The Common Fisheries Policy is, imho, a complete nonsense.
Since it's introduction 40 odd years ago it's never ever met it's targets.
Instead of conserving fish stocks it has actually depleted them.
Despite reform after reform it continues to damage the environment, wreck the fishing industry, create huge unemployment and cause waste of food on an unimaginable scale.
Employment in the UK fishing industry has declined dramatically.
How on earth can you conserve fish stocks by specifying net mesh sizes, total allowable limits and different quotas on different species.
It's not rocket science. When the net goes into the water it eventually comes out with whatever is inside. Fish just can't read the no entry sign.
Add to that the fact that quotas are self-managed and self-regulated by each EU member state. Means governments turning a blind eye.
Result, fish stocks down.
Billions of dead fish dumped back into the sea because they didn't meet species quotas. How does that help the fish industry? How can throwing back dead fish that are undersize be classed as sustainable fishing?
Just another of my pet rants
