From 600% to 1% Discards – How Do You Do It

The UK government is working with english fishermen to cut discards of fish. The use of CCTV cameras to make sure the scheme is working is proving a great success. Channel 4 news showed a news item about how the scheme in Scarbourgh is working. It’s providing fishermen the technology to fully account for the … Read more

21 Ways To Make Your Fisheries Work

I have been reading the agreement that fisheries ministers agreed to this week and I thought what do successful fisheries have in common. What makes a fisheries a success? Well, after having read about what is working, and what is not, there seem to be around 21 basics ideas for making your fisheries work. But, … Read more

Fishing For Subsidies – French Style

What Party Are You In Mr Cadec? Alain Cadec is a French conservative MEP from Brittany. If you ever listen to his speeches on the reform of the EU fisheries regime,  for which he is writing the fisheries Committee’s report on subsidies, you’ll  spend the first few minutes wondering if he is fact a French … Read more