I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
An End to All Nighters The all night fishing council meetings are becoming ever rarer. There was an unhealthy and slightly macho pride in fishing ministers going onto the airways after having haggled for 48 hours non-stop to defend “look what i brought the boys back home, I stood up for our national interest”. Cross-Dressing … Read more
Fishing Giant – Nearly Subsidy Free Yesterday, I was surprised that Pescanova seemed not to have got a cent in subsidies from the EU or Spain. After all, this was one of the world’s leading fishing companies, and one famous for developing the commercialization of the distant water fishing, seems to have gone from … Read more
Interesting response to the a Parliamentary Question on whether European Taxpayers lost any money when Pescanova collapsed. It seems they have no idea. See the question and response. http://bit.ly/1im9pdn Parliamentary questions 15 November 2013 E-013023-13 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Chris Davies (ALDE) Subject: EU subsidies to Pescanova Answer(s) … Read more
Today, I put forward Chris Davies MEP forward for the Parliament Magazine MEP of the Year – http://www.mepawards.eu/ As a life long Labour Party member it is a little strange to be putting forward a British Liberal forward for his work on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. (ps: Sarah Ludford MEP with Chris … Read more