THE European Union is demanding an increase of up to 60 per cent in the
amount of fish its trawlers are allowed to catch off West Africa. Conservation
scientists are appalled by the proposals. They say these waters are already
seriously overfished, and that such large catches will be unsustainable.
The demand comes as the EU is proposing to drastically cut its fishing fleet
to save dwindling fish stocks in the North Sea.
Nutrient-rich cold water rises to the surface along 2000 kilometres of the
Atlantic coast from Morocco to Guinea-Bissau, making this one of the world last
great fisheries.…
