Daily Mail-style rant? Hopefully the opposite.

[cheekbones3]

Apparently numerous fishermen are complaining that they lose money every time they leave port, and are therefore thinking of blockades as a protest about fuel costs etc.

 

Call me stupid, but wouldn't it be more sensible if they didn't set out fishing until it's economically viable? "Duh, the fuel for the boat is going to cost more than the price I'll get for what I catch. I'll set out anyway and whinge about it later."

 

Might even be some fish to catch if they take some time off...

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[llamarines.livejournal.com]

I get incredibly pissed off about this too. There need to be quota reductions, MASSIVE fines for going substantially over quota - losing your boat levels of fines - a ban on dredging, a huge incentive to open fish farms and a very well funded EU agency (akin to the US Coastguard) that keeps a strict eye on everything.