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| Afffects us all www.bbc.co.uk The UK fishing industry faces a crossroads in the radical reforms and cuts being suggested in a major report on Thursday. The prime minister's strategy unit has spent the last year looking at whether British sea fishing has a long-term future as a profitable industry, or is doomed to a state of perpetual crisis. The study's conclusions are that it has the potential to make far more money than at present - but only if the industry embraces major change backed up by government reforms in the management of fish stocks. Tony Blair's advisers point out that parts of the fleet such as the mackerel boats in some areas, and the shellfish sector already make decent profits. But the big problem is with the trawlers, sailing mainly from Scottish ports, chasing white fish such as North Sea cod - said by marine scientists to be perilously close to a state of collapse. more click below http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3566987.stm __________________ Richard|Sea Fishing |Carp Fishing| Spud Gun | Zander fishing | Fishing Reports | Hunting Reports     |
