Europe’s fishing lunancy – When subsidies pay the wages and some more
The Economics of the Mad House I knew the value of the Europe’s fishing subsidies were high, and certainly high as compared to the €6.5 billion a year income the industry brings in. There are around 135,000 fishermen whose average income is €18,350. Of course, the wages vary dramatically between fisheries and countries. Now, the … Read more
Europe’s Distant Water Fleet – Who Wins
Numbers Don’t Lie Yesterday, a colleague crunched a big pile of numbers for me. The numbers were the subsidies that have been paid to Europe’s Distant Water Fishing Fleet under Fishing partnership Agreements. The EU has been spending a small fortune building and upgrading a fleet to go around the world and fish. And, to … Read more
Technology Making Our Lives Easier
You can watch debates in the European Parliament live and you can download the videos again. However, you can easily enough load them to Youtube. That has some clear advantages. [youtube]http://youtu.be/GWZWRH6o–E[/youtube] It is easier to share the debates. You can edit the bits you really want to share. And, you can watch it with subtitles. … Read more