What a load pollock!.

First off what does fleet size have to do with anything when it's a quota based system?

50% of the fleet means what, Number of boats not capacity or ability.

It is common knowledge that the efficiency of the trawlers is the issue not the numbers of vessels. The numbers would only be an issue if there were no quotas and it was a open ended season.

Would they put a lock on the ability and the capacity of the remaining fleet to produce and then reduce the quota by 50%. My bet is they would keep everything the same and the remaining boats would contine to increase capacity and abilty and catch the same number of fish.


I wopuld like to know why it is a protected industry. Why do we bail out any business is counter to darwinian nature of capitalism.

the truth is the fish farms have taken all the profit out of raping the oceans for all but a few big players. This just makes it easier for them