tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328653274944390062.post5138174172839039561..comments2024-03-10T10:48:43.154+00:00Comments on HUGH MILES - WILDLIFE ADVENTURES: SAVING SEA BASSHugh Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00292416367646947883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328653274944390062.post-50530110153859715632016-12-21T10:08:27.243+00:002016-12-21T10:08:27.243+00:00I've just received the Governments response fr...I've just received the Governments response from the petition. <br />As expected it somewhat misses the point and simply treats the fish as a lump of meat as opposed to a wild creature.<br />It's nice to know that as a long liner I can take a tonne per month 10 months of the year. As an angler a fish per day for 6 months of the year.<br /><br />Maybe the bass needs to adopt a fur coat to be afforded greater protection 😂The Lymanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13544091119765389058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8328653274944390062.post-36833007797159547202016-12-03T19:55:25.697+00:002016-12-03T19:55:25.697+00:00Sorry, but this is not correct: "They might b...Sorry, but this is not correct: "They might be farmed but most are harvested from the sea.."<br /> <br />Only a fraction of marketed bass in EU "are harvested from the sea".<br /> <br />https://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/sites/fisheries/files/docs/body/pcp_en.pdf<br />Farmed seabass in tonnes, EU 2013: 77,470<br />compared to:<br />Catches of wild bass, EU North Atlantic: 2,066<br />www.ices.dk/sites/pub/Publication%20Reports/Advice/2016/2016/bss-47.pdf<br />Catches of wild bass, EU South Atlantic: 917<br />www.ices.dk/sites/pub/Publication%20Reports/Advice/2015/2015/bss-8c9a.pdf<br /><br />77,470t vs 2,983t = 3,7% wild of the totalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com