Newsbot Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Wildlife enthusiasts want a three-mile wide protection zone to be established around the Isle of Man's coast. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7060229.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyboarder Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Dredging seems to me like a very antiquated way of gathering scallops - rather like driving woolly mammoths off a cliff in fear. It's a premium product, couldn't a better and less destructive farming system be developed, for use within the 3 mile limit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Dredging seems to me like a very antiquated way of gathering scallops - rather like driving woolly mammoths off a cliff in fear. It's a premium product, couldn't a better and less destructive farming system be developed, for use within the 3 mile limit? Trained monkeys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabit Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Dredging seems to me like a very antiquated way of gathering scallops - rather like driving woolly mammoths off a cliff in fear. It's a premium product, couldn't a better and less destructive farming system be developed, for use within the 3 mile limit? Something like this perhaps ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 A good idea but how could it be enforced? Anyones who has walked round the French fish markets in one of their ports can see the lip service they give to conservation. Locals might respect it but I can't see certain countries abstaining from wanting to hoover everything out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanna Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Its a great idea but with the gov wimping out of putting a 1 mile no fishing zone around the calf I cant ever see them being brave enough to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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