Just to disabuse any of those who might think that climate change is
the only environmental arena in which there is a political and policy
disregard for science.
Ron
North Sea Cod Quotas Raised Against Scientific Advice
from New Scientist
Fisheries ministers of the 27 countries of the European Union had their
traditional all-night pre-Christmas bargaining session on Tuesday night to
assign catch quotas for the region's beleaguered fisheries.
And in a continuation of another tradition, they ignored scientists' advice
and increased the catch of North Sea cod that will be allowed in 2008 by 11
percent.
North Sea cod has been under such stress that independent scientists have
asked the ministers repeatedly for a ban on fishing it. The ministers have
not increased catches in recent years, but have also not stopped them. Last
year there was a slight upturn in the number of baby cod surviving to
adulthood - a number that varies widely year by year, mainly depending upon
the environmental conditions. This is the reason ministers gave for
increasing permitted catches.
To read more:
<http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn13105-north-sea->http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn13105-north-sea-cod-quotas-raised-against-scientific-advice.html
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