the Government will have cctv on the perimeter of Danish fishing vessels fishing in the Kattegat in order to ensure a sustainable fishery.
The electronic surveillance must ensure that you can continue to fish for langoustines.
– We introduce a great project on cctv on the perimeter of the boats in the Kattegat in order to ensure sustainable catches, says fisheries minister Mogens Jensen (S).
Cod in the Kattegat is a by-catch in jomfruhummerfiskeriet. A fishery which is essential for the fishing ports of the Kattegat, for example, on Læsø.
It is according to Mogens Jensen important that the Danish fishermen can still fish for lobster, while at the same time work is being done to restore the cod stock.
the Danish fishermen’s Association believes that cameras are an ‘unnecessary criminalisation’ of the fishermen.
Chairman Sven-Erik Andersen calls it in a press release, ‘too bad, that the ministry use words like sustainable quotas and the protection of the stock of cod in order to justify the proposal, which is out of all proportion.’
– Danish fishermen have about no interest in a healthy cod stock in the Kattegat. Camera surveillance is an unnecessary denigration of the Danish fishermen, and it is a waste of resources. Cameras do not more cod, he says.
the Association believes that fishermen in Denmark are being treated differently than colleagues in the rest of the EU. The president calls for common rules of the game.
According to marine biologists, there should be nulkvoter for cod in the Kattegat. The government, however, according to the minister to follow the EU-Commission’s proposal to allow limited by-catch cod.
This is because according to Mogens Jensen, the electronic monitoring will provide an incentive for fishermen to ensure that they remain within the quotas they have.
After the british parliamentary elections in the last week, it is clear that the Uk, by all accounts, leaving the UNION 31. January.
It will be one of the major challenges for the Danish fisheries in the coming years, says Mogens Jensen. However, it will not immediately be on the agenda during the week’s negotiations in Brussels.
– Now it seems that we can maintain the current system of fishing until the end of 2020. It will, however, say that by the middle of 2020 must be overcome, what needs to happen next, says Mogens Jensen.
