Well, I can be blunt about it. This is yet another example of how and why's of the disgusting way the EU makes public policy. Europe's impact analysis is not good at all, to put it bluntly as I did here.
And now the FT is reporting that:
Europe’s fishing policy is “poor”, with its waters among the most over-fished and the industry among the least profitable in the world, according to an internal European Commission study.
The report by outside experts, obtained by the Financial Times, says overcapacity, failure to stand up to special interests and a “command and control” system in Brussels have left fish stocks in many areas on the brink of collapse.
“The fisheries subject to the common fisheries policy suffer a much higher rate of over-fishing than occurs on average worldwide,” says the report, prepared by a US and European expert. About 80 per cent of EU stocks are over-fished, compared with 25 per cent worldwide.
Again, my question is, who was incompetent enough to let this happen and why is it still happening? We want a better manager than the current lot. I like my fish and chips, but if we let our fisheries be managed by those bunch of hoo-haa's in Brussels, then very soon I will be eating tofu carved into fish rather than fish itself!
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