WWF blasts EU fishing quotas ahead of ministerial meeting

Monday, December 17th 2012 - 21:00 UTC

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European ministers have approved the catching of millions more tons of fish than scientists have advised over the past nine years, a report has shown. Fisheries ministers, who meet annually to decide quotas for stocks across Europe, have only strictly followed scientific advice on fisheries in 13% of their decisions, the report by World Wildlife Fund, found. Read full article

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cheekychulo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/26/spanish-fishermen-fines

After recently checking some UK and then Spanish fish retail prices this article explains a lot. Why bother respecting EU rules when the Spanish/Italians/Greeks only adhere to the ones that benefit themselves.
Dec 18th, 2012 - 12:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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hernanimken
what a shame! how can they not listen to the WWF? such a sensitive and trustworthy organization founded by renowned eugenicists Julian Huxley, Prince Bernhard from Bilderberg and Prince Philip from the great Vlad the Impaler family!
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British_Kirchnerist
See, overfishing happens even where there are no sovereignty disputes... I would advocate limiting the big trawlers not decimating small fishing communities...
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