Wednesday 13 June 2012
End fish dumping now!
Calton is pleased to learn that an end is possibly in sight for the disgraceful practice of dumping perfectly good fish at sea due to the EU quota system. Of course, if we were not part of the EU and had a 200 mile fishing limit enforced by gunboats, that would be even better. As it is, there are still some hurdles to be crossed before the ban on discards comes into force, namely the European Parliament and the European Commission. Now, if Scotland were independent and outside the EU, we wouldn't have to wait for permission from those two institutions, only one of which is democratically elected. We could end the dumping now. So why the SNP keeps insisting that we should be part of the EU is beyond Calton.
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