The Ecologist To protect our seas, first we must reclaim them from ‘Big Fishing’ ‘There’s strong public support for protecting marine wildlife, writes Horatio Morpurgo – so why aren’t politicians championing the cause? Labour and Tories alike fear to challenge the big fishing companies that have come to believe they own Britain’s offshore waters and seabed.
One boat alone, Dutch-owned as it happens, the Cornelis Vrolijk, controls 18% of English quota. That’s more than what is available to the entire Cornish fishing fleet combined. And it is three times as much as is controlled by all the Under Ten Metre boats in the country.’ To read more go to: