Europe to legalise Pulse Fishing

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Howburn Digger H
Howburn Digger Mar 28, 2018 22:39:38
Replying to Sanctuary

Do remember that the 3 main Cod Wars (in the second half of the 20th C) involved The Icelandic Navy, The United Nations, NATO, the US Defense Dept and the Royal Navy. It was serious shit. "Europe" (the Common Market) looked on with great interest in the 60's and 70's (we were not a member state of the Common Market when the first few Wars kicked off). But the Common Market was very interested in the North Sea and the "fishing" territories to the East of Iceland.

The Common Market was always interested in expanding territories (you had to sign up to certain other weird things too... which now make sense when you see what happened to our industry and National Assets like Coal, Oil, Gas, Water, Forestry etc). It is a territorial organisation which favours Corporations and is now committed to the "Defence Integration" of a Pan EU Land Army (no doubt a similar Navy) to enforce its ever expanding and financially hollow empire stretching from Ireland's West Coast to Turkey and The Ukraine. Some people are still dreaming that this (ECOSOC, Common Market, The EEC... call it what you will) is about fair prices for cheese farmers... being nice to French Students (I always was anyway)... or getting over Germany and WW2.

It is not and it never was.

N nigelswift
nigelswift Mar 29, 2018 09:50:44
Replying to Howburn Digger

Currently:
"As it stands, under the CFP Europe’s seas are effectively common to the 28 EU member states. The 100 fish stocks that swim in European waters move around, after all, and know no national boundaries. The total number of each species of fish that can be taken from various zones in the EU’s seas each year is settled by the member states on the advice of scientists, to ensure sustainability. Each country has a species-by-species quota they can take from that European haul. The quotas have been fixed since 1983 on the basis of the recorded catches of the various national fleets between 1973 and 1978. According to recent estimates, 33% of the catches of the European fishing fleet are caught in what could soon be claimed as British waters. Belgium’s 402 fishermen and their 65 boats, whose main catch is dover sole, are more dependent on those waters than most."

On a practical level there WILL be bad blood on a continuing basis - which is hardly conducive to a reasonable wider settlement or a request for support over Salisbury.

Also, we're walking away from rational international co-operation based on scientific advice where sensible compromise is possible and talking about gunboats for Christ's sake. I guess I'm entitled to feel that's shameful.