'Dumping the corpses of quality fish back into the sea is a waste'.Grimsby-based Faroe Seafood UK has made a scathing attack on fish quotas on the grounds that it leads to landings of black fish and generates an unquantifiable waste of valuable fish stocks. Bicatches of fish, which are up to their landing limits, either end up on the market illegally or are dumped dump v. dumped, dump·ing, dumps v.tr. 1. To release or throw down in a large mass. 2. a. at sea. Birgir Kass, Faroe managing director, said: "Black fish skew (1) The misalignment of a document or punch card in the feed tray or hopper that prohibits it from being scanned or read properly. (2) In facsimile, the difference in rectangularity between the received and transmitted page. the market and dumping dumping, selling goods at less than the normal price, usually as exports in international trade. It may be done by a producer, a group of producers, or a nation. the corpses Corpses See also burial; death autopsy an inspection and dissection of a body after death, usually to determine the cause of death. Also called necropsy, post-mortem examination. necromania an obsession with death or the dead. of quality fish back into the sea is a waste." Urging Iceland, Norway, the UK and other European countries to abandon that system, he said they should move to the proven Faroe system of controls, based on limiting the number of boats and days they are allowed to go to sea. All boats carry global positioning systems Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. (G.P.S) equipment so the Government at all times knows where they are fishing and sailors SAILORS. Seamen, mariners. Vide Mariners; Seamen; Shipping Articles. have also to report any landings of small fish. Mr Kass (pictured left) said: "When juvenile fish appear in catches, that area is closed until the stocks mature. That is a very important step towards sustainability." As well as utilising G.P.S technology, the company has gone a step further and set up a website which customers can access to review supplies of sustainable-farmed salmon. The site carries a complete history of the fish and details all landings used as fish meal. Mr Kass added: "These systems deliver complete traceability, guarantee sustainability and are very attractive to UK supermarkets." Contact Faroe Seafood UK Ltd on 01472 265000 or visit wwwfaroe.com |
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