Recreational Fishing Included For The First Time . . . .
. . . . As MEPs Vote For Radical CFP Reform. Angling Organisations across Europe survived a tense vote by MEPs on reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) yesterday after it became apparent that Europe’s Greens were attempting to block the inclusion of “recreational fishing opportunities” from the final resolution. In the end […]
EU fishing quotas defy scientific advice . . .
Campaigners say agreement after two days of talks in Brussels allows for more fish to be caught than is sustainable. Extract from The Guardian Fishing fleets will be allowed to extract more fish from European waters than scientists advise is safe next year, after two days and nights of negotiations in Brussels on the EU’s fishing […]
First modernised, then scrapped . . .
Take a look at: FISHSUBSIDY.ORG and watch the cute video of seagulls discussing the EU CFP. This site is full of interesting information BUT: Detailed information on subsidies since 2007 is no longer available in the public domain from either Brussels or National Administrations. So details on PUBLIC funds used to exploit PUBLIC resources are now kept under […]