The UK High Court has given the
green light for a full judicial review into whether the UK fishing quota allocation system is unlawful under new European law. The government has given out fishing quota in largely the same way since the mid-90s. About 95% of the fishing quota is awarded to the larger end of the fleet, most notably domestic and foreign controlled industrial fishing businesses – such as the vessel
Cornelis Vrolijk – which we
previously exposed. It’s symbolic of just how broken the system is.
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