FISHING CRIME
December 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE BEST place to break the law is where the closest policeman is 100's of miles away. And where might that criminal utopia be? Siberia, the Sahara, the Amazon? No, it's the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, on the developed world's doorstep, where fishing crime is becoming a real problem. Keith Nuthall reports.RECREATIONAL sea anglers do not need a permit to fish from a beach, because they don't catch much. But commercial fishing boats do, as they catch thousands and thousands of wild fish for hungry world food markets.Their right to harvest the sea's ...
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