Overfishing blamed on failure to enforce or heed rules

ALMOST 90% of stocks in European waters are overfished because neither fishermen nor the authorities are observing EU rules.

The European Commission has also claimed that up to 70% of fishermen’s logbooks are wrong when catches are cross checked against sales.

A report from the commission has also found that only one in every 600 vessels are monitored at sea and those caught breaking the law are fined tiny sums in comparison to the fish stock being illegally caught.