Saturday 12 July 2014

English Channel fisherman scraping the bottom of the barrel

WATER WORLD
English Channel fisherman scraping the bottom of the barrel
Plymouth, UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - Decades of overfishing in the English Channel has resulted in the removal of many top predators from the sea and left fishermen 'scraping the barrel' for increasing amounts of shellfish to make up their catch. Sharks, rays, cod, haddock and many other species at the head of the food chain are at historic lows with many removed from the area completely. These are some of the findings of a s ... more


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