Fisheries

On Tuesday 15 November  the Commission released its work programme for 2012, accompanied by an Annex detailing all the initiatives planned for the end of 2011 and for 2012-2014. Below are the main items of interest from a fisheries perspective. These initiatives  are in addition to the ongoing CFP reform package.   MARITME AFFAIRS AND … Read more

After years of overfishing fish a group of wealthy fishermen switched to fishing for subsidies. The madness of taxpayers money being shifted from productive to too often unproductive and often illegal uses is shown by Greenpeace’s excellent report on where fishing subsidies in Spain are going. You can read it @ http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/oceans/exposed-organised-crime-sea-20111002 Tens of millions … Read more

Is the dreadful state of fish stocks in the North Sea due to seals? Some people think so. Struan Stevenson MEP, for honourable reasons has long thought seals deserve a large part of the blame. Way back in 2002 Struan Stevenson MEP was Chair of the European Parliament’s Fishing Committee. The Committee asked just what … Read more

I am enjoying an exchange on linkedin’s CFP reform group about the CFP. There is an interesting exchange  on whether the CFP has failed. I think it has. In a former professional life I asked MRAG this question. They came came up with an answer. Since the last reform, profits and stocks have declined. Fleet … Read more