laguna
Well-known member
[FONT="]“The EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) was designed from the beginning to steal our fish. It has ravaged our fishing industry and caused catastrophic environmental damage.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]“We must import fish species such as cod, haddock and huss that our own fishermen are forced to throw overboard – usually dead – because of EU rules. The EU itself estimates 40 per cent of all fish caught are discarded.” ***“While preaching ‘conservation,’ the EU allows industrial fishing techniques” that harm the ecosystem.[/FONT]
[FONT="]We need to leave the CFP so “we can: Establish a 12-mile zone around our coastline for UK fishermen and a 200-mile exclusive economic zone;” “Reverse the rapid decline in our fishing industry and return £2.5 billion a year in fish sales to the UK economy; Enforce ‘no-take’ zones to aid spawning and replenish fish stocks; Protect our coastal eco system by ending destructive industrial fishing practices; End the slaughter of dolphins by banning pair trawler fishing for bass; Work with our fishermen to solve discard and landing issues; Reverse any EU-wide drift-net ban in British waters; Issue permits for foreign trawlers once fish stocks have returned to sustainable levels.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]UK boats receive a disproportionately small percentage of the English fishing quota. “We will end this injustice.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]“Over 750,000 people enjoy sea angling in the UK. It is a profitable hobby for Britain” and thousands of jobs depend on it. “We will vociferously oppose” EU controls on it. “We will ensure sea anglers” “are represented on the Marine Management Organisation.”
Sensible policies to adopt?
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[FONT="]“We must import fish species such as cod, haddock and huss that our own fishermen are forced to throw overboard – usually dead – because of EU rules. The EU itself estimates 40 per cent of all fish caught are discarded.” ***“While preaching ‘conservation,’ the EU allows industrial fishing techniques” that harm the ecosystem.[/FONT]
[FONT="]We need to leave the CFP so “we can: Establish a 12-mile zone around our coastline for UK fishermen and a 200-mile exclusive economic zone;” “Reverse the rapid decline in our fishing industry and return £2.5 billion a year in fish sales to the UK economy; Enforce ‘no-take’ zones to aid spawning and replenish fish stocks; Protect our coastal eco system by ending destructive industrial fishing practices; End the slaughter of dolphins by banning pair trawler fishing for bass; Work with our fishermen to solve discard and landing issues; Reverse any EU-wide drift-net ban in British waters; Issue permits for foreign trawlers once fish stocks have returned to sustainable levels.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]UK boats receive a disproportionately small percentage of the English fishing quota. “We will end this injustice.”[/FONT]
[FONT="]“Over 750,000 people enjoy sea angling in the UK. It is a profitable hobby for Britain” and thousands of jobs depend on it. “We will vociferously oppose” EU controls on it. “We will ensure sea anglers” “are represented on the Marine Management Organisation.”
Sensible policies to adopt?
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