Hi there,
Today, many of our local fishermen are facing an uncertain future. I recently met with with Julian and Jeremy Brown in Cornwall, whose family has been fishing in a sustainable way for generations. Many fishermen like them are now in danger of losing their livelihoods due to unfair fishing laws that favour the more destructive parts of the industry.
Tomorrow, UK fisheries minister Richard Benyon is going to critical European talks about the reform of these fishing laws.
Send this sea shanty video petition now to make sure Richard Benyon stands up the rights of sustainable fishermen like Ben and John and fishing communities across the UK.
Let’s make sure that ministers meeting this week put the health of our seas above the vested interests of the destructive fishing fleets. So far, 1500 people have signed our sea shanty petition and become a fisherman's friend. Let's see if we can get this number up to 5,000 before Benyon leaves tomorrow.
In the UK, even though 77 per cent of all fishermen are local and small-scale, they only get access to a measly 4% of fishing rights or quota. Meanwhile, often, the more destructive vessels are awarded more rights and subsidies to hoover up our seas. That's bad for our fishing communities and bad for our fish.
Over the next few months, these laws (the Common Fisheries Policy) will go through a once in a decade reform process. Let’s send a clear message to Richard Benyon ahead of his meeting tomorrow that we support fishermen who fish in a sustainable way.
Send this sea shanty as a petition via Facebook now.
(It’s simple – just watch the video in the Facebook app, then send the video link to Benyon in an email.)
Thank you,
Hayley Baker
Greenpeace UK
PS Not on Facebook, not a problem. Follow the campaign and take the action on our website.
Today, many of our local fishermen are facing an uncertain future. I recently met with with Julian and Jeremy Brown in Cornwall, whose family has been fishing in a sustainable way for generations. Many fishermen like them are now in danger of losing their livelihoods due to unfair fishing laws that favour the more destructive parts of the industry.
Tomorrow, UK fisheries minister Richard Benyon is going to critical European talks about the reform of these fishing laws.
Send this sea shanty video petition now to make sure Richard Benyon stands up the rights of sustainable fishermen like Ben and John and fishing communities across the UK.
Let’s make sure that ministers meeting this week put the health of our seas above the vested interests of the destructive fishing fleets. So far, 1500 people have signed our sea shanty petition and become a fisherman's friend. Let's see if we can get this number up to 5,000 before Benyon leaves tomorrow.
In the UK, even though 77 per cent of all fishermen are local and small-scale, they only get access to a measly 4% of fishing rights or quota. Meanwhile, often, the more destructive vessels are awarded more rights and subsidies to hoover up our seas. That's bad for our fishing communities and bad for our fish.
Over the next few months, these laws (the Common Fisheries Policy) will go through a once in a decade reform process. Let’s send a clear message to Richard Benyon ahead of his meeting tomorrow that we support fishermen who fish in a sustainable way.
Send this sea shanty as a petition via Facebook now.
(It’s simple – just watch the video in the Facebook app, then send the video link to Benyon in an email.)
Thank you,
Hayley Baker
Greenpeace UK
PS Not on Facebook, not a problem. Follow the campaign and take the action on our website.
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