Comments on: Catch O’ the Day: Waste http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/03/catch-o-the-day-waste/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:57:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Peter http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/03/catch-o-the-day-waste/#comment-24418 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:53:36 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/03/catch-o-the-day-waste/#comment-24418 Hi Jonathan, It is as crazy as it seems. I live near Hastings in SE England and by the end of March the beach launched fishing fleet (as you can guess, small trawlers) had already caught their EEC (European Union) quota of Cod for this year! They still do have to earn a living though and so when they catch Cod among the other fish they have to throw it back as they are not allowed to land it. Yes it is an obsene mad waste. It is OK for Iceland fishermen to trawl other areas as they mainly have deep sea fishing boats that can stay out for days or weeks and so they can do this, but the Hastings fleet http://www.hastingsfish.co.uk/stade.htm are only small trawlers and so usually only stay out for less than a day. We also have other small boat fleets in the UK that are essential to the local economy and have always fished in an environmentaly friendly way as they do not have any bottom scraping nets or fish vacuum sucking devices. Its a mad world... Regards, Peter. Hi Jonathan,

It is as crazy as it seems. I live near Hastings in SE England and by the end of March the beach launched fishing fleet (as you can guess, small trawlers) had already caught their EEC (European Union) quota of Cod for this year!

They still do have to earn a living though and so when they catch Cod among the other fish they have to throw it back as they are not allowed to land it. Yes it is an obsene mad waste.

It is OK for Iceland fishermen to trawl other areas as they mainly have deep sea fishing boats that can stay out for days or weeks and so they can do this, but the Hastings fleet http://www.hastingsfish.co.uk/stade.htm are only small trawlers and so usually only stay out for less than a day.

We also have other small boat fleets in the UK that are essential to the local economy and have always fished in an environmentaly friendly way as they do not have any bottom scraping nets or fish vacuum sucking devices.

Its a mad world…

Regards,

Peter.

]]> by: Melissa http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/03/catch-o-the-day-waste/#comment-24393 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:12:40 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/03/catch-o-the-day-waste/#comment-24393 This is a great example of why we need to make changes in our lives on our own rather than waiting for governments to come and fix things. We all know what is wasteful and what is not, the challenge is getting people to be mindful of how much we waste. Good post. This is a great example of why we need to make changes in our lives on our own rather than waiting for governments to come and fix things. We all know what is wasteful and what is not, the challenge is getting people to be mindful of how much we waste. Good post.

]]> by: Recovering Food Waster http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/03/catch-o-the-day-waste/#comment-24372 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:56:47 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/03/catch-o-the-day-waste/#comment-24372 That makes no sense to me. What is the good of throwing them back if they're not going to live and reproduce?? That makes no sense to me. What is the good of throwing them back if they’re not going to live and reproduce??

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