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Originally Posted by jfman
Seph sometimes I read your posts and I know deep down we aren't a million miles apart here.
UK-EU trade is a combined £600bn a year, fish being a tiny fraction of that.
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The sustainability of fishing in a shared sea requires an agreement by both sides. I don't see how sustainability and fishing rights can be kept separate for as long as the fish don't recognise borders.
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Regional Fisheries Management
Organisations (RFMOs) are
international organisations formed by
countries with fishing interests in an
area. Their role is to guarantee the
management, conservation and
sustainable exploitation of the living
marine species covered in their remit
by setting catch limits, technical
measures and control obligations.
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The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) is the Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (RFMO) for the North East Atlantic, one of the most abundant fishing areas in the world. The area covered by the NEAFC Convention stretches from the southern tip of Greenland, east to the Barents Sea, and south to Portugal.
NEAFC’s objective is to ensure the long-term conservation and optimum utilisation of the fishery resources in the Convention Area, providing sustainable economic, environmental and social benefits. To this end, NEAFC adopts management measures for various fish stocks and control measures to ensure that they are properly implemented. NEAFC also adopts measures to protect other parts of the marine ecosystem from potential negative impacts of fisheries.
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No preconditions demanded by the EU for those and no links to trade agreements.
Often I wonder why I bother with actually researching this sort of stuff, when it gets repeatedly ignored.