Selective fishing more important than creating markets for new species

[Leon Roskilly]

We’re calling for a carefully implemented discard ban aimed at reducing unwanted fish and by-catch, not the creation of new markets for them

 

http://www.fishnewseu.com/latest-news/uk/6...rds-report.html

 

(This is something I challenged Maria Damanaki about recently. See http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/damanaki/sustain...ish-ask-for-it/ )

[Phone]

Leon,

 

First is says "...that do not conform to fishing regulations". (as part of the discards)

 

Later, "With completely selective gear sparing the small cod, discarded fish, with time to grow could have weighed up to 9.26 million tonnes, almost five times the weight at which they were actually discarded (2.14 million tonnes) and could have been worth £7.5 billion (£2.6 billion to the UK), compared to being thrown away for nothing."

 

Is this issue to "complex" for the general public? I don't get it.

 

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