Concerns rise over electric pulse fishing
A meeting in Nieuwpoort, Belgium on September 1st, organized by Belgian inshore fisherman Jan De Jonghe and attended by a variety of commercial fishermen from the UK, Belgium and Holland as well as staff from the Low Impact Fishers of Europe Platform [LIFE] and researchers from the Marine Institute, highlighted the increasing concerns over the negative impacts of the massive and uncontrolled rise in electric pulse beamers in the southern North Sea.
Author: Jeremy S. Percy
Organization: Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Year: 2017
Country/ies: Belgium, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Geographical coverage: European Union (European Union)
Type: Article
Full text available at: http://lifeplatform.eu/concerns-rise-electric-pulse-fishing/
Content language: English