I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Aaron Yesterday, EU member states fishing ministers backed the European Commission in their efforts against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. Agreement was absolute to support the fight against perceived widespread abuses. Read More here from undercurrent news Belize, Cambodia, and Guinea have all been blacklisted. Fish caught by their fleet or from their waters will no … Read more
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