I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
If you missed Monday 29 September’s European Parliamentary’s confirmation hearings of Malta’s Karmenu Vella I wanted to provide a recap. He’s been given the reponsibiltiy for both the Environment agenda and Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. A mamouth task made only easier by a seemingly clear signal from the new Commission to do little new on … Read more
A friend recently gave me a book of Gary S Becker “the Economics of Life”. They are a collection of his articles in Business Week. The late Professor Becker, a Noble Prize winner for Economics, nearly turned down the opportunity to write the column for Businessweek. I am glad he did not. I’ve been working on … Read more
The real question on everyone lips is how Jonathan Cainer will be able to guide the Commissioner-designates in their hearings. I spent a few minutes looking at the Commissioners-designate and listed their star signs. If Monday will be a good day for Mr Vella during his hearing, please check out http://www.cainer.com Johannes Hahn … Read more
Europe has some simple and very effective rules to deal with overfishing If you catch too many one year, that is over and above the amount you were allowed to under your quota, you will have the amount deducted from next year’s quota. And, if you have been very reckless and caught really a very … Read more