Bass stocks plummet in Channel Island waters
One of the Channel Islands’ most popular fish has plummeted in numbers this year. Tamara Timothy reports: Video Nationally, stocks of sea bass are down 20% and some in the local industry say they are the lowest they have been in living memory. A series of bad winters is believed to be the main cause […]
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 […]