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Fish Facts The reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has opened up many opportunities for new ideas to devolve responsibility down to the stakeholders, and to end the top-down micromanagement from Brussels that has bedevilled the sector for decades. SW MEP, Julie Girling, says it is essential that the reformed CFP should provide a sustainable future for fish stocks, and for fishermen and their communities and has launched an online campaign titled "Don't Ditch the Fish" which is gaining support from MEPs in other parts of the country. Here is the basic idea: · Fishermen will be allocated an annual 'credits' allowance. · Each species has a 'credits value', so fishermen simply deduct the credits value of each catch from their allowance. · Fishermen can catch any combination of fish as long as they do not exceed their annual credits allowance (no separate quotas for each species unlike the current system) Credits can be rented and leased between fishermen but only within a specific sea basin. · There will be no need to discard or worry about going over quota. · Vulnerable fish, such as those in recovery programmes like North Sea Cod, will have a higher credits rating than resilient fish from healthy stocks, such as North Sea Haddock, so fishermen will be incentivised to target the haddock and to try and avoid cod in order to maintain a healthy credits balance. · Immature fish will carry a higher credits value than mature fish from the same stock. · All fish will have to be recorded – including bycatch and, except for species with a high survival rate when discarded, all will have to be landed, so most discards will become illegal. · Technical regulations would be virtually eliminated giving fishermen more flexibility and freedom. · The system will be enhanced by additional CCTV on all vessels. · Compliance and best practice will be rewarded with extra credits and priority access to the fish
For more information, log on to: www.dontditchthefish.com |
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