I think that the main problem is greed.
When it comes to fishing vessels the race for fish is such that anyone with morals or ethics gets left behind, this is especially prevalent with new vessels, ie the mortgage is so big that the new owners have to fish very hard to make a profit.
In all of this no-one is paying the Ocean to make new fish.
The only winners are the greedy and the Banks that loaned the money in the first place.
I think that supporting small local fishermen be it Mackerel handliners or a small local trawlerman is vital, these people are the lifeblood of communities all around the coastlines, and are most at risk of being marginalised by successive governments policies (or lack of).
They usually fish in fairly sustainable ways (they have to because they can't go far, and have naturally limited fishing time (weather).
When it comes to fishing vessels the race for fish is such that anyone with morals or ethics gets left behind, this is especially prevalent with new vessels, ie the mortgage is so big that the new owners have to fish very hard to make a profit.
In all of this no-one is paying the Ocean to make new fish.
The only winners are the greedy and the Banks that loaned the money in the first place.
I think that supporting small local fishermen be it Mackerel handliners or a small local trawlerman is vital, these people are the lifeblood of communities all around the coastlines, and are most at risk of being marginalised by successive governments policies (or lack of).
They usually fish in fairly sustainable ways (they have to because they can't go far, and have naturally limited fishing time (weather).