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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai
Looks more like environmental concerns when one country is overfishing beyond what scientists believe the stocks can handle.
This doesn't mean though that the EU policy isn't stupid when it comes to throwing over dead fish that were caught but not the right species.
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I see those as one and the same. Environmental concerns are often a smokescreen thrown up to disguise some other agenda. EU policy mandates waste through regulation and quotas, British fisheries become uncompetitive due to overfishing, sudden;y the environment is a concern so the EU must do something about it.
I would also venture that there is probably a subsidy at work in this fishing industry, and because subsidies create a lack of incentive to innovate or economize, British fisheries are probably less competitive to begin with. Iceland may have subsidies, too, but thay may be better-implemented.