Tide turns against industrial fleets in bid to save fish stock

Ireland can play a key role in the renegotiation of the Common Fisheries Policy, which some nations want to alter to reverse the effects of decades of overfishing, writes Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill

‘IT WOULD have been better to burn the billions of euro the EU has spent on fisheries over the past four decades,” according to Ocean2012, which represents dozens of NGOs, including fishermen and environmentalists.

Ocean2012 blames the European Fish Policy for the fact that two thirds of fish stocks are overfished, that only eight of the 136 most valuable species will be safe, and that, despite massive subsidies, one third of the sector is operating at a loss.