Yet more depressing news about fish stocks

[davidP]

Posted yesterday on the BBC News site:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2987682.stm

 

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The UK Fisheries Minister, Elliot Morley, said: "The fishing industry have to recognise that there's a problem, and they're simply not doing that at the moment.

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Elliot dear boy, you have the power to start the solution at a stroke. You just don't have the guts or political bottle to do it!

 

quote:

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"It's disappointing there's no upturn in stocks. If the advice suggests it's as bad as this, we cannot ignore it."

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Just how many more warnings do they need? Did anybody really think the measures they'd put in place would make a difference? Wanna bet that they cannot ignore it?

[hembo]

im afraid to say that the situaton will only get worse ; wholesale destruction of the of whole underwater eco system is going on ; but since it cant be seen they (commercial netters gill netters etc )willget away with it . i personally would put a total ban on commercial fishing and get them to concentrate on the leisure fishing as it is proven to be benifical to tourism and local trade. because in a few years time there will be no fish to catch on rod and line.if commercial fishing is to carry on in its present form

[peterseafishing]

If they do not stop comercial fishing they shoud stop netting and trawling and just allow long lineing from small boats. Thus employing more people in an long term fishery. To see small cod landed just over the size limmit makes me feel sick.

[Perch+Chub]

The lack of fish is a same especially with species like Cod, and I think that not only should we cut down on Cod fishing greatly but the government should only allow countries like us and Norway be to fish the North Sea.