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Illegal fishing

Monday, November 24, 2003

“Breaking the law to survive: Nearly every Scottish fisherman does it, flouting European quotas as they illegally land ?black fish?. The men ask why politicians and scientists care more about fish than their families while forcing them into crime. [. . .] Alex Flett is one of the few skippers who?s prepared to stand up in public and admit that he has broken the law and landed black fish. ?Fishermen have had to take the risk of landing black fish to survive and I am no different from the rest. If the opportunity arose what would the average man in the street do if they were in our shoes?. . .” Sunday Herald. (One of a series of articles on the issue).


Posted by MM on Mon 24th Nov 2003 at 2:29 pm
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