I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
The Perfect Protein: The Fish Lover’s Guide to Saving the Oceans and Feeding the World by Andy Sharpless, Suzannah Evans It’s rare that I sit down and read a book of 270 pages in just over one sitting. It’s even more remarkable that former President Bill Clinton takes time out to write a compelling forward … Read more
Europe surprised many by adopting the reformed Common fisheries policy. The new law, is strong on ambitions and contains ambitious commitments to re-shape Europe’s fisheries. Slipping So Soon? But, in the last few weeks I have wondered whether ambition will be delivered when the new European Commission takes offices. Commissioner Damanaki made much of the … Read more
For work my colleague, Sophie Norman and I, presented some lessons learned from the work work on fisheries at Dod’s European Public Action Day. You can find a copy of the talk here. [spiderpowa-pdf src=”https://www.aaronmcloughlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/epadtalk1.pdf”]epadtalk Telepathy does not work. The most effective way to persuade people is to go and speak to them. If … Read more
The real reason that farming subsidies seems to be about pest control – and this cartoon sums it up so very well. Source: http://www.gocomics.com/tomtoles/2014/02/05