I don't think I would normally blog about campaigns, but I've been watching some of the programmes on Channel 4 lately and have been really angered by the wastage that the European Union is creating by the quota system that they force on fishermen. I love eating fish, and don't normally eat cod as I thought that it was an endangered species, or at least on the verge of being endangered. Why, oh why then, are fishermen forced to throw back the dead carcasses of perfectly good fish in order to comply with some stupid law which simply does not make any sense?
And this is to say nothing of the TV show featuring Gordon Ramsey looking into the practice of shark finning for the sake of shark's fin soup. That is not to be watched if you are squeamish (or while you are eating)!
I will continue to avoid eating cod, and will think twice about eating other species too... instead, I will probably diversify my eating patterns and try out some new species. Plenty of good fish in the sea, after all!
See http://www.fishfight.net/ for more information. And if you feel passionately about it, sign up.
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