EU fishing fleets discarded £2.7bn of cod

[Leon Roskilly]

It was vital for EU quotas to be set by scientists rather than politicians, and for the approach to be based around the effects on the whole ocean ecosystem rather than on a species-by-species basis.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011...d-tonnes-of-cod

[Phone]

Leon,

 

Same deal?

 

It says the UK has done "something?" since 1963. Then later, talks about conformance with EU regulations? EU been around since 1963?

 

Both this threads topic and the previous thread topic of related information look like double talk.

 

Is there a clear issue? (One that I could understand.)

 

Phone

[chesters1]

if you could land any species of fish of any size the dumping would continue as big fish of certain species have a premium ,why land small cod when you could land big ones .

if theres a hold of medium cod and then a netfull of huge ones only a fool would chuck the huge ones back

Edited August 2, 2011 by chesters1