Local fishermen and MP meet Fisheries Minister at Newlyn

Fishermen presented Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon MP with evidence of the scandalous dumping of abundant cod stocks at a meeting in Newlyn yesterday.

Cod stocks have recovered dramatically following the successful measures fishermen pushed for five years ago to protect cod stocks in the Western Approaches. Local fishermen are now able to catch their monthly quota of cod so easily that it barely lasts them a day. Cod stocks are now so abundant that it has now exposed the ludicrously miniscule quota which local fishermen have been left with.

Local MP, Andrew George, organised the meeting between local fishermen and Fisheries Minister in the Fishermen’s Mission, Newlyn .

 

 

To keep up to date with Andrew’s work in Cornwall and Parliament, please sign up below for his monthly email news update. Thank You.