Saturday, August 26, 2006

Cod recovery plan - Why let fishermen dictate

I notice the regional advisory councils are asking the question is cod recoverable. With a large majority of these groups being represenatives of the fishing industry I am a little suspest of this. I think the result is a foregone conclusion - global warming is to blame and fishermen should be aloud free reign on our seas (why bother meeting). I find myself asking the question whoose job is it to decide if cod is recoverable ? I ackowledge that there are anglers and conservationists on these groups but just like the sea fisheries committee they are so outnumbered they will struggle to be heared (however I know they will shout very loud).

http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.p...n_cod_move.html

http://www.sacn.org.uk/Conservation-and-Po...ecoverable.html

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