EU Considers Shocking Fish Proposals

The European Commission proposal for fishing opportunities in 2007 suggests quotas that are too high and, perhaps worse, it reintroduces electric fishing, a method denounced by WWF and banned by the EU ten years ago for its destructive impact on marine life. The proposal would allow Dutch vessels to reintroduce electric fishing on the presumption that it will increase selectivity in catches, especially for plaice and sole fisheries...