Fisheries

Fisheries, CFP, Video

Mauritania 1 – Corporate Fishing Welfare 0

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  Even the laws of profit and loss have come to the world of distant water fishing agreements. It is reported that the EU’s fishing agreement with Mauritania  cost € 110 million a year. The EU taxpayer pay €70 million of this.   Europe’s boat fishing there will pay the remaining € 40 million. Still, not … Read more

Who Voted For & Against CFP Reform

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Today, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly for the reform of the CFP. How Did Your MEP Vote Voting Against Reform van DALEN Peter NL de VILLIERS Philippe FR BELDER Bastiaan NL KOHLÍČEK Jaromír CZ ERNST Cornelia DE ANGOURAKIS Charalampos GR RUBIKS Alfreds LV MATIAS Marisa PT SOUSA Alda PT FERREIRA João PT ZUBER Inês Cristina … Read more

Diving into the Unknown – Little Britain Leaving Europe

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Little Britain Leaving the EU  Anti-europeans want the UK to leave. A friend who sees themselves as one of their number gives many reasons for his support for exit. Many of these reasons hinge around the UK’s bizzaire way of implementing EU rules. The EU’s regulation of bin collections and waste dumps are good examples. … Read more

Let’s Just Do A Deal – Closing the Loop on Fishing Reform

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A Friend of the Fishermen Ireland is not  a progressive country on fisheries policy.  On CFP reform it counts itself as the same camp as France and Spain. Ireland for the Irish Ireland is against the introduction of TFCs because it thinks that only the Irish should own on the Irish fishing quota. I have … Read more