BRITAIN FISHING CONSERVATION CONTROLS VOX POP – ARE THEY TOO TOUGH, NOT TOUGH ENOUGH?
November 1st, 2007
BY ALAN OSBORN, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
DRASTIC cutbacks in British commercial fishing cased by European Union fishing restrictions drawn up by the European Commission - have ripped the heart out of many once thriving coastal communities in Britain. But, the rules mean millions of fish thrive, when populations might otherwise have collapsed. What do locals at the Essex cockle port of Leigh-on-Sea think about fishing controls?
Stephen Lawrence, 58, cockle fishing firm partner, from Leigh-on-Sea.
"We're only allowed to fish for six months of the year because ...
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