EU Commission announces review of Common Fisheries Policy

[teacher]

From the BBC website:

The European Commission has announced a full review of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy, saying the current regime fails to protect fish stocks.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7621618.stm

[MC]

lets hope it works out better and stocks start to improve for all

[mickmick]

There's another goog article on the BBC site about marine conservation at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7611636.stm, written by Ted Danson from Cheers oddly enogh

[corbyeire]

thats an interesting article - i remember reading another one where the price of tuna dropped for a while as spotter planes made catching them more efficient and then obviously the farming of them - just like the salmon here at home - getting cheaper relative to all the others

unsustainability - degrowth is the answer

[teacher]

Here's another BBC piece on discards:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7635668.stm

...environmental groups including the WWF and the RSPB agree that discards are unacceptable and are supporting moves by the Scottish fishing industry to make changes.