Paul D Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 From FishUpdate.com Hunt is on for additional haddock 13 February, 2006 - SCOTTISH White Fish Producers' Association chairman Mike Park said today they were getting down in earnest to exploring possibilities for sourcing additional haddock for the fleet. At present, there are fears that North Sea haddock supplies will dip sharply from September unless additional supplies can be sourced through international swaps, posing a crisis for processors and catchers alike. Mr Park, who was heading for France today as part of the search said they were determined to leave no stone unturned. "We are carrying out sweeps of various member states but the problem is a lack of trading currencoy on our part. But we feel we have to get out there and identify the opportunities wherever they are." The impact of this year's cut in the UK haddock quota is sending alarm bells ringing throughout the shore and seagoing sector with warnings already that key processing skills could be lost forever if processing factories have to close down in the autumn due to lack of raw material. ............................. Swaps ease haddock shortage 17 February, 2006 - TWO significant international swaps have been secured in a bid to ease the UK's North Sea haddock shortfall. According to industry sources, one of the deals is potentially controversial, given that the UK has given 300 tonnes of cod to Germany in exchange for 900 tonnes of haddock. The other swap involves 500 tonnes of saithe going to Denmark in exchange for 330 tonnes of haddock. Before these swaps, the UK was facing a 13% cut in its haddock allocation for this year but swapping cod for haddock may be seen as controversial partly as some UK skippers may have been tempted to fish more cod because of lower haddock availability. But one industry spokesman said today that nontheless, the additional haddock was very welcome."There are clearly signs that the fisheries departments are aware of the problems facing the fleet and are trying to do something about them." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Martin Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 When will commercials learn that fishing the way they are at the moment is not sustainable Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaicemat Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 I rather fear, not until they have joined the dole queue!Businesses used to be run by people knowledgeable in their particular discipline. These days they are run by bean counters and they accept no other right, moral or otherwise, that can't be counted in a ledger. Government works the same way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newboy Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 When $$ is involved I'm afriad people are very shortsighted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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