SHOPPERS and supermarkets are being urged to avoid scampi due to its “big environmental price tag” until significant improvements have been made…
SHOPPERS and supermarkets are being urged to avoid scampi due to its “big environmental price tag” until significant improvements have been made to the fishing process.
Open Seas said that for every kilo of scampi caught in bottom-trawls, at least another kilo of marine life is killed and discarded.Nick Underdown, head of campaigns at Open Seas, said: “This bite-size food comes with a big environmental price tag for our seas. The charity also wants to see the destructive by-catch of fish and other sea life reduced to a practical minimum.Scotland is a world leading producer of langoustine and scampi.
However it said that after nearly five years, there has been no effective change to the management of the fishery.He said: “Business as usual is no longer an option and improved management of this damaging fishery would greatly assist much-needed recovery within our seas.” “They follow these rules because it ensures the long-term sustainability of Scottish seafood for the next generation of fishers.”
“Vessels are limited in terms of the areas they are allowed to fish, and secondary stocks are protected by the ‘maximum sustainable yield’ approach to fisheries management; in other words, only fish within quota to protect species for future generations.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories.
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