Goodbye cod

Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:20 pm

Brussels, Belgium – With last night’s decisions, EU Fisheries Ministers have effectively written off cod in the North Sea. WWF, the global conservation organisation, condemns the outcome of the annual Fisheries Council decision on quotas for fishing in EU waters for the coming year as totally unsustainable.
Despite the last three years’ scientific advice from ICES recommending zero catch for cod, the EU Fisheries Council has once again given a green light to fishing cod in the North-Sea. Not only has the quota for the last three years in total been above 81,000 tonnes, but the 2006 quotas for other fish stocks with significant accidental catches of cod – such as nephrops – have also increased compared to last year.
It makes no sense to allow fishing on a stock which has collapsed”, says Charlotte Mogensen, Fisheries Policy Officer at WWF European Policy Office. “Now it is clear that cod has no chance of recovering and this is just the first of many fish stocks that we are losing because of the mismanagement of European fisheries.”
With 80 per cent of commercial fish species in EU waters now below safe biological limits or classified as being at risk of overfishing, the EU must listen and respond to ICES advice.
If the EU continues this madness of setting quotas above what the species can support, other fish stocks will follow the same route to collapse as cod in the North Sea. Spurdog, skates and rays in the North Sea, leafscale gulper shark and portuguese are also near collapse but quotas have still been set - against independent scientific advice”, added Charlotte Mogensen.

Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 3:01 pm

Another bloody ridiculous decision by Brussels, and the EU....

Worse thing we ever done was entering Europe... We managed before without them, so why not again.

Sod them all I say

Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:23 pm

All European governments are scared of their respective fishing industries, because of the (alleged) contribution they make to the economy. They ignore what the Recreational Sea Fishing area is worth, because we don't contribute directly to Government coffers through licences etc., never mind want we contribute in indirect taxes.
I am afraid it's "No pay, no say"

Stu

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stufish wrote:

All European governments are scared of their respective fishing industries, because of the (alleged) contribution they make to the economy. They ignore what the Recreational Sea Fishing area is worth, because we don't contribute directly to Government coffers through licences etc., never mind want we contribute in indirect taxes.
I am afraid it's "No pay, no say"

Stu

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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:41 pm

done it thank you. the more who do the better happy

Member Joined: Sep 19, 2006 Posts: 33 Location: norwich

signed it four times me the missus and the kids

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have signed too, though I think it will take much more to get our government to stand up to our european "friends" .

Such short sightedness is typical of Brussels and will see the end of all fish stocks.

That said, if quotas were cut or even a ban introduced we'd be the only country to abide by the rules, the rest of europe would ignore them as they always have

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Be different if sprouts were threatened by Spanish Sprout trawler men.

Member Joined: Sep 19, 2006 Posts: 33 Location: norwich

i blame the french even if aint them still blame them

Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:46 pm

hmmmm i like :lol: sprouts

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 5:52 pm

wigs wrote:

i blame the french even if aint them still blame them

isn't that racism to a degree?

Member Joined: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 25

signed on four differnet sights

Member Joined: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 25

you do have to admit its not just the french but they usally get caught by fishery patrol or thats all you here about the french