI Shoreline Member

Member of the Angling Trust

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Steve, what you say would perhaps be true if 'conservation' was only about trying to recover a stock that's already in trouble.

 

Conservation is also about putting in place measures to ensure that a stock doesn't ever get into trouble, or to ensure that a stock, not in any danger of collapse, can in fact develop it's potential, both as a harvest and an ecological entity.

 

That is what the mls increase is about, not getting bass out of trouble but increasing their number, size and value.

 

Hi Leon

 

The french will not see it that way, they are in the driving seat over this one they will do anything thats best for them

 

steve

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