Described by fishermen's leaders as "a monumental moral disaster", this is a direct and inescapable consequence of the EU’s idea of fisheries management which in this case has led to a "staggering total" of 12,000 metric tons of marketable cod, with a potential value of £25 million, being discarded.
These data come from marine scientists at the government's Fisheries Research Service in Aberdeen. They show that, from a survey, carried out between January and June, 40 percent of landings of cod by weight are having to be discarded to prevent the fleet breaching the EU's quota restrictions.
At least 90 per cent of the catches are above the minimum marketable landing size, yet the above quota fish are being thrown back dead.
Yes, because the EU insists that we throw dead fish back into the sea.
Can we leave yet?
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