Professor warns that British fishery will collapse

[archman]

I think that you're right about government involvement limiting itself to the recreational sector, if at all. I believe that was the primary impetus for creating the Gulf of Mexico red snapper hatcheries.

Running what are essentially "captive breeding programs" for commercial marine fisheries seems like a really inefficient plan, now that I think about it. Better to just go with mariculture, or better yet, reduce fishery catches. I think most people *know* that eventually seafood will be heading down this path, anyway.

 

[Kim]

One key difference between stating that "british are overfishing" and "british fisheries are being overfished" is that british aren't confined to their own territorial waters, nor even their EEZ.

True. Neither is anyone else. It's not just the British who fish in "their" fisheries anymore - the fisheries of Europe are a communal resource. Historically, some members have been better at following the rules than others.