Catching a cold
Banning cod fishing won't cause the economic disaster the fishermen claim
LAST weekend, a vicious gale kept the fishing fleet of north-east Scotland storm-bound for two days in harbour. Next year, it looks like it will be EU regulations rather than the weather that keep the trawlermen tied up. The European Commission, worried that fishermen are wiping out cod from the North Sea, is thinking of banning cod fishing. That, aghast Scottish fishermen claim, would wipe out their industry and 20,000 jobs.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Catching a cold”
From the November 9th 2002 edition
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