A force for good

RAENORTH · **Posted:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:34 pm

We hear so much about the good intentions of the trans-national EU and how much it helps Africa – like when it steals its fish in highly dubious deals on fishing rights. What African littoral states need though, more than anything, is practical help in policing their own waters, better to protect their fish from predatory fishing fleets and to support artisan fishermen.

View full article here

oldrightie · **Posted:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:32 pm

Give me the Yanks over The EU fraudsters any day.

iciparis · **Joined:** Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:37 pm **Posts:** 184

Somewhat OT, but worthy of being brought to your attention

Quote:

France to declare exclusive fishing zone in Mediterranean

CASSIS, France (AFP) – France intends to declare an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Mediterranean in a bid to protect dwindling fish stocks, French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo said Monday.

"The French government has decided to declare an EEZ in the Mediterranean ... with a perimeter of approximately 70 nautical miles, corresponding to our existing environmental protection area," Borloo told reporters.

...

Borloo said the French move was aimed at "protecting French fishing, but especially to protect fish" and to "avoid the arrival of powerful industrial fleets in the closed sea of the Mediterranean."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090824/sc_afp/franceenvironmentseaunfish_20090824163348

I'm asking myself how this fits in with the CFP and, if everything is above board, why it can't be applied to the UK coastline.

A force for good

Who is online