LUXEMBOURG, Oct 20 (Reuters) – EU fisheries ministers agreed on Tuesday to crack down on overfishing, saying their fishermen would get points on their fishing licences each time they broke rules or quotas and would be banned for excessive infractions.
The points system, taking effect next year, is part of a drive to reduce excessive fishing which has severely depleted European stocks of cod, haddock and hake.
Ministers agreed new quotas for Baltic cod and herring and put on hold a controversial proposal that national tallies include fish landed by recreational anglers.
They also cut the amount of overfishing that will be tolerated to 10 percent from 20 — drawing criticism from a Green Europarliamentarian that this was accepting “legalised cheating,” though on a reduced scale.
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Thats very good of the eu ,you can cheat now with there blessing ,it makes me effing sick,after all if a burgler burgles someone ,wether he steals £1 or £1000 it is still a crime