I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
Fisheries, CFP, Video
The EP will vote on 22 October on the subsidies package of the CFP. Here it looks like things will go back in time, rather than forward. The strange thing is that it looks like vessel construction subsidies (which I think should be called taxpayers handouts) will be re-introduced. Scrapping will be preserved. This is … Read more
Don’t Build A Company On Sandy Ground Yesterday, the UK High Court ruled on who really owns the UK’s Fishing Quota. If you don’t want to read any further, the UK fish Quota is owned by the UK Government. This means fishermen (and their banks) are left holding the quota at the discretion of the … Read more
The Case Against Returning to A Failed Fishing Past Charles Clover’s weekly column in the Sunday Times today (30 June 2013) is well worth reading. The firewall makes it hard to see so for a short while I have added transcribed it below. Charles is no friend of euro-madness and financial waste. So, the European … Read more