Thanks for the info MM.
I can't help linking the situation up with the number of shop and small firm closures.
Through greed an mismanagement in the last 12 years,fish has not been of a reasonable price to the local public.
Reading between the lines in the article,we still have the fish etc,yet it's not possible to catch and sell it locally,and we have the insult of actually importing fish etc.
This is glaring mismanagement.
As a kid we had fish shops on the high streets,and fish was on everyone's weekly diet.
Maybe instead of trying to beat the export market,we should totally ignore it,and set up a sitution where fish is sold locally.The overheads of exporting must be massive,so why export?
I'm positive that the public would love to be able to afford to eat fish again.
As a kid I used to go in the local fishmongers doing errands,and buy Five Cod steaks (not fillets) one for each member of the family.I can't imagine what the cost would be these days.In fact,when was the last time you saw a cod steak in a local supermarket?
The present laws are for greed and profits,and certainly not for the benefit of the general public.
Roll on the next generl election.