Environmentalists welcome move to spur mackerel recovery, but - TopicsExpress



          

Environmentalists welcome move to spur mackerel recovery, but Shetlands fishermen unhappy at share allocations Quotas for mackerel catches in the north and west Atlantic have been cut by a quarter in a deal between the EU, Norway and the Faroe Islands that conservationists welcomed as “a positive step in the right direction”. The annual catch limit was reduced from 1.4m tonnes to 1.05m tonnes under the EU’s precautionary principle, which errs towards caution when dealing with unknown risks. Continue reading... from Environment | The Guardian ift.tt/1vFCxH4 #greenliving,#eco,#environmental
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:01:24 +0000

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