UK’s Failure to Back Sustainable Mackerel Fishing Condemned as ‘Pitiful’
The EU had proposed setting quotas in line with scientific advice, which had called for a 77% cut on current fishing levels.
Conservationists have condemned the UK’s failure to back a plan to fish mackerel sustainably in the north-east Atlantic to protect stocks as “pitiful”.
The European Union proposed setting quotas for mackerel in line with scientific advice at a meeting of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) members in London last week to secure the future of the region’s...
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